...of the trip to Australia and New Zealand isn't either easy to write or perhaps hugely interesting to read, but: highlights included opening the new bookshop for Freedom Publishing at the Thomas More Centre in Whitehorse Road, Balwyn, Melbourne, and a book-launch at Portico Books in central Sydney...it was a delight to stay with old friends and to have long talks over many things, and I loved my visit to St Dominic's at Flemington, where Fr Peter Joseph is parish priest (Mass at 9am on an ordinary weekday brought a good-sized congregation that wouldn't have disgraced a Sunday) and to Brisbane where we stayed with journalist Tess Livingstone, author of a fine biography of Cardinal George Pell...in Melbourne we were guests of the indefatible Denise Cameron, nurse, crusader, and campaigner for humanitarian causes, and her warm welcome and generous care of us was simply magnificent...in Sydney we visited the cathedral (fine statue of the great John Paul, and a couple of obliging fellow-visitors kindly took my picture there - they promised to email it to me, so if they are reading this, here's a gentle reminder...)
And then on to NZ for some family time, which included a visit up the Sky Tower, the highest building in the Southern Hemisphere, and trips out into the lovely springtime countryside...and meals and talk and a log fire and glorious views over Auckland's magnificent harbours...
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