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Well we are back in good old OZ. We had a wonderful time in NZ and managed to catch up with Kiwi -as and his lovely wife Lorraine.

Will post some pics as soon as I get them off the camera and sorted out.

It was really gret in NZ and we did not see anything we did not like there.

It managed to rain nearly every day but it did not put a damper on our holiday at all and seeing my sister after 21 years was just incredible.



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Welcome Home John and Irona! time to start planning your next trip to NZ?

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Gerty Dancer wrote:

Welcome Home John and Irona! time to start planning your next trip to NZ?

 My sister and her husband are planning a trip tp WA in the not tooooooooo distant future, they reckon they are going to visit the West Island.

 

PS:- Sorry Gerty, thanks for the welcome back.



-- Edited by JRH on Wednesday 18th of January 2012 02:17:04 PM

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JRH wrote:

Well we are back in good old OZ. We had a wonderful time in NZ and managed to catch up with Kiwi -as and his lovely wife Lorraine.

Will post some pics as soon as I get them off the camera and sorted out.

It was really gret in NZ and we did not see anything we did not like there.

It managed to rain nearly every day but it did not put a damper on our holiday at all and seeing my sister after 21 years was just incredible.

 Well bugger me, didnt realise you were gone John biggrin, welcome back. Will catch up with you and Irona when we get back to Perth

cheers

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Good to see you back JRH. Look forward to seeing the pics.

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blaze wrote:
JRH wrote:

Well we are back in good old OZ. We had a wonderful time in NZ and managed to catch up with Kiwi -as and his lovely wife Lorraine.

Will post some pics as soon as I get them off the camera and sorted out.

It was really gret in NZ and we did not see anything we did not like there.

It managed to rain nearly every day but it did not put a damper on our holiday at all and seeing my sister after 21 years was just incredible.

 Well bugger me, didnt realise you were gone John biggrin, welcome back. Will catch up with you and Irona when we get back to Perth

cheers

blaze

 Please do catch up Rob would love to see you both again.



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I didn't realise you'd gone either, but it's great to see you're back (and your front).
It is a spectacular country and the people are great too. Thermal springs and all that food.

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You are correct Chris it is spectacular country and to be quite honest I could have spent several more months there just soaking up the scenery and countryside, a month was not really anywhere near long enough to do and see all.  What we did see was great and I wouldn't have missed it for all the tea in China.  Most people reckon my back looks better than my front.

Spent some time in the hot baths and must admit my aching back felt much better after the soak. 

Went to Rotarua to see the Geysers but it was pouring with rain and where the poncho ended the wet really started, from my hips down to my feet including my shoes were sopping wet. Still had a good time though. 

NZ has a great coffee culture, there are coffee shops everywhere and I noticed that most places were fully licensed to serve alcohol, can even buy beer and wines in the supermarket when shopping for food.



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good to see you are both home safe, never know with those Kiwi's especially Kiwi-As biggrin



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Thanks Wombat I must admit it is good to be back, though I could have spent another couple of months in NZ just looking around.  Kiwi - as is a great bloke and his wife is lovely, if all Kiwi's were as nice as that couple then NZ would be well ahead of the rest.



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Welcome back John......Wavies~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ as you scream past

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Thanks Wombat I must admit it is good to be back, though I could have spent another couple of months in NZ just looking around.  Kiwi - as is a great bloke and his wife is lovely, if all Kiwi's were as nice as that couple then NZ would be well ahead of the rest.

 Hi John, yes we found the kiwi's to be very friendly, (but don't tell Kiwi-As I said that)



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Welcome home John, glad your time was one of joy mate. x o x o



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Hey Wombat, after a referance like that from JRH i think that apartment should be 6 star.biggrin.gifbiggrin



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John,now you and Irona have left we are having a week of real summer weather, thems the breaks though. Did you polish off that flagon of home made peach wine before you left your sisters.

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Welcome back JRH, We have been over there twice & it is a very spectular country. I have a B.I.Law over there.

JC.



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Hi John and Irona, welcome back to the land of the kangaroo!! Glad you had a great time. Shame you had rain between showers mostly but the weather in Oz hasn't been much better. At times wouldn't have known it was summer!! Anyway welcome home.

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Smokeydk wrote:

Welcome back John......Wavies~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ as you scream past

 G'day Dave,

We are having a granny flat built out the back of the house and if all goes well we should be in Noarlunga around the end of March so hopefully I can give you a bell then and maybe we could catch up for a chat.  Thanks for the wecome back and have you heard from gary ans kerry lately?

John



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No I havent John..........their blog has closed.......last I heard they were selling up and going on road permantly......not sure

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