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February 26th 2011
Published: March 1st 2011
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Saturday 26th February – at 6.30am the alarm went off but we were both already up anxiously looking outside to see what sort of weather we could expect today. It wasn’t too bad – a bit cloudy but not too blustery. We had our breakfast, made sure we had everything we might need: water, anoraks, sunscreen etc and walked the 30 yards or so to the White Island Rendezvous reception and handed o... Read Full Entry



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Jan and Graham
Pootling Possums
Pootling Possums
Hi and welcome to our blog. We have set out on our second great adventure in Australia, following in the footsteps of those magnificent bloggers The Wallaby Wanderers. Originally we were due to go in March and spend a few weeks with the Wanderers (daughter Sarah and son-in-law Darryl) but those plans were blown apart by the small matter of a triple heart bypass operation that Graham needed. However, all's well that ends well, Graham is fit and healthy again so we arrived in Aus on the 14th August and picked up 'PIE' the trusty Nissan Terrano that Sarah and Darryl bought last year and 'SWEE... full info
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A map of White IslandA map of White Island
A map of White Island
Some of the abandoned machinery left by the sulpur workersSome of the abandoned machinery left by the sulpur workers
Some of the abandoned machinery left by the sulpur workers
Will they make it back to the boat?Will they make it back to the boat?
Will they make it back to the boat?
Yes, they do!Yes, they do!
Yes, they do!
Great view as we speed away from White IslandGreat view as we speed away from White Island
Great view as we speed away from White Island
Relaxing back on the boatRelaxing back on the boat
Relaxing back on the boat
(It was a piece of cake!!)
Whale IslandWhale Island
Whale Island
Suddenly dolphins were spottedSuddenly dolphins were spotted
Suddenly dolphins were spotted
and they tracked the boat for a whileand they tracked the boat for a while
and they tracked the boat for a while
Signifying a special Maori siteSignifying a special Maori site
Signifying a special Maori site
on the hill above Whakatane
Traditional Maori ceremonial longboatsTraditional Maori ceremonial longboats
Traditional Maori ceremonial longboats
are full of wonderful carvingsare full of wonderful carvings
are full of wonderful carvings
Front of one of the boatsFront of one of the boats
Front of one of the boats



1st March 2011

Darryl and Sarah
Wallaby Wanderers

Man over board!
Blimey that sea looks rough! What an interesting trip. Great photos as always. Thanks for the text this morning :-) x x x x
1st March 2011

Barb and Tony
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pass the sick bag
Wow !!! What an experience , I felt sick just looking at the photos !

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