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It’s our first night together after 127 days apart. In early January, Helen went to Mt Isa in the outback of Queensland on a four month contract to work in the town hospital’s intensive care unit while I finished up a two year project with BECA for the Samoan Government helping villages prepare local coastal infrastructure management plans to improve their resilience to natural disasters like cyclones and global warming.

It feels magical looking out from our 11th floor apartment in the Oriana, right on the coast at Surfers Paradise. It’s the exact same place we stayed as a family for the Worlds Fair back in 1988. I cannot believe my eyes. Helen is as beautiful as ever.
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Joep Segers
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Date: 18th June 2007

Not only Helen..
,...you both look so beautiful. In an ugly surrounding world, pairs like you colour it a bit nicer!!

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WINSTON THE FROG
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Date: 19th June 2007

A BEAUTIFULL AS EVER
YOU GUYS ARE AS BEAUTIFULL AS EVER. WHAT A GREAT ADVENTURE!!

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Carol Shinn
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Date: 1st July 2007

What a great trip!
Your lives are always so filled with wonderful adventure. This sounds like a great trip, but watch out for those cars....

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Ted Helen
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Date: 14th July 2007


Yipes. I just discovered this comments section on our blog site. Thanks for writing. Seems your comments will become part of the site unless I specifically delete them . . . Is this crazy or what!

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