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TRAVEL
Around
the World in 12 Issues
6. FLUSH & QUEUE
December
2002 - New Zealand & Australia
 Hello.
We have crossed the Pacific Ocean to New Zealand and landed
back in the English speaking World. Some of our old South
American habits died hard and we spent a few days marveling
at toilets that can handle toilet tissue and at people
queuing in line. Shocks came with the price of cigarettes,
transport, rooms and, well, everything really compared
to SA.
We
spent a short time in New Zealand, travelling to the sunny
Bay of Islands area and to sulphurous Rotorua before flying
out of Auckland to Sydney on the day of a Papal visit.
It wasn't JP2 though. Another Pope, the head of the Coptic
Church in Egypt - the oldest Christian Church in the World
- had decided to visit the land of the long white cloud.
 In
Sydney we did the big tourist things; Bondi, the bridge
and the opera house before popping down to Bellambi, near
Woolongong, to see a Scottish friend from home.
Nursing
hangovers after enjoying their considerable hospitality
we raced up the coast via Byron Bay, Hervey Bay, Airlie
Beach and sailed and snorkeled around the Whitsunday Islands.
The
mining town of Nhulunbuy, on aboriginal land at the Top
End, is where we are currently at, visiting another couple
of friends that we knew from back home. Tomorrow we'll
throw a couple of prawns on the barbie, open a couple
of cold ones, and enjoy Christmas in 95 degree heat.
 Site
wise we have had a few email problems and have fallen
behind with correspondence but hope to catch up soon.
Finding an Internet café that accepts laptops has
also been difficult in Australia and New Zealand and that
has meant that JAB is later than we would have liked.
Next month we're will probably be in Indonesia and hope
to produce a special Australia and New Zealand Supplement
for the Jobs Abroad Bulletin.
Special
thanks this issue to Helen, Peter, Tony, Carolyn, Rebecca
and Jessica, among others, who have made us feel very
welcome in their homes and to David Toner of Wanderers
Travel and the crew on Ozsail's yacht Mandrake, Gerald,
Stacy and Sara.
Happy
Christmas
Wanderers
Travel
http://www.wanderers-travel.com
OzSail
http://www.ozsail.com.au
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1.
First Issue / 2.
Inca Trial / 3.
Lake Titicaca / 4.
The Border / 5.
Leaving LA
6. Flush
& Queue / 7.
Christmas Dinner & Bombs in Bali / 8.
Thieving Monkey
9.
Islands / 10.
Cheesecake & Whiskey / 11.
Another New Year
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