Monthly Archives: November 2012

Fraser Island in Pictures

Posted on November 28, 2012 by David Helmers

As we continue north in Queensland towards Cairns, we stopped and spent two day and s a night on Fraser Island.  For Lee’s account of our visit go to: http://hotstuffbylee.wordpress.com/2012/11/25/fraser-island-queensland-australia/  This UNESSCO World Heritage sight is the world’s largest sand … Continue reading →

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Lady Elliot Island in Pictures

Posted on November 27, 2012 by David Helmers

As we traveled up the Queensland coast of eastern Australia, we spent two days and a night at Lady Elliot Island.  Laney wrote an account of our visit at – http://nosimplehighwayblog.com/2012/11/26/lady-elliot-island/   This tiny island is the nesting site for … Continue reading →

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Busy in Australia

Posted on November 22, 2012 by David Helmers

Apologies for not posting more frequently. We are enjoying our travels and have been too busy and too remote (no wifi) to post as frequently as we would like. I guess that is a good thing and the point of … Continue reading →

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New Zealand in Pictures

Posted on November 13, 2012 by David Helmers

Three wonderful weeks in New Zealand resulted in hundreds of photographs.  Here is a random sampling of a few that gives you a glimpse of part of what we have been up to.

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Three weeks in New Zealand

Posted on November 12, 2012 by David Helmers

On October 26th we arrived in Auckland New Zealand. As I sit here on November 13th writing this entry, I cannot believe how much we have done and how quickly the time has flown by. We spent our first night … Continue reading →

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Some things I’ve noted about Kiwi’s

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Anne Helmers

New Zealand is the first English speaking, first world country we have been in for several months and at first I felt like I was back home but I began to note that things seemed a bit off. Here is … Continue reading →

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Going to School

Posted on November 4, 2012 by lbhelmers

Owairoa Primary School     Today I went to Owairoa Primary School a school in New Zealand. Since it is Friday we did some stuff they do not do every day of the week. A couple things are jump jam, … Continue reading →

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