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Home Again
Here we are home again. Don't know when we might get the chance to do this type of thing again, but we thoroughly enjoyed out time over...
wwilkes8
Feb 24, 20241 min read
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Singapore (Post 15)
After an epic drive through New Zealand where we clocked up just under 4000 kilometers (about 2500 miles) in our hire car, we left on Air...
wwilkes8
Feb 18, 20243 min read
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Oh! I Forgot...(Post 14)
After I posted the last blog, I remembered something else. Kirsty Mhari, Scott and Azara all went out the night before Kirsty flew home....
wwilkes8
Feb 18, 20241 min read
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North Island Part two (post 13)
After our busy couple of days in Wellington and Rotorua we ended our tour of New Zealand at more sedate pace. We stayed with Wilma's...
wwilkes8
Feb 14, 20242 min read
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North Island (Part one)
We left you last time going to the boat from Picton in the South Island to Wellington in the North Island. Well just to let you know that...
wwilkes8
Feb 6, 20243 min read
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New Zealand Road Trip (Part 2)
Remember how happy I was with the breakfast at the St Moritz hotel, well this is what happened when we were checking out. I went to the...
wwilkes8
Feb 2, 20242 min read
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New Zealand Road Trip (Part 1)
After a brilliant day in Christchurch and wishing we could stay another day but we had our schedule to keep to. One we devised ourselves...
wwilkes8
Jan 31, 20243 min read
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Now in New Zealand (post 9)
We have arrived at our second country on our mammoth tour of down under. But our last night in Australia was not without incident. We...
wwilkes8
Jan 28, 20242 min read
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Australia done and dusted (post 8)
At the end of my last offering we had just arrived at Sydney after a 4 day road trip, where everything went fine except for the last 50...
wwilkes8
Jan 26, 20242 min read
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Hi Hi Hi (post 7)
Today was a day when Wilma and I both got high. It was a day I had been looking forward to since we booked the trip. It was a day when I...
wwilkes8
Jan 21, 20242 min read
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Road Trip 1 (post 6)
Day 1 After a good few days in Melbourne, where we could have seen a lot more, It was time to move on. We had hired a car from Avis when...
wwilkes8
Jan 20, 20243 min read
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A hot day (post 5)
After getting in late from the penguin parade we had a late breakfast and went into Melbourne. Wilma had found a walking tour that...
wwilkes8
Jan 16, 20242 min read
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A long but worthwhile day (post 4)
After a night at the cricket, we planned something a bit more restful for the following day. So we had booked a bus trip to Phillip...
wwilkes8
Jan 16, 20242 min read
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2 days in Melbourne (post 3)
We had a funny day on Friday. It was our first full day here, but the jet lag played a big part. we were both awake at 4 in the morning...
wwilkes8
Jan 14, 20241 min read
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Oh what a flight. (Post 2)
We started off by getting up nice and early for our trip along the M8 to Edinburgh Airport. Our flight was due to go out at 7:30, so we...
wwilkes8
Jan 12, 20242 min read
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Wilma & Billy Down Under (1st Post)
Wilma and Billy are off on an adventure. We have been hoping to visit Australia and New Zealand for a couple of years and we have finally...
wwilkes8
Jan 7, 20241 min read
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