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Oh, but before I say more, Melbourne was fun.  Got to visit with Jack (my dorm mate at CSU) and wander around Melbourne with Ben the Hitchhiker (an ice friend), Ruthiebaby88 (American traveling nurse) and Chris (English significant other of Ruth).  Even got into the Aquarium for free (YAY!).  Indeed we (Jack and I) hung around his … Read more

Seat of the pants traveling can mean that sometimes you are in the right place and the right time and still miss everything. For those of you who didn’t know, Mari Gras was celebrated in Sydney 2 nights ago, but I totally missed it. Not only did I miss the actual parade, but some how … Read more

I hope you all like the pictures, let me know if something didn’t show up. So I’m off NZ to the land of Oz.  (Australia)  I leave here in a few hours to spend a 2 hours plane flight to Sydney and view the Darling Harbor, the Royal Botanic Gardens, and of course the Opera … Read more

I’m going to bombard you with a few pictures from NZ in separate emails. Here’s one just North of Invercargill near the 5 rivers confluence. (George really liked this fishing spot) Rich

Just a tarp, and some people next to a storm in the ocean. 😉 BTW that’s George.

This is from the original Bungee jumping site in NZ. This guy’s having the time of his life…

Here’s a waterfall from Arthur’s Pass. This is a great place, quite little canyon that is totally lifeless but houses this brilliant river 200 foot waterfall. What’s cool about this waterfall to me was how it was creating it’s own wind up near the base of the falls. I’ve got great video of the sounds … Read more

And this is the last bash up here in Tanaka where Sean Corkery (Toofles Sean) sang for us (with other guest singers) at the Mussel inn. 9000 miles to meet, 5 hours back off the ice, to settle and say good by in a beautiful back home bar…And a few people drinking on it’s steps.Rich … Read more

Here’s one of the many sides of Queenstown (it feels like vail or a similar upscale mountain town). And the feel of the place…

So the penguins waddle up past stumps like this into the bushes. Don’t have any good pictures of penguins though, sorry.