Hi Travellers,
it appeared that many of you are travelling as we had a small turn out last Monday. None the less we had two ladies that gave us informative talks on their trips away. Deidre spoke about her visit to Italy, Denise spoke about Hawaii.

Bill Bohlen has asked for people to let him know if they would like a badge, rather than the paper things we have now. I'm in full approval of this idea. They will cost $8 each. At the present time he is just asking for your notification if you would like one. I have put a picture below. Lets get behind this idea.

That was our last meeting of term one. We begin again om May 5th. Enjoy you holiday break, see you next term.

Next meeting on 17th March, St Patricks Day, lets have fun and wear something green.
Deidre will give us a talk on The Magic of Italy" and " The Italian Grande'

Today's Meeting

We had a very exciting meeting this morning with three excellent speakers.

We started off with Desley, who told us all about their trip to the Eastern Capitals of Canada and their cruise from Montreal to Boston and New York.

Desley showed us photos of her trip

Montgomery Falls outside Montreal 

A very familiar New York Landmark

Then Denies took us on a very emotional tour of the First World War Battlefields of France.

One of the cemeteries for fallen soldiers on French soil

Australians are well regarded in France

And finally Will Landman talked to us about one of their fishing trips, with his son, to New Zealand.

Will told us about a fishing trip to NZ.

Will is grappling with one of the fish he caught

Will's son caught this little beauty

I hate to tell you, but apparently they let them all go. What a waste, ha ha.

As I said, a very interesting morning.

Next Meeting Monday 3rd March 2014 - 11.00AM

Hi Everyone.

On Monday, Desley will tell us about her coach trip of the 'Capitals of Eastern Canada and cruise from Montreal to Boston'.  Here are some samples of photos we'll be seeing.

Then Deniese will be showing us photos her trip of WWII Battlefields.

A very exciting meeting to look forward to. Hope to see you there.

Today's Meeting of the U3A Travel Group

Hi Everyone,

We had a very exciting first meeting for the year at our Travel Group.

Michael started his talk on his recent visit to the old 'Lijing Old Town in the South West of China

 

Then Josie continued in China showing us some fabulous photos of ancient cities she has visited. There really are some spectacular sites in China. Just makes you ant to go, don't it.

The next meeting of the Travel Group will be on Monday the 17th of February. Speaker will be posted to you before the meeting.

All the best,

The Travel Group

First Meeting in 2014 - Monday 3rd February 11.00am at the Logan North Library

Hi Everyone,

Are you ready for another exciting year with the Travel Group?

On Monday, we begin the meeting with Josie Wong who will be showing photos of her recent trip to Eastern China. Places she'll show in her presentation include

- XIDI village listed as an UNESCO world heritage site;
- West Lake, Hangzhou.
- Humble Administrator's Garden, Suzhou.

Humble Adminstrator's Garden, Suzhou

Westlake, Hangzhou

XIDI Village

After the coffee break, Michael Yip will be sharing his travel experience in China, such as how, when, where, what to expect and areas where you have to be cautious.

Michael will continue his journey into an 800 year old 'Lijiang Old Town' in South West Highland of China.

Lijiang Old Town 1

Lijiang Old Town 2

Lijiang Old Town 3

Looks like it'll be a very interesting meeting.

We hope to see you there!

2014 CLASS

Looking forward to see you all on 3RD February 2014.

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