Wowzers. Guilts. Must update.

So, basically, the rest of 2012 from the day after my choir concert back in early December was AMAAAAAAAAAAAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Because I got to travel as far as is humanly possible without leaving the Earth's atmosphere: yes folks, I ended the year in New Zealand.

But before I got there I was in Hong Kong, then Alice Springs, then Sydney, then Melbourne (all too briefly), then Adelaide, then Kangaroo Island, then Adelaide again, then Melbourne again (and again all too briefly). And I reached Wellington, on the North Island of New Zealand, on 30th December - just in time to see in the New Year with my dear friends Jamie & Claire and my dear dear forever friend Siobhán and her dear dear forever friend Shona. It was a big-style love-in (no, not THAT way!)!

Hm, tempted to leave it at that. The photos I've put up on my website (okay, on my Google+ - but you can reach them directly from my website at least) tell the story pretty eloquently.

I might just add that I had a FANTASTIC time visiting friends in all those places: Wai Chung & Antoinette and their gorgeous kids in Hong Kong; Rainnie in Alice, who took me out into the bush for the weekend; Johannes, Alan & Kate in Sydney; Peter & Stuart from Melbs, who went to KI with me; dearest cousin Su and her tribe, along with David, in Adelaide; and Fifi, Em & Pete, and Dez & Al in Melbourne. Thanks guys for putting me up / catching up with me while I was over your side of the planet!

I also made heaps of new friends along the way, including Billy, Colin, Ant, Chris, and of course my host in Windy Welly, Hamish. It was a pleasure, peoples - and I hope to see you again soon!