Author: Scott

Okay Team we are home safe following a 4.5 hour overnight flight (on Sir Richard Branson’s airline) from Perth to Brisbane, a short layover and a 3.5 hour flight to CHCH and a 5 hour drive home. Sam went via Sydny (on Quantas) and we arrived within a hor of each other. Tired stinky but…

Merry Christmas Everyone … Sorry for the lousy updates but Internet cafes are as scarce as ….snowballs down here. A quick update …. Weather: perfect 27 to 30 with a cooling sea breeze in the afternoon , cooling at night to perfect sleeping temps People: Friendly, helpful and often gorgeous. Food: Average, NZ does it…

Family Soon … very soon we leave for Perth, the most remote major city on the planet to luxuriate in 35-40 heat, swim in the Indian ocean, drink cheap yet oh so good Australian wine … and slap some prawns on the barbie mate ….. Bwhahahahahahaaaaaaaaa Freeze suckers freeze!

Now then my fine family .. I have much to update you all on: 1) My eyes are healing well and the surgery is a fantastic sucess. No dry eyes, no infections amnd the blurred vision getting better every week ….. its just absolutley amazing …. amazing I tell you. Best $5k I ever spent….

As Ian alluded to below, we put Calgary to sleep on Monday morning as his quality of life was getting worse and there was no hope of improvement. he went peacfully with leigh and Sam with im and icecream on his nose. The whole tribe here is pretty shattered but feel very good about the…