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Hello to fellow travellers going on the Grand Australian tour Apr29 2013. I am from Cananda and am very excited about the trip. When we are in Sydney , we have tickets to see Henry the 4th at the Sydney Opera House on Tuesday May 7th for 6:30 programme. If you are interested in attending performance with us, go online purchase the tickets and we will all go together. Look forward to meeting our fellow travellers and seeing the sights of Australia and New Zealand.
Shirley B.
Shirley B.
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The Bell Shakespeare Company is wonderful. You are in for a stunning night at the Opera House. I hope you get some other eager theatre goers to join you. If you are into theatre generally, why not try out the Melbourne Theatre Company, too.
Have a great trip,
Cheers,
Jan
Thanks
Shirley
No extra time in Melbourne! Oh, dear. Poor jet lagged you ... Never mind, you'll just have to come again. I promise that we laugh the same language as you do and that you'll feel right at home in two shakes of a lamb's tail.
Re the balloon ride ... I had to check the Tauck site to find which one you were talking about ... they do them over Melbourne at dawn (in the right season) and over so many other places, too. Yours turns out to be from Cairns, back over the rainforest and the Atherton Tablelands. I haven't been to Cairns, so I can't give a personal opinion. I'm sure it will be lovely.
As for souvenirs, gosh, we have the same rubbish as everywhere else! I know, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and I've bought my own fair share of trinkets that when you see them in isolation rather than in rows in a shop, all with their Made in China tags showing .... What sort of things are the kids interested in? One of the things you will see are rocks ...small stones, polished semi-presious stones, or just unusual or unique stones. Small, light and easy to fit into the corner of a suitcase. If you have anything particular in mind, let me know and I could do a little research for you. For small kids we have the usual (for us!) run of fuzzy baby animals, which I will freely admit are very cute! We have some very nice things for the more mature kid
Cheers,
Jan
Well after talking with the youngest of 8 grandchildren (she weely weely weely want a cola bear ) translations: she really wants a Koala Bear, so guess one of the cute stuffies will take care of one child. The stones sound like good choices for the others, the oldest (14) thought I might get her a pair of Uggs but I do think those will be priced over the alloted amount for souveniers. Kids are great, especially grandkids! LOL. I am sure in our journey we will come across some interesting items to bring back to Canada. I am bringing some Canadian Pins with me to pass out along the way. Have not heard from any fellow travellers yet. Hoping if you read this, you will just say hello and then we will meet in a few short weeks.
Grammaonthgogo, Shirley B.
The day of the Sydney Opera House tour you can get tickets at half price if there are seats.
Well, your youngest GK can weely have a cola, but she can't have a cola bear, because they don't exit, because cola's aren't bears, see?
And your Canadian pins will weely go down well where ever you go down here. Make sure to wear yours where ever you go in Australia & New Zealand. It'll make a great talking point, if nothing else! Aussies all want to visit Canada, as the Canadian Tourism Commission, and Tauck, well know. So prepare for a great, and strangely familiar, adventure.
Cheers,
Jan