sparkywater

Just had the phone call visa's approved, house is sold, shippers booked, flights booked, wife has a job. Fly out with kids at the end of the month destination Timaru
Mark

LornaBee

Leave London 22 August
arrive Hong kong 23 August
leave Hong Kong 26th August
Arrive Auckland 27th August

104daysummervacation

Greetings to you all from sunny Brisbane!
We had a very good flight and a lovely stop over in Singapore,hard to beat 31 degrees and high humidity.All the mobile phones have reception in the SMRT (their underground) due to a very clever "leaky feeded".
We are spending time with my husband's family and looking forward to the huge Ekka show because we like all the livestock etc.
The biggest subject for discussion is the Olympic medal count NZ vs Australia.We come from a varied background and had to be one eight German and 6th generation Danish one night.
Once we arrive in Christchurch one of the things we will be looking forward to is the alpaca show in September.It is one of our aspirations to one day breed alpacas but I think temporary accommodation will be more pressing first.

Good luck to everyone ,we are enjoying the rest , having worked hard to prepare for our 40 foot high cube .

Cheerios for now
Malin,Tim and Meg

scrubbedexpat094

104daysummervacation. Leaves 1/8/12, arrives 16/8/12. Christchurch.
Philzbub. Leaves 8/8/12, arrives 10/8/12. Auckland.
Heysham1. Leaves 11/8/12, arrives 13/8/12. Karori.
Trish M. Leaves 15/8/12, arrives 17/8/12. Auckland.
Azakeen1980. Leaves 19/8/12, arrives 21/8/12. Christchurch.
Florabundi. Leaves 21/8/12, arrives 28/8/12. Auckland or wherever they leave their hat .
JonnyToriaBella. Leaves 30/8/12,arrives 31/8/12. Taupo.
LornaBee. Leaves 22/8/12, arrives 27/8/12. Auckland.

Many thanks LornaBee. So jealous of you staying in HK, would love to go there.

Many congratulations Sparkywater . Can I have your exact dates please ?

104dsv sounds like you've had an interesting journey so far. Hope you enjoy the rest of your stay in Oz. Alpacas hey? I like them

Philzbub

Well w're half way roughly.. Jut arrived at Hong Kong airport, so far so good. Our little girl slept for the majority of that flight so that was a god send!! Now for the second leg to Auckland!! :-/. Yey!!

sparkywater

Leave 25/08/2012 Arrive Christchurch 27/08/2012 the a drive to Timaru. Cant wait.

scrubbedexpat094

104daysummervacation. Leaves 1/8/12, arrives 16/8/12. Christchurch.
Philzbub. Leaves 8/8/12, arrives 10/8/12. Auckland.
Heysham1. Leaves 11/8/12, arrives 13/8/12. Karori.
Trish M. Leaves 15/8/12, arrives 17/8/12. Auckland.
Azakeen1980. Leaves 19/8/12, arrives 21/8/12. Christchurch.
Florabundi. Leaves 21/8/12, arrives 28/8/12. Auckland or wherever they leave their hat.
LornaBee. Leaves 22/8/12, arrives 27/8/12. Auckland.
Sparkywater. Leaves 25/8/12, arrives 27/8/12. Timaru.
JonnyToriaBella. Leaves 30/8/12,arrives 31/8/12. Taupo.

I think that's everyone included & in the right order (blame the migraine).

Philzbub should be here soon & Sparkywater, you'll just have to wait

BEVS

Any pets in that lot ?

scrubbedexpat094

Don't you think I have enough to do?????????????

104daysummervacation

Yes,3 cats flying via Los Angeles and Auckland(but the don't have to collect their suitcases) on to Christchurch.
2 choccie labs and one welsh section B pony successfully rehomed few months ago.

mbar19

Visa medical issues...still hoping to make it by 30 August even though nothing booked yet as no visa!!!!!!!

Deley

Hi
Bit late in posting as we arrived on 1st August! Myself, partner and our two boys (7 & 8). Partner has a job in Auckland so he is up there in a hotel but I am staying with the boys at my parents in Christhchurch.
Going up to Auckland the weekend to start the search for home and school.
Thinking it will need to be south Auckland has partners job is near to the
airport.

scrubbedexpat094

Sorry,sorry,sorry not updating this, I've been studying. I have exams next week .


Deley arrived on 1/8/12. Auckland.
104daysummervacation. Leaves 1/8/12, arrives 16/8/12. Christchurch.
Philzbub. Leaves 8/8/12, arrives 10/8/12. Auckland.
Heysham1. Leaves 11/8/12, arrives 13/8/12. Karori.
Trish M. Leaves 15/8/12, arrives 17/8/12. Auckland.
Azakeen1980. Leaves 19/8/12, arrives 21/8/12. Christchurch.
Florabundi. Leaves 21/8/12, arrives 28/8/12. Auckland or wherever they leave their hat.
LornaBee. Leaves 22/8/12, arrives 27/8/12. Auckland.
Sparkywater. Leaves 25/8/12, arrives 27/8/12. Timaru.
Mbar hoping to be here by the 30th
JonnyToriaBella. Leaves 30/8/12,arrives 31/8/12. Taupo.

Have changed our new arrivals to red as although you haven't updated yet, I've seen one or two of you lurking. Hope you're settling in well & the jetlag isn't too bad. Safe journeys to those about to leave.

104daysummervacation

Hi Guys
We arrived safely in Christchurch 3 days ago.So far we have been met with very kind,helpful people.We move into our rented house in a weeks time, we bought a Ute today which will be ready in a few days time and on Monday we are taking admission forms to the school.Looking forward to geocaching event in Ashburton tomorrow.Watching Wallabies vs Allblacks on TV right now.All is good.Cheerio for now.

DougandZoe

Hi all, we are not on here very often but I thought I would add us to the soon to be new arrivals. Visa's issued on the 10th Aug.
We fly out on sunday 26th arriving in christchurch on the 28th and then heading to Timaru to start work, Very excited but still feel like there is lots left to do.