2003-08-06 - Daily photos  - Canadian-American School Australia Study Tour 
|Gold Coast:
+ Mayor's Reception, Nerang. Thank you Mayor Gary Baildon, Councillor Dawn Crichlow, Yasmahne, Vince....and especially James Tan for this very, very special privilege! See: www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au
+ Shopping at Australia Fair, Soutport....& Meeting with Mrs Yu & daughter Jenny (Guangzhou friends)
+ Leamington Nursing Home, Southport. Thank you Staff, Gordon, Joan, dear Mum,  other friends ....and Bonny!
+ Scrumptous meal at Josie's home, Burleigh. Thank you Josie for going to so much trouble...and thank you Josie's visitors for helping us practise English...tonight a major step in conversation interest/skills.
God, please bless all of  the above dear friends and all our benefactors

Small world department: In 1957, Mayor Gary was in Year 12 & I was in Grade 5 at Villanova College, Brisbane. Gary often meets my brother Peter and his wife Yvonne in their work for the Queensland Cancer Fund.  Development Officer Yasmahne Fryer was in my nephew Paul's class at school and is a good friend of my niece Natalie.....and...... While at HSBC bank today, I said hello to two Chinese ladies who were speaking Cantonese....originally from Guangzhou (Canton)....they asked me my job..and when I said priest, they said "You visited our home 14 years ago and played tennis with our son/brother in Guangzhou"....dear friends with whom I had long lost contact...now living on Gold Coast!