Day 12 – Australia/New Zealand Adventure – Queenstown
Pavlova, named for dancer, Anna Pavlova
Both Australia and New Zealand claim Pavlova’s origin, but it seems that New Zealand might be the winner.
Day 11 – Australia/New Zealand Adventure – Art and War
Handmade knitted poppies in the gift shop. “Globally, over one million knitted poppies have been kindly donated to the 5,000 poppies project. Each of them with their own story, and all hand made with love.”
Handmade knitted poppies in the gift shop. “Globally, over one million knitted poppies have been kindly donated to the 5,000 poppies project. Each of them with their own story, and all hand made with love.”
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Day 9 – Australia/New Zealand Adventure – Uluru (Ayers Rock) and Fun Facts
(Saturday, March 15, 2025) by Ann Silverthorn with Jim DeDad Our long bus ride departed at 7:30 a.m. for the Stuart Highway, then the Lasseter Highway going west toward Uluru, the Aboriginal word for the huge monolith most of us …
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Day 7 – Australia/New Zealand Adventure – Alice Springs and the Outback
(Thursday, March 13, 2025) by Ann Silverthorn with Jim DeDad We were up at 3:00 a.m. for a 4:15 a.m. transport to our 6:00 a.m. flights to Brisbane and then to Alice Springs. It was nice that they gave us …
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Day 6 – Australia/New Zealand Adventure – Crocs!
Happy-looking croc
(Wednesday, March 12, 2025) by Ann Silverthorn with Jim DeDad Another delicious breakfast at CC’s this morning. Jim had enjoyed the waffles yesterday, but today there were only pancakes. The waffles had been especially good, because they were liège waffles, a …
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Day 5 – Australia/New Zealand Adventure – Great Barrier Reef
Path to Beach on Green Island
(Tuesday, March 11, 2025) by Ann Silverthorn with Jim DeDad We enjoyed another delicious breakfast buffet at CC’s next to the hotel. (All breakfasts were were included on this trip.) I was delighted to find salt and pepper on the …
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Day 4 – Australia/New Zealand Adventure – Sydney to Cairns
Trinity Bay, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
(Monday, March 10, 2025) by Ann Silverthorn with Jim DeDad This day, which was also the birthday of our middle child, was the first of our eight flights during our trip, in addition to the ones coming and going to …
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Day 3 – Australia/New Zealand Adventure – Mass, WWI, Immigration, Shopping, and a Dinner Cruise
Australian Monument to the Unknown Soldier
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