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A bunch of pictures from other holidays.  I guess we think they look nice.   We hope you do too!  :)

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  1. The next five photos were taken by Akiko in 1994, when she backpacked around Paris, living on chocolate and rice-crackers.  This first photo is a view from the Chaillot Palace towards the Eiffel Tower.
  2. Well.  Guess what.  (This looks much better than the current version, which has a tacky "Year2000" countdown clock on it - ugh.)
  3. From the Rodin Museum..."The Kiss".  Mmmm.  Yum.

 

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  1. Another of Akiko's photos from '94.  These next three photos are from Louvre - this first one is the famous Nike.  Or something like that.
  2. The even more famous Venus.  Famous enough that we are sure of the name.
  3. This is the "Psyche ranimee par le baiser de l'Amour", also from the Louvre.   I took this one on our honeymoon trip.  I have no idea what the title means, but I'm sure it tells a terribly tragic and/or romantic tale.

 

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  1. The statue at the top of the Grand Palais, Paris.
  2. Invalides - Paris.
  3. A shot of London Tower.       

 

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  1. Not as exotic as the above, this photo is from North Stradbroke Island, not far off from Brisbane.  It's meant to be a beautiful little island, good for a bit of exploring and 4-wheel driving.  We beg to differ.  We couldn't wait to get off the place.   But anyway, here's a view off one of the cliffs.  Some of the apparent depth of the picture has been lost here, but it looked quite a long way down at the time!   And the sun was setting, which made for nice lighting.

 

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Here's some photo's taken on 31/10/99.  It was a rather nice drug company junket - one of the few in which the spouse is also invited - to a place called Kangaroo point, which was about 1.5 hours south of Newcastle.  From there were took a ferry...

The day was rather overcast and little drizzly, unfortunately.  Anyway, the ferry took us about 30 minutes up the Hawkesbury river to an island, where there was a rather nice restaurant/conference centre.  There we indulged in a yummy lunch (and I had to listen to a lecture).

The whole area here was rather interesting.  There seem to be a whole series of islands without any land bridges, so the area is serviced entirely by boat - there's the Water Police, a Water Doctor, and even a School Boat to collect the children.