Having been here 5 weeks - we are both amazed that we still feel like we are on a permanent holiday. The house we are living in is a dream and neither of us can stop gazing out of the window at the view. All of our mountain-loving friends would love it and are more than welcome to come and stay. if you want to look it up -- it's called Fern Tree, in Hobart - on the slopes of Mount Wellington. The schools we are working in are amazing! Ivor has a fantastic job at 'Hutchins Boys School. He has [View Full Entry]

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On our way to Australia we stopped off at Bangkok for three days and then we caught the train down to Singapore via Penang and Butterworth. We had an amazing time and did lots of sightseeing. On the train - on which we spent a couple of nights - I met some deaf Thai people - amazingly, I could just about communicate - though their language is based on American Sign Language. We then spent a night in Singapore and flew to Melbourne the next morning [View Full Entry]

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