WWQP Bulletin Board Chat

Marion - your trip to Auckland was obviously well received. Glad I'm over that 3 teenagers, full time work, etc phase! I hope Russell had a good birthday. We are hearing much less about Christchurch now.....the nature of the beast when it comes to the media, especially in another country, however close we are. There WAS a space on TV news the other night about the 500 ChCh lst and 2nd year uni students who had been invited to study for the first semester at Adelaide Uni, which I thought was a very inventive way to help quite a few individuals. Quite a few families stepped up to 'adopt' the students too.

Jane - thanks for the Salvo's site for the ChCh earthquake relief. I used that for a contribution. So hard to know what to do other than that. So many people suffering both mentally and physically in several parts of the world and here I am guiltily planning the trip of a lifetime.

Rosey - I wonder if you've heard from Shannon yet......he has good intentions . He and DDIL are off on Friday to HongKong for a week to visit a friend. Always a good way to see a place, especially if the friend is also on holidays! We will meet up with them on the 17th in Singapore - us on the first step of our 3 month trip; them/they? on their way back home.

We are busy getting the place in order before we leave. Clothes, etc are on the spare bed but not packed. I'm trying to finish off some pressies I've been making which I'll give to friends we meet en route. Of course, as always, I started them much too late. I think I'll be doing the hand sewing and tying off knots on the 4 hour drive to Adelaide (sigh).

We're taking a laptop with us so that we can keep in touch. I'm also intending to write a blog.

Marion and Bee - will email before we leave.

All the best to everyone.