Hi,
sorry I’ve not posted a blog in a while, but the OSO and Fossil have been away
on a long holiday to Australia and New Zealand, which, for those of you who
know them well was a remarkable achievement for Fossil going away at all, let
alone for three weeks and such a long way away from home and an achievement for
the OSO kidding him along for so long that they were just going away ‘for a
long weekend!’
A
big lever for Mum was that Al, my little brother, was over there, and in fact
still is, on walkabout with three of his old Uni. mates. For those of you that
have been following him on Facebook, you will see what an awesome time he has
been having.
So
the OSO and dad flew out to meet them in Australia and of course do other
things whilst they were out there. The trip was a great success. Initially they
flew out to Sydney and once Mum had recovered from her throwing up migraine
they had a few days there doing all the usual sights and from there they flew
up to Cairns which was where they were scheduled to meet Al. Bit of a hiccup
there in that Al and his mates were flying up from NZ and missed their
connecting flight from Sydney ( Al still maintains it was not their fault) so
they were a day late arriving in Cairns. In the end all went well and they all
had a great time, the best bit being on the Great Barrier Reef with Al and the
OSO scuba diving looking at the fishes, turtles and sharks. As Al said ‘how
amazing is this’
You
may be wondering what Fossil was doing, he stayed in a glass bottomed boat and
looked at the reef that way! As he said
‘If
God had meant me to swim under water he would have given me gills!’
If
you look on either Mum’s or Al’s face book site you will see some pictures of
them snorkeling and scuba diving.
They
all had a fantastic time. Mum and Dad and Al had a day on their own, Mum
worrying about Al’s sore foot caused by his flip flops rubbing which he said
was fine, but ended up later having to have hospital treatment because of a
really bad infection (in some cases Mum’s do know best!).
They
parted company after a few days. Al and his group carrying their trip in Aus.
and the OSO and Dad flying off to Aukland in NZ (in case you didn’t know). They
really, really enjoyed their time there. The scenery was spectacular with so
many great things to do. From there they should have gone on the scenic railway
all the way down the North Island. This was a bit of the holiday that had been
specially planned for Dad but it didn’t happen cause the train had broken and
they weren’t told until they arrived to get on the train at 6.45 in the
morning. The train people tried to put all of them onto a coach, but the
parents were having non of it and with the help of a lovely couple who lived in
Aukland, managed to hire the last available car in Aukland and drove themselves
down in one day, which was a long way, but the roads were very quiet, the
scenery was amazing at at least they wern’t stuck on a coach with the OSO
throwing up!
From
there they had a couple of days in Wellington, caught the ferry to South Island
and then drove down to Kaikoura which was where, I think, that the OSO really
had the best time cause she kayaked with seals swam in the sea with wild
dolphins, went whale watching, basically she never stopped. Fossil had a great
time too waving her off and having a more leisurely time on shore! They have
been married for SO long now, they just know how to keep each other happy! Ah!.
After
that they drove down to Christchurch for a couple of days and then flew home
where Roger met them at the airport and looked after Mum with another of her
sick migraines. (long haul flight DO NOT suit her) and then home to rainy old
England. The OSO was so depressed for at least a week after getting back home
that Dad vowed never to let her go away again! She’s fine again now, back into
her old daft ways!
So
there you go; a quick guide to what they got up to.
Now
that I’ve got more time not having to keep an eye on them whilst they were
travelling, I will have more time to write my blog so watch this space!
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