[dusk]

well it is finally time. one last evening with our friends in Colchester and then Sunday morning arrives and we are off to Heathrow to catch our flight to Auckland! :clap :exit

our 4 suitcases are bulging at the seams and i'm desperately hopeful that our scales are somewhere near accurate as otherwise we will be getting fleeced at the check in for excess weight! i thought i was going to have oodles of free space in them too, that'll teach me to be over confident :D

so far the only thing i seem to have lost is the charger for C's shaver, no idea where it has gone! hopefully that is the only thing that has gone walkabout *crosses fingers*

see you all on the other side, at some point when we find a wi-fi spot and can stay awake long enough to post :)

kirsty x

[castleclan]

Best wishes for a smooth and safe journey down under. Wahoo you can sense the excitement from your post!

[icemaiden]

Good luck with everything. I'm collecting my son from Heathrow tomorrow off the Auckland flight that you'll be going out on. I hope everything goes well for you and look forward to hearing how you settle.

[PaoLe]

Wish you best of luck! Have a good flight and happy and safe journey. Best wishes! :nice1

[andrewp]

Must be an awesome feeling. Good luck.
:cheers :cheers

[clairelouise]

Yey, more happy travellers!!! Have a safe journey!

[Hippywench]

I hope you have an enjoyable journey. :cheers

[Ana&Steve]

Good luck and happy travels!

[Jo Jo]

Bon voyage.

[almdudler]

good luck, you'll love NZ

[Redbone]

Best of luck and smooth sailing!

[JayBee]

Enjoy your last night!
Best wishes and look forward to reading a post from the other side!

[NikT]

Safe trip!

Nick.:cheers

[shakyle2906]

Safe journey Kirsty!

I remember the bulging cases.............they were not too bad in Heathrow, told us we would have probel Auckland to Napier - but nothing!

Drop us a line when you get settled.

Take care

Sharon
xx

[Sam B]

Good luck and see you on the other side!

[JandM]

Safe journey, and happy landings!:nice1

[Kiwi-In-Texas]

Have a safe trip.

[StevieD]

Safe trip Kirsty

[M-Squared]

Woo hoo this is it! :cheers Have a super trip and catch you on this side. :nice1

[peebles16]

Safe trip to you both and really looking forward to hearing your first impressions from the other side :nice1

Karenx

[KerryS]

Have a good journey!

[Marie P]

Good luck guys :nice1

Looking forward to your updates !

Marie x

[cani]

Fair Journey:nice1

[benandclare]

Happy landings :cheers:cheers

[Familyofmonkeys]

Happy travels :)

[Tia Maria]

Have a great journey - see you soon!

Cheers

Tia

[Moorf]

Safe trip guys :clap

[Mrs Pony]

have a safe flight!

[BaldyBeardyBloke]

Good luck and happy landings

[CJ22]

Well, the day has finally dawned. We're up early so we don't miss the flight even if the M25 is clogged up, everything's packed up and in Liverpool waiting to be shipped (including our car reg document it turns out - we had to have em fish it out, or I wouldn't have been able to sell it! ). All that remains is to drive to Heathrow, check in our suitcases and have a couple of final goodbyes and then we're en route.

Blimey! It's starting to feel a bit serious at this point... :uhoh

See ya later JAFAs!

[IanW99]

...
See ya later JAFAs!

Good to see that you are starting your new life by insulting your new neighbours :exit

Anyhoo, safe flight.

Ian

[Scotty69]

Hi dusk
Hope the flight goes well, good luck
Natasha

[pinkpiggy]

Safe journey and happy landings.

[NZ Hopeful]

Have a safe journey guys, hope there aren't too many kids on the flight! :p

Looking forward to hearing from you on the other side!

[Red Devil]

Have a safe journey and hope all goes well when you arrive... good luck :nice1

[CJ22]

First leg done. We're in the transit lounge in LAX. Going through security wasn't too bad (took about 20 mins, and we were right at the back of the plane!). They've laid on chips and drinks and even free wifi, so not too shabby from Air NZ. Food was okay, and the kids were quite well behaved, though they're going mental now in the departure lounge heheh. Hopefully, everybody will just go sleep on the final leg :)

Later all.

[tea drinker]

someone else on their way :exit

Hope that the rest of the journey goes as well as the 1st bit

[CJ22]

Well we're here in one piece. Got in very early, and spent the morning in the city organising a few things, then went to find our new homr for the next couple of months. It's pretty good in general but we did laugh at some of the furniture - I reckon every decade of furniture is represented lol.

Devonport is heaven, and I can't believe the view I've been looking at one my desktop for the best part of a year is now what I see at the bottom of the driveway! It's surreal and I'm constantly getting feelings of deja vu - that's what too much research materil on the internet gets you :)

More when i'm less zonked. Didn't sleep on the plane, couldn't get comfortable. Other than that, it was a pretty much textbook operation and we're both feeling a bit smug. We're just going to chill for the rest of the day and try and get into the right daytime pattern in the morning.

CJ

[KerryS]

Welcome to Auckland.

[Sam B]

Welcome to NZ both of you. I was in Devonport last Friday fro the forum meet, and I thought it looked lovely.

[Kate D]

Now the adventure can begin properly after all this time! Welcome aboard, and good luck with the first few days of settling in.

Kate

[gil]

welcome guys! Still pinch myself when I look out of the window after nearly 2 years!!

Gil
x

[castleclan]

Do you guys have the record for the transfer from UK to NZ with the least amount of time between posts? Its good to hear all went well and it make NZ feel 'not so far after all':clap

[CJ22]

Heheh well we were told the rental didn't have internet, and there's a note saying there is internet at the library, but when we got here it did. Strange. I'm not sure if the owner knows she is paying for the connection (I'm not high-jacking next doors - there's a modem and everything). So I'm using it unless told otherwise!

Hence the small feat of posting from 3 continents in not much more than 24 hours :laugh

[benandclare]

Heheh well we were told the rental didn't have internet, and there's a note saying there is internet at the library, but when we got here it did. Strange. I'm not sure if the owner knows she is paying for the connection (I'm not high-jacking next doors - there's a modem and everything). So I'm using it unless told otherwise!

Hence the small feat of posting from 3 continents in not much more than 24 hours :laugh

Nice one CJ , looking forward to yours and Dusk's initial thoughts of life upside down :clap

[Red Devil]

Devonport is heaven

Our little one enjoyed the short 'ferry' ride from Auckland, where we met up with OH's nursing agency contact (Tonix)... there's some nice cafes to relax in, enjoy :cheers

Good to hear everything is going OK... keep us posted :nice1

[Marie P]

Welcome to Auckland :nice1

Best wishes ,

Marie x