In Kalgoorlie they have the Super Pit

an open gold mine

Everything is big at the super pit

The truck tyres are huge

here is one of the dump trucks 

collecting to earth 

Here is the sequence of holes 

drilled for blasting 

This is a photo of the Pit

The dump trucks line up to get loaded 

by the digger

We had a 4 hour drive to Esperence 

to a wonderful beach 

Aleisha & Anna enjoying each others company

Its selfie time for the girls

At Christchurch airport an early start to fly to Kalgoorlie Western Australia

to see our daughter for Christmas

a 3 hour stopover in Melbourne 

a change in airlines from Air NZ to Virgin 

Anna & Gloria 

I may have found my retirement job

at Melbourne airport 

GO - STOP crossing man 

 Its Christmas 

Merry Christmas to you all 

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After returning from Port Vila

Vila, we have completed our

Medical check up and ready for

Our travel to Australia and have Christmas

With our daughters

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As we age we sometimes come across signs

Which are true!!!

Some photos of the landscape after the earthquake 

I like this photo which shows how the earthquake 

lifted the sea bed.

Sorry for not updating the Blog 

We have been travelling the length on the South Island

and been on the road for a few weeks & living out of a suitcase 

BUT now we are back in Blenheim

It has been great catching up with some X Army guys (last seen 20+ years ago)

 and other old friends 

Mike greeted us with Muffins 

as requested by Neville 

Graeme & Maebry are still fundraising for Vanuatu

Thanks guys!!

PCANZ Assembly in Dunedin

Richard Dawson who came to open the Onesua buildings

is getting cloaked as the new moderator

We left Christchurch the morning of the Earthquake

but good for us we were heading south 

away from the the disaster zone 

refuelling & washing Gloria's car and

 we continue the trip South to Dunedin

We stopped in at one of Neville's schools

Last time I was here was in 1975

as a boarding student 

Gloria & I braved the cold weather and got a quick 

photo of the Moeraki boulders

We are Ok from the 7.5 Earthquake

North of Christchurch

We are in Christchurch now 

and are heading South to Dunedin

today Monday 14th Nov

We will be returning to Blenheim via the West coast

next week sometime 

as the SH1 will be closed for some time 

Gloria & I are on a bit of a road 

trip to Dunedin

for a Global Mission meeting

We are down in Christchurch at our old stomping grounds

We had a game of mini golf together 

which was a good catch up

The competitive Gloria

got a few holes in 1 

An early morning start on 2 Nov

flying back to NZ at 7am

arriving in Blenheim at 5pm

Gloria & Dawn

Some of the men who are still in NZ and will be 

returning to Vanuatu early December

we gave them some treats

We went to Ambrym where we got

to talk to the animals

and to see the women using the bush knife

and Joel training is 1 year old to hold a bush knife