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GeorgetownActon Wednesday Mar 9 Doris Fines returns from an Australianwide holiday fcjDarisFttt From Mc to minus decrees was a mighty chilly reception at Toronto airport when Theater and I returned from of the Sooth Pacific at Let Angela where we began oar tour we were greeted with temperature We were told It below F the people panic lock up their children sad practically die Our tour group consisted of people from across Canada from Victoria to Montreal Some of us met at Toronto and joined the rest of our companion at Los Angeles where we were given a bus tour of the city Hollywood and Beverley Hills while we waited for plane connections From there on it wu by Air New Zealand Jumbo A five hour flight landed us In Honolulu where our young Hawaiian tour guide took us on a twoday tour of the island The children were quite visible not being In school The teachers were voting to see If they would go on strike In two weeks I never heard Every available space seemed taken up with houses built half way up the side of the mountains The average home we were told is priced at We saw some valued at a million dollars but the people who own the houses dont own the land it ills on They lease it We drove by a 120 acre prawn farm which is a sea food prepared like and we visited a small water farm surrounded by a shopping centre The man refused to sell his land so they built the shopping centre around it Some of us went out to Peart Harbor in our spare time to see the memorial The last afternoon was spent at the Polynesian Centre where the Polynesians gave us in structlons on how to do the Hula After the colorful Polynesian concert in the evening we said aloha to Hawaii and began our long flight to Australia our main destination Crossing the International Dateline wo lost Friday completely Is a Hi hour flight from Honolulu to N Z but we landed on Fiji for an hour to refuel Leaving FIJI at am Saturday morning it Friday at home By this time my body didn know what time It was Ronald our tour director left us at Aukland after putting us on another plane for our final hop to Brisbane where we were met by our very capable friendly Australian tour manager BIB Glover who stayed wilh us through Australia and New Zealand Our bus driver Ken Smith was with us throughout Australia but BUI said he has yet to find a way to get Ken and his bus to New Zealand It was rather startling at first to go travelling along the highway on the left side of the road and see a car come hurtling around a curve on the right hand side especially on a mountain road where there didnt seem room for a car and bus both on the road We were introduced right away to the koala and kangaroo at a sane The koala live in eucalyptus trees and you can never see them outside a park In some areas there are kangaroo crossing signs like we have deer crossing signs here A kangaroo can wreck a car or bus if one bops on to the road in front of it Our first motel for three nights was at Surfer Paradise miles south of Brisbane and It was rightly named We enjoyed walking barefoot along the beach In the evening as the waves rolled In with the tide but It kept us on our toes keeping track of one another in a 30 storey motel Lawn balls is the most popular pastime in Australia outside of fishing and men and women belonging to the dressed all In white for this sport School children are also dressed alike with light blue blouses or shirts and darker blue pants for boys end skirts for girls As we drove down the coast we stopped at a sugar cane farm Sugar cane grows for 1000 miles along the cost When the leaves dry and turn brown they set fire to it It gets rid of the snakes vermin and trash and makes It easier to harvest the cane It t hurt the sugar Christmas lilies grow wild In some areas and become a pest They are while and look like our Easter lily There are varieties of eucalyptus or gum trees Each species grow In their own en You don take trees from one area to plant In another as they won grow One kind sheds its bark and on first glance you would think they are all dead We had picnic lunches In parks boat rides up the river when the bus went on ahead and picked us up farther along We visited an oyster farm where Mr and Mrs Regan sell half a oysters every year and we saw the Murray Grey cattle which are the only true Australian cattle They are a cross between a white shorthorn and an Angus cow and have no horns Banana fields were plentiful in the subtropical area They cannot stand extreme heat and are grown on the slopes of the mountains to get the benefit of the sun At the banana plantation of Bob Seksle who came from Malasia we were shown how bananas are grown Each plant produces one bunch and Is cut down with the bunch of bananas at harvest time Suckers grow up around the bottom and all are cut out except one on the north side which will produce in 14 months As we drove down the road Bill got off the bus at a fruit stand and came running back wilh a huge stalk of bananas enough for everyone There was no shortage of food We ate and ate Towards the end of the tour when some were complaining of gaining weight Bill said You cant expect to take off in two days what you put on In three weeks Break fast was brought to our rooms every morning Ah the rude awakening when we got home I will continue my tour of Australia another week A euchre party will be held In the basement of Knox Presbyterian Church on this Saturday sponsored by the Ladles Aid Games will start at p Come on out and enjoy yourself Congratulations to Gary and Sandra Ferguson on the arrival of their baby daughter Rebecca Asnlelgh was born Feb at Guelph General Hospital weighing In at lbs She Is a little sister for Ryan a granddaughter for Mr and Mrs Ross Ferguson and Mr and Mrs Wm Johnston and a great granddaughter for Mrs Thomas Fines Lost Saturday 22 school students along with two parent volunteers Mrs supply teacher and Mrs Trimble went to Terra Cotta Conservation area for a ski day 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