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geordie
Tol Eressea
Oct 7 2012, 8:50am
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I've never been to New Zealand
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- but me and mrs g. have been to Aussie a few times, to see relatives and all that. One time, we took a flight from Sydney to Proserpine in Queensland. We wanted to go to Airlie Beach; gateway to the Whitsunday Islands and the Great Barrier Reef. After a few hourd flight I remember looking down at mile upon mile of scrub, and wondering why the aircraft was preparing to land in what looked like the middle of nowhere. The airport wasn't much more than a single runway and a solitary building. (that was in the late '70s, mind - things have prob'ly changed quite a bit since then). We walked down the steps from the plane and over to the building - everyone else on the flight seemed to have transport arranged for them; we saw no taxis. I asked a bloke how we would get to Airlie beach, and he grinned, 'Oh, Jim's going there - he'll give you a lift'. So we piled our bags into the back of Jim's ute, and off we went through the scrub, then canefields; Proserpine passed in a blink of an eye, and then there we were at Airlie Beach, looking out at the Pacific with the Islands in the distance. Perfect! ..
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New Zealand's Hobbit Trail
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Lily Fairbairn
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Oct 6 2012, 2:36pm
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Lily.. link didn't work. .says too many redirects?///
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Bombadil
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Oct 6 2012, 4:04pm
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Try this link and see if it helps
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Magpie
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Oct 6 2012, 4:12pm
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Thanks, Magpie
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Lily Fairbairn
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Oct 6 2012, 4:40pm
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I thought that might be it
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Magpie
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Oct 6 2012, 7:03pm
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Go Team Magpie and Lily F!!!! :D
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grammaboodawg
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Oct 7 2012, 2:55am
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Thank you also!
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Bombadil
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Oct 7 2012, 8:16am
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Where did they get
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Ataahua
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Oct 6 2012, 8:07pm
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I was wondering that too! //
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Lily Fairbairn
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Oct 6 2012, 8:21pm
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Did you read the notes at the end?
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Ataahua
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Oct 6 2012, 8:23pm
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Yes, I saw that, and I laughed, too.
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Lily Fairbairn
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Oct 6 2012, 9:12pm
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I've never been to New Zealand
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geordie
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Oct 7 2012, 8:50am
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Love it!
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Ataahua
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Oct 7 2012, 6:38pm
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