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Article: Heaven and hell
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- Waikato Times
- Article date:
- September 18, 2009
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ANNETTE TAYLOR
Annette Taylor seems to earn a living from freelance writing and
is a reluctant traveller, preferring to stay at home in Gordonton
with her cat and hens. If prised, she will travel the world, or
maybe spend the weekend in Paeroa. And she always loves it when she
does get away.
HELL
It was my first time overseas and I'd been nothing short of
pathetic on the plane. The most I'd travelled as a kid was on a bus
from Gisborne to Auckland there was so much further to fall from a
plane. We were heading to the Great Barrier Reef from Brisbane,
stopping by my brother's flat for camping gear. Frank, his
Aboriginal flatmate, was there. Real Aussies, he told us, don't
camp. There's ...