Thank you Julie. It was the US last year where I had to give a speech at the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls when they celebrated the life of one of my West country ancestors. Liz www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery OPC for Street, Somerset ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie Pitrone Williamson" <jpwilli@twmi.rr.com> To: <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 9:23 PM Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] Visit to Australia and New Zealand > Best wishes to you going on the trip, I envy your itinerary! > > Julie Williamson > Michigan USA > > > > Liz wrote: >> Hi Bob >> >> Unfortunately Timaru is on South Island and I will only be able to visit >> the >> North of North Island. Organising my trip to the US last year was quite >> complex but this is even more complex and has really tested my >> organisation >> skills. Trying to fit in with my family and friends and make sure that I >> don't fly for more than 8 hours at a time was very complex - hence I will >> be >> staying with my friends in the Emirates (having lived there for 11 >> years), >> then a couple of days in Singapore. I've promised myself that this will >> be >> the last of my long distance travels. I have promised my friends that I >> will go back to India one day and I must visit Cyprus where some of my >> friends have retired to and where I went to boarding school in the early >> 1950s. After that it will be Europe only...or better still, perhaps I >> will >> stay in beautiful Cornwall. >> >> Regards >> Liz >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Bob Marhenke" <bobmarval@juno.com> >> To: <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 6:42 PM >> Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] Visit to Australia and New Zealand >> >> >> >>> Hi Liz, >>> >>> I wish I were going with you. Don't forget there are Corry cousins >>> around Timaru whe you get to NZ.---Bob Marhenke >>> >>> >>> On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:05:19 +0100 "Liz" <e.newbery@btinternet.com> >>> writes: >>> >>>> At long last after months of organising I have my trip to Australia >>>> planned. >>>> I then realised I had a week to spare so I decided on a side trip to >>>> >>>> Auckland, NZ to visit some of the places where William COLENSO >>>> travelled >>>> during his life time there from 1834 until his death in 1899. I >>>> have yet to >>>> work out how I will travel to some of the places like Paihia, >>>> Rotorua and >>>> Waikato but I am sure I will sort it out. >>>> >>>> I'm also staying in Adelaide with a 3xg granddaughter of Samuel May >>>> COLENSO >>>> from Penzance - Samuel is a 5xg grandfather of my granddaughter. >>>> >>>> Some of the names in my family tree and the places where they lived >>>> and >>>> where I hope to visit: >>>> >>>> COLENSOs to Geelong, Melbourne >>>> TRAHAIRs to White Hills and Brunswick, Melbourne >>>> TRAHAIR and COLENSOs to Ballarat >>>> BODINNARs and RICHARDS to Bendigo and Eaglehawk >>>> DREW family to Queensland - but I'm not sure where! >>>> TALBOT family (from Somerset) to Colac >>>> >>>> I am going from one side of Australia to the other. There are also >>>> numerous >>>> other places to visit where family lived, don't know how many I will >>>> manage >>>> to visit but I'll be away for 10 weeks. >>>> >>>> Places I'm staying - Melbourne, Adelaide, Mandurah, Peregian Beach >>>> and >>>> Brisbane. From those places I hope to visit other places. I have >>>> 11 >>>> flights altogether and this is a once in a lifetime research trip >>>> which is >>>> giving me the opportunity to visit family and friends. If you >>>> happen to see >>>> me passing your home don't forget to wave:-)) I just might be >>>> wearing my >>>> Cornish tartan! >>>> >>>> Liz >>>> www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery >>>> OPC for Street, Somerset >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com >>>> >>>> Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription >>>> information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ >>>> --------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>>> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> ____________________________________________________________ >>> $350,000 Life Insurance >>> Coverage as low as $13.04/month. 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