A two day stopover in Singapore was a great way to split the long flight back here, and what a fantastic place Singapore is. Every corner turned seemed to provide something new and fascinating. The place is clean, lush, friendly and has the most fantastic and cheap transport network of buses and underground trains. Wish we could have stayed and explored for longer but would love to go back again. It would I imagine be a great place to live for a while....wonder if they need teachers and builders...mmmm.
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Tuesday 25 August 2009
Holidaying in OZ
Well it was time to leave NZ ..... yes with a few tears .....but still with no firm signed contract.
We broke the long haul back to Doha with 10 days in Australia with stops in Sydney to visit the newlyweds Bob and Heather (after 20 years together) where copious fine foods and fluids were enjoyed and over to Tony and Wakako's ( great to meet you finally Wakako ). Leaving Sydney to drive up to the Dixon ranch at Kempsey for good food, music, coffee, wine and beer, then Hacienda Smith at Coffs Harbour for good food, music, more wine and beer and tea and finally the Sunshine coast to visit the McQuarrie family before flying out from Brisbane. Big thanks to all for the generous hospitality. It was fantastic catching up with you all, reliving old memories and making new ones.
Holidaying in OZ on PhotoPeach
We broke the long haul back to Doha with 10 days in Australia with stops in Sydney to visit the newlyweds Bob and Heather (after 20 years together) where copious fine foods and fluids were enjoyed and over to Tony and Wakako's ( great to meet you finally Wakako ). Leaving Sydney to drive up to the Dixon ranch at Kempsey for good food, music, coffee, wine and beer, then Hacienda Smith at Coffs Harbour for good food, music, more wine and beer and tea and finally the Sunshine coast to visit the McQuarrie family before flying out from Brisbane. Big thanks to all for the generous hospitality. It was fantastic catching up with you all, reliving old memories and making new ones.
Holidaying in OZ on PhotoPeach
Holidaying in NZ
Greetings Blog followers – It’s been a while now so time for an update on what we have been doing during our travels back to N.Z on to Australia then back to Doha via Singapore.
We had such a great month in N.Z. catching up with many friends and enjoying the company of family again. Somehow we managed remarkably good weather considering reports of it being the worst winter for years. It was cold at times especially the -1 on the Napier Taupo road, but we decided that the weather had a fresh, clean and crisp quality absent here in Qatar. We enjoyed a few road trips; up to Okiato with the Moores, Napier to visit mum and Tauranga to visit dad. The sight of cows munching green grass and snow on the hills was a true reminder that we were back in kiwiland. We had a real family reunion with Rocky over from Geelong, Hannah also holidaying back from teaching in Sudan and Ez and Gabby up from Christchurch - it felt like Christmas. Nothing much had changed in Point Chevalier except that someone had painted their fence in our street and sand had been added to the beach. The pies from the Pasadena Bakery were just as delicious as I remember them and I was able to convert Geoffrey to the unique taste sensation - the pie sandwich... my own invention – don’t ever believe anyone who tells you that some bloke from Gisborne was the originator – he wasn’t it was me.
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