Thursday, 12 October 2023

 


                Melbourne to Hawaii and return                   Day 2.                                       8/10/2023

                                                                              Honolulu        

        After recovering from the 9and a half hour flight  we took a short walk to Waikiki Beach then                booked a tour around the Island and a visit to Pearl Harbor National Memorial.

        Then to a Japanese Restaurant for dinner with the works fire and all it was a great meal it was than         a  early night as it was a 0600 get up for the 10 and half tour .

                                                    Waikiki Beach at 1000 Saturday morning   
                                                            Val in front of Duke Paoa Kahanamoku Waikiki Beach
                                                           Val at the swimming hole
                                                                  Len at China mans hat
                                                       Blow hole north shore Hawaii

                                                            Len at Leonard's Bakery and Hot Dounuts

                                                                    Love 
                                                             Len and Val
 

Saturday, 7 October 2023

Melbourne to Hawaii and return

 


            Saturday 7/10/2023                    Sydney                                                Day 1.

            Beverley drove us to the airport got on the end of the que at 1415 we sat down at the gate at 1630

            sat down for 10 min the then started boarding and this time departed on time at 1730

            Touched down at Honolulu airport 20 min early.


Got to the Hotel at 0700 and had to wait till 1100 for our room to be ready 
while sitting at the pool we meat a nice couple Merred and Fred and told us 
of a company they had used on a tour and the were very happy so we have 
booked tomorrow and Mondays tours with them Merred and Fred are also
on the Quantum of the Seas back to Brisbane.
Love
Len and Val 





            

Melbourne to Hawaii and Return

         


                Friday 6/10/2023                Sydney

                Today was just tidying up all the loose ends Like picking up the needles from the hospital 

                and getting a cold storage bag.

                Love 

                Len and Val

Friday, 6 October 2023

Melbourne to Hawaii and Return

 

            Goulburn to Sydney                        Thursday 5/10/2023

            We left Goulburn at 0950in under cloudy skies but no rain and it got clearer the closer we got to                Sydney getting to Beverley's 1205.

            Ended the day with dinner at the Woolwich Pier Bub. 

                    

                            Love 

                            Len and Val

Melbourne to Hawaii And Return

         Melbourne to Goulburn                        4th/10/ 2023

                  Melbourne 

Depart at 09 45  in light rain to Seymour then clear and mild weather to Albury With a stop at Benalla for a cup of coffee and doughnut where it started to all the way to Goulburn in heavy rain.                         We were about 15 min north of Albury when I remembered that I had forgot my needles  and a so with a stop at Holbrook and a phone call to RMH that was the start of 3 hours of work for Rebecca at RMH Beverley in Sydney and Claude at Westmead Hospital and all was arranged by them. That night it was dinner at the Gordon Pub.

Love

Len and Val



        

Thursday, 9 March 2023

     

                                                    Melbourne To Melbourne Via New Zealand

    10/03/2023

    Day two at sea last night went to the show the and had a early night as we lost another hour we are now on New Zealand time.

Val has gone to the knitting group then to a craft group.

Val still knitting


This beats red dust and rocks.
Love
Len and Val


Wednesday, 8 March 2023

         

                                                   Melbourne to Melbourne via New Zealand

    Wednesday 8th /03/2023                                               Station Pier Port Melbourne

 Left home 0955 walked to the bus stop waited 1 min for the bus to the station then fell over at the back of the Royal got to Port Melbourne at 11 22 then had to wait till 1215 to board the boat.


City of Melbourne




                                                                        Love 

                                                                    Len andVal