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. Free, No Obligation Quotes. >> http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4c7bedcbb49d2fffc5m02duc >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >