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A gentle cruise with a difference. Apparently barbed wire on the back deck and a convoy crossing to the Red Sea near Somalia with a variety of ships include the helicopter gunships and navy cruisers. According to the 2nd newsletter they are now in Egypt after the travel warning was lifted. Check out Bruce and Jill in Arabian costume. Read in full in the attached 2 pdf files.
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Last night Avril, Allan, a number of Power Equipment Staff and another 800 guests attended a Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony at Melbourne’s Crown Casino Palladium Ballroom. The event; titled “The Best of The Best, Premier Regional Business Awards, Platinum Year” was arranged by the Greater Dandenong Chamber of Commerce, and was to celebrate the 20th year of the Regional Business Awards.  And the overall winner of the Award “Best Of The Best” in the Small Business Category was Power Equipment, Allan's business.
It was Thursday and the Gippsland Lakes were calling.  As a prelude to a future sailing trip to the Whitsundays we hired a yacht out of Metung and took to the wide expanses of the Gippsland lakes. First impression was that a caravaning holiday would be more spacious but then the excitement of racing across King Lake at 20 knots was very enticing. As it turned out, we had a great adventure with many highlights. A bit of good sailing on day 1, a lot of challenging (Marg would say be-calmed) sailing, wonderful national parks stop off points (including those drop toilets) and even enough sunshine.  As you can see below we all had a go at the helm and Norm had me scurrying all over the boat as we set sail, tacked and battled fickle winds (as I have come to respect now) Room was tight below deck with the toilet/shower virtually an impossibility for Norm and I. Thank goodness for shore leave. The finale on Sunday was to wake up down Bunga Arm, moored off shore, to the sound of heavy rain. After negotiating the hour to cruise out into the lake proper, we were faced with a grey-out (no differential between sea and sky) with visibility of a hundred metres at most. Not enough to see land nor markers. We stopped 500 metres from shore as it turned out when we ran aground. So what more could we ask for in an adventure holiday that included guiding in the rescue vessel via my GPS on the phone and being pulled out of the sandy bay sideways. A great adventure that we will do again...probably in the Whitsundays or the Greek Isles. Greetings All from the Lawlers.
Janelle successfully delivered by normal means a liitle girl ANNALISE HANNAH LAWLER this morning (6th January) at 5.29am. 5 weeks premature but mother, daughter and father Greg all well. For those interested Janelle went into labor about 11.30pm last night, the baby weighed in at 2.77kg (6lb 1oz) and they are in room 6, 7th floor, Frances Perry House at Royal Women’s Hospital. Janelle is quite pleased she arrived early as she had been warned the baby was going to be quite large, which was starting to bring a tear to her eyes! Poppy Tony is proud as punch but Nanna Judi is currently walking in remote NZ out of phone range and won’t find out for a few days. After carefully planning this walk 5 weeks before the baby was due so she could be on hand when it arrived, she will be doubly browned off firstly to be away and secondly not to find out about it for several days – Greg and I haven’t stopped laughing at the irony of it all! No doubt you will all get the usual baby photos and gumph when Nanna Judi settles down from being the last to find out about it, and returns from NZ. Regards, Tony Lawler |
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