Mass start of the swim in the dark at 7am

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March 5th 2011
Saturday 5th March – the day of the Ironman. We had put the alarm on for 6am but when we jumped out of bed and looked outside we were met with a thoroughly miserable scene – torrential rain! To our credit we didn’t even consider creeping back under the sheets but instead donned our anoraks, fished out our one umbrella and gamely set off. We wondered how the athletes could possibly cope wi ... read more

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more

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Jan and Graham

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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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