May bags packed and all my tickets ready I waited for my son-in-law to arrive and take me from my Retirement Village down through Palmerston North to the airport for my 11.50 am flight to Auckland. It wasn’t Gary but Jane my daughter that arrive in their little Smart car and we headed to the airport.
Off we went across town through the rain—yes it does sometime rain in Palmerston North. With some time to fill in I decided to take a photo of the outside of the terminal. I got wet and photo half obscured by the flap of the phone cover. Included here for your enjoyment. You will notice I got the name OK.
Good flight, landed safely and the Shore Shuttle driver was waiting for me. He whisked me off through Auckland, across the Harbour Bridge and dropped me kerbside right outside my accommodation.
About 5 pm walked down to the Naval Museum for the meet-and-greet cocktail party. Here I met several people I knew from the Antarctic and others I knew by name. The most important discovery was the number of attendees and saw the conference room. I was relieved in seeing the small room and that there were only going to be about 50 people. I would not be talking to a very large audience.
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