Home again...home again...

Ahhh... some of our last holiday pics from the South Island of New Zealand. Absolutely beautiful! We made vows... (No, not the ones you think!) We have vowed to travel again... to continue our adventure...to return to the lands "down-under"... and to continue posing for cheesy tourist shots! Fun is the best thing to have!

We're home in Canada now... looking back at the year and retelling the favourite bits... Many of you have mentioned how much you enjoyed being along for the digital ride! Thanks for coming along on our journey, friends!

On the road again...

We fully intended to post more news and photos this month but it got REALLY busy at work and elsewhere and so we didn't manage to follow through. Ah well...

We're on the road again. We flew to Brisbane after school ended and now we're in Christchurch, New Zealand. We're heading south tomorrow to Queenstown and then on to Milford Sound. Sorry...no photos to share as I left my camera on the plane!!!!! (We're going to pick it up from the airport tomorrow. Huge thinks I'm showing signs of early dementia. I think he's not wrong!!!! )

More later...

Marble Hill Ruins

Bush fires are a part of life in South Australia. In the early eighties, even the home of the Governor was taken by this natural force. On the second Sunday of every month, the ruins of this once-great estate are open to the public.




Parts of it have been restored, others simply preserved. The view from the tower was incredible.

A visit to the farm...

Here we are in Minlaton. It's the "Barley Capital of the World." Jackie's brother runs the family farm and he took us (along with a load of grain) to a nearby port.

I got to ride on the harvester!!! It's big sky country for sure!

Our "shack" weekend in Port Augusta

We were invited by our friend Pauline to be "international guests at the shack" and were immediately intrigued. We traveled to Port Augusta for this particular adventure. Another weekend full of good food, Aussie wine, excellent friends (old and new) and laughs. We had the best time. We flew over the Flinders Ranges and the Gulf and went crabbing for blue swimmer crabs. What a great time!

Wildlife sightings

We were privileged several times during this holiday, catching wild things doing their thing. It was incredible to turn a bend and find ourselves face to face with wallabies, koalas, superb fairy wrens and kookaburras.....and various tiny critters...