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Dateline: February 22, 2015 – Melbourne – Just a Great City

March 2, 2015 / 2015 Travel, Australia, Australia, Bed and Breakfast, Golf / By John and Janice / 10 minutes of reading

After that wonderful afternoon with our kangaroo friends at Anglesea Golf Club, we arrived at the Robinsons In The City and were greated by the General Manager Paul Humphries who got us settled into this wonderful boutique hotel. A little history: Melbourne was originally a village founded by John Batman and […]

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Dateline February 18, 2015: Robe and Port Fairy Australia

February 28, 2015 / 2015 Travel, Australia, Australia, Bed and Breakfast, Golf, Wine / By John and Janice / 6 minutes of reading

We drove almost six hours to get to our next destination Robe. It is a quiet fishing village with much history. Robe is one of the oldest towns in South Australia. Robe is situated on Guichen Bay, about 350km south east of Adelaide. Nicolas Baudin, a French explorer first viewed

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Dateline February 13, 2105: Lambert Estate – The Barossa Valley

February 27, 2015 / 2015 Travel, Australia, Bed and Breakfast, Wine / By John and Janice / 7 minutes of reading

We landed in Adelaide from Auckland after flying through Melbourne, at about 11 a.m . We picked up our rental car and headed to the Barossa Valley to visit Jim and Pam Lambert at Lambert Estates. Jim and Pam have a lovely guest home called Lambert Estates Retreat, at the

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Dateline February 5, 2015 – Lake Tekapo – Lake Tekapo Lodge – Church of the Good Shepherd

1 Comment / February 21, 2015 / 2015 Travel, Bed and Breakfast, New Zealand / By John and Janice / 6 minutes of reading

The next stop at Lake Tekapo was a lovely Lodge “The Lodge at Lake Tekapo“, where Stephanie and Alistair greeted us. It was a very cold day, around 10C and raining, the mountains had very little snow. We learned the difference between a lodge and B&B in New Zealand. A

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Dateline February 4, 2015 – Terrace Downs and Quickenberry B&

February 21, 2015 / 2015 Travel, Bed and Breakfast, Golf, New Zealand, New Zealand / By John and Janice / 2 minutes of reading

We arrived at the Terrace Downs golf course at our scheduled time but the wind was blowing about 40 mph with gusts up to 60, so golf was OUT. The golf course is set in a beautiful valley surrounded by mountains and the wind comes howling through. The people at

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Dateline February 3, 2015: Christchurch

2 Comments / February 21, 2015 / 2015 Travel, Bed and Breakfast, New Zealand / By John and Janice / 4 minutes of reading

We left the Marlborough Valley early in the morning and drove towards Christchurch. On route we made a stop and were very surprised that we were at a seal colony. What made it very special is there were many baby seals playing on the rocks and in the pools of

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Dateline January 29,2015 – Millhills Lodge – Hawke’s Bay

1 Comment / February 7, 2015 / 2015 Travel, Bed and Breakfast, New Zealand / By John and Janice / 3 minutes of reading

After the great experience of playing Jack Nicolas , Kinloch golf course it was off to Hawks Bay for a two night stay at the Millhills Lodge. Our plans called for a round of golf at Cape Kidnappers which is an easy drive from Millhills Lodge. The drive to the

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Dateline January 27, 2015 – Taupo and Ambleside B & B

2 Comments / February 5, 2015 / 2015 Travel, Bed and Breakfast, New Zealand / By John and Janice / 3 minutes of reading

We drove down to Taupo from Auckland, making a day of it visiting various sites along the way. Much of New Zealand is results of volcanic activity during the development of the earth. We stopped in Rotorua It is always interesting to see the geysers, cauldrons and the hot mud

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Dateline January 26, 2015 – Panorama Heights -Western Auckland

2 Comments / February 2, 2015 / 2015 Travel, Bed and Breakfast, New Zealand / By John and Janice / 3 minutes of reading

Upon leaving Gulf Harbour Golf, we made our way, about a 1 hour drive, to Panorama Heights, our bed and breakfast for the evening in west Auckland high in the Waitakere Range. We arrived a little after 6:30 and met our hosts Allison and Paul. They have run the Panorama

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Dateline January 24, 2015 – Bay of Islands – Swallow Ridge

4 Comments / February 1, 2015 / 2015 Travel, Bed and Breakfast, New Zealand / By John and Janice / 3 minutes of reading

We drove out of Auckland the first thing Saturday morning traveling north on our way to our first golf adventure, our destination the Bay of Islands. This area of New Zealand is well known for the 144 islands, water sports and beaches. Of course going to the beach was not

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