Category: FamilyBy Wanda on May 9, 2008 in Family, Australia, Featured | 1 Comment
Paula and I both celebrate our birthday’s next week and as I will be in Brisbane we decided to treat ourselves to lunch at the Hyatt hotel in Canberra a week ahead of time.
Demelza was home from school with a sore foot? so we took her with us for the experience. I had only given […]
By Wanda on Mar 8, 2008 in Family | 1 Comment
While I have been traipsing around the United States having a great time, I have become a great grandmother. My grandson Stephen and his lovely partner Shanny finally welcomed their son Connor into the world.
He was due on 29th February but decided to stay put for a bit longer. Steve and Shanny’s parents are all […]
By traveltripz on Feb 11, 2008 in Family | 1 Comment
This isn’t one of our usual travel posts, but it ties in with the trip my husband Valentine and I took to New Zealand in 2007. And I wanted to make sure the kids got to see this before Paula and I set of for the US next week, and we start writing about that trip.
Our beautiful […]
By traveltripz on Feb 11, 2008 in Family, Tara | 0 Comments
It seems to me that every time I drive to Tara it is raining and this week was no exception.
We are in the process of moving from the beach in Brisbane to a rural area in Queensland which is a good 5 hour drive, although everyone tells me it is only 3-4 hours.
So we are off with […]
By traveltripz on Oct 14, 2007 in Family, Auckland, New Zealand | 8 Comments
Our lovely niece Jenny has just emailed through some family photos and amongst them is of Val and I when we were married and another one of us at Roy and Kays wedding a couple of years later.
This is so fantastic for us as all our photos were lost years ago and we have no photos […]
By traveltripz on Sep 16, 2007 in Family, Auckland, New Zealand | 0 Comments
After arriving back at the hotel we freshen up and pickup the car from the concierge.
Then off we go to Torbay to visit my stepfather Derek. He has recently moved from Glen Innes to Torbay, much to everyones relief. It took a bit of organising as he and Gwen had lived in the old place […]
By traveltripz on Sep 15, 2007 in Family, Auckland, New Zealand | 0 Comments
Today we are heading off to visit my brothers, Derek, Ralph and Gavin and their repective partners, Jackie, Vicky and Gilly. I am so looking forward to seeing them. We will be having a barbeque and a few drinks and a bit of a yarn in true kiwi fashion.
I have managed to get the timer […]
By traveltripz on Sep 13, 2007 in Family, New Zealand | 3 Comments
The next morning we set out bright and early to drive to Whangarei to see Val’s nephew. Funnily enough Roy is actually 6 months older than his uncle Val.
We stopped for lunch at the Country Kitchen in Wellsford and had really nice fish and chips. The cafe is neat and clean and the staff are […]
