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Happy Australia Day

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  • I am 27 years old from Australia and I have T.A.R Syndrome. My email address is not showing on my profile for some reason so it is blossom_242@hotmail.com for anyone who wants to send me an email.
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14 years 8 months ago #11676 by Angel85
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I just want to wish all Australian's on this board a very Happy Australia Day and i hope you have all had a wonderful day celebrating out beautiful country. I am a very proud Australian and feel very lucky to live in this beautiful country. I had a very nice picnic with my parents and my sister and my future brother in-law and am going out for dinner with some more of my family.
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14 years 8 months ago #11687 by Christine
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Have a great day.
14 years 8 months ago #11695 by
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Darn it, it is no long the 26th in your neck of the woods but I will still say: Happy Australia Day!
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14 years 8 months ago #11709 by meredithjane
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We had a great day yesterday. Started off with a neighbour breakfast at our daughter & son in law's, something they have been hosting for 3 years. Croissants, fruit, coffee, etc. on the lawn.
Then . . we picked up Greg's American brother of 42 years, & his wife, from the airport. Bill is originally from Wisconsin, now Minneapolis, & was an exchange student here for 12 months in 1968. Hasn't been back since!
We have managed to contact all their school mates & are having a reunion on Sunday. What a hoot!
They have come from -27C to +36C ! Some beach time is definitely on the agenda !
mj
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14 years 8 months ago #11732 by 28lorelei
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meredithjane wrote: Some beach time is definitely on the agenda !
mj

Nice! Here in Massachusetts, we just had another big snowstorm, fourth during this year:) Yet another snow day. The beach is not exactly on my agenda here.
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14 years 8 months ago #11787 by Sandi
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Sounds like a lot of fun MJ!
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14 years 8 months ago #11809 by meredithjane
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Hi Sandi,
We are truly blessed having our friends visit. They are lovely people.
Have been catching up with various family members & eating crayfish with Aussie wine!
Yesterday we went out in the boat & caught 40 fish & saw sea lions basking on the rocks. Then a swim & BBQ fish on the beach ( it was 40C).
Today we organised a school reunion of sorts, and several of Greg & Bill's class mates travelled for the afternoon. They had a great time reminiscing after 43 years, I found old school uniforms & photos, & we showed photos converted from old slides.
We are hoping to show them more of our beautiful countryside, but I think we may run out of time. The 'outback' begins 3 hours away, & I would love to have them sleep under the stars around a camp fire, but it's not safe to travel up there this time of the year due to high temperatures.
mj
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14 years 8 months ago #11811 by CindyL
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MJ, sounds like you've put a lot of effort into making sure your friends have a good time.

Australia is one place my husband would like to go to. Maybe if we actually make it, you could be our tour guide!
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14 years 8 months ago #11821 by Sandi
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I'd love to go there too. I don't have much ambition to travel, but Australia is at the top of my list if I did.
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14 years 8 months ago #11835 by meredithjane
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Cindy, Sandi,
We love hosting people & over the years have made some wonderful friends from overseas.
3 years ago we befriended a young Spanish couple, living & working for a brief time in Adelaide. They visited our farm regularly & we them in the city, exchanging language & customs. We were invited to their wedding last August in Spain, but were unable to go. So, we look forward to the day when we can travel & spend some time with them, & of course our friends in the US.
If you ever manage to visit Australia I would be very happy to guide you away from the maddening crowds & suggest some great ideas for a brief stay. We are not all about Sydney Harbour bridge, Uluru & kangaroos, mate!
mj
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14 years 8 months ago #11842 by eklein
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I visited Ballina a few years ago, it was the most beautiful place I've seen. North of Sydney, on the coast. I saw mudskippers and got fresh lychee at the store, and there were people hanggliding off cliffs.
Erica
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Diagnosed May 2005, lowest count 8K.
4/22/08: 43K (2nd Rituxan)
10/01/09: 246K, 1/8/10: 111K, 5/21/10: 233K
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14 years 8 months ago #11849 by
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My husband's company has international offices - from the time we married I told him I'd love it if we got transferred to Australia. He came home one night in 1989 and asked how I'd like to move to Tokyo - told him that's not Australia but ok. We moved to Tokyo and from there Hong Kong - fabulous experience!
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14 years 7 months ago #12424 by meredithjane
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Well - the last 3 weeks went very quickly & our friends have safely arrived back in Minneapolis this morning.
60 degrees weather variation, family, friends & school mates reunion, hugs, fishing, swimming, seafood, wine, hugs, touring around our beautiful coastal peninsula, shifting a mob of sheep between paddocks, 'happy hours', more wine, hugs . . Did I mention lots of hugs?
Had a few discussions on Rituxan as Bill has had treatment for leukemia recently.
We put them on the plane VERY early yesterday morning, back to farm & family - expecting another grandie any day soon.
mj
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