Monthly Archives: April 2013

Your safety is our concern, but your responsibility

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Pam

While Australia’s eastern coast might be the longest and most beautiful unbroken seashore in the world, even the natives themselves concede that it is not, actually, remotely suitable for swimming.  Between the riptides, the sharks, the jellies, the sea snakes … Continue reading →

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Roadtrip in a Sunburned Country

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Pam

We’re now on an extended roadtrip, all the way from Sydney to Cairns. Pretty much anyone in the world who’s ever visited Australia gasped out loud when we announced our intentions to do this.  Do you have any idea how … Continue reading →

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Sydney Sights

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Pam

So, we’ve been in Australia for a while now. My parents have joined us! We spent several happy days wandering through Sydney, a truly great city that only Tom had ever been to before, and him only briefly. One night, … Continue reading →

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Antarctic Adventures

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Pam

Okay, we didn’t really get to Antarctica, either. We did stop in at the International Antarctic Centre, conveniently located right next to the Christchurch airport, just before leaving New Zealand. There was something for everyone. Tom was intrigued by the … Continue reading →

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Back to New Zealand for a moment, here…

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Pam

…. I really hate to be out of the proper chronology, but I stuck these into a folder a while ago and forgot to put them up on a timely basis. (insert Pancake Rocks)

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Southern living…

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Pam

Some of the unusual wildlife we glimpsed on South Island: For once, we hit the timing right, and happen to be here just after the seals’ calving season… we saw seals all over the place, from boats and national park … Continue reading →

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Queenstown sports

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Pam

I can’t honestly say that I appreciated this prior to our arrival, but Queenstown, New Zealand is evidently well known, among a certain community, as a capital of Extreme Sports.  The jet boat was apparently invented here.  Hang gliders float … Continue reading →

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Still shaken…

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Pam

It’s been two years. We’ve heard a number of people in New Zealand compare the Christchurch earthquakes to Katrina.  While there are important differences– most starkly, the sheer number of fatalities — there are dismaying parallels as well. New Orleans … Continue reading →

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Rarely glimpsed…

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Pam

Seth and Barbara have headed back home, sigh.  It was great to have them with us.

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Harvest

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Pam

Over the last few months, we’ve dragged the kids to vineyards in South Africa, Chile, and most recently in New Zealand. But this is the first time we’ve ever hit the timing right for the harvest. We saw these machines … Continue reading →

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