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<span style="font-size: x-large;">December</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">
2000 @ the Pig Yard</span></big></big></big></strong></span><span style="font-size: x-large;">
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<span style="color: #800040; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;">We have returned from our
visit to the colonies (Australia and USA). Our 4 weeks were broken up into 4 sections. We spent one
week with our friends Ian and Sue in Queensland, a few days in Sydney, a week
with Jane's sister, Ruth, in Tasmania and finally a week with Steve's brother,
Clive, in San Francisco.</span>
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<td width="170%"><span style="color: #800040; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;">Ian and
Sue's home, an hour North of Brisbane, was our home for a week. We felt
completely relaxed on their 40 acre plot.</span><span style="color: #800040; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><a href="../brisbane.htm">See
more Queensland pictures</a></span></td>
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<td width="72%"><span style="color: #800040; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;">Any
visit to Sydney would not be complete without visiting the Opera House.</span><span style="color: #800040; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><a href="../sydney.htm">See
more Sydney pictures</a></span></td>
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<td width="72%"><span style="color: #800040; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;">Tasmania
must be one of the most unspoilt areas in the world. Wine glass bay
pictured here is only accessible by walking over a steep ridge for one and
half hours.</span><span style="color: #800040; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><a href="../tasmania.htm">See
more Tasmania pictures</a></span></td>
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<td width="68%"><span style="color: #800040; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;">San
Francisco is a city of many charms, and Steve's brother helped us to fit
into city life very quickly.</span><span style="color: #800040; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;"><a href="../sanfrancisco.htm">See
more San Francisco pictures</a></span>

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<p align="left"><span style="color: #800040; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;">We
were greeted with a powdery layer of snow on our arrival home. At least
the skies were blue even if the temperatures remained below freezing for
several days.</span></p>
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