October 2018

The Journeys listed in the South Pacific eFlyer are open to all ambassadors, representing some of the many places where you can experience new cultures and expand your global circle of friends.

If you are interested in any of the following Journeys, please contact the Journey Coordinator directly. Journey Number 14337 Sydney to Salisbury and Northern Districts, Australia

Journey Dates: FF Sydney would love you to join us for a week of fun, friendship 16-23 November, 2018 and adventure meeting our new friends in Salisbury and Northern Districts, South Australia.​

Price: Our week includes a day exploring the sights of Adelaide, $365 AUD​ bursting with culture, flavours, lush parklands and historic (includes FFI and host fees, not buildings. A​ trip to the famous Barossa: Wohlers shop, a walk including transport to Adelaide around Tanunda, Chateau Barossa Rose Garden which should be SA) blooming.

Journey Coordinator: Rhonda Wilson [email protected] Mobile: 0418 870 780​

Phone:: 02 9482 5727

Host Clubs: Day four takes us on a bus trip to Tickle Tank, Mt. Barker and Salisbury and Northern then to the Adelaide Hills, having lunch at historic Hahndorf, Districts, Australia which is classified as Australia’s oldest surviving German settlement. ​ Next is a bus trip to Port Wakefield and then onto Kadina, a Historic past copper mining town on the Yorke Peninsula.

Journey Number 15062 Tauranga-WBOP to Bogotá, Colombia, Turrialba, Costa Rica and Tuxtla-Gutierrez, Mexico

Journey Dates: For those looking for a different destination for your Journey in 2019, this is a must for you. We start at Bogotá, Colombia where the FF 28 January - 20 February, Bogotá clubs will be our hosts. The climate is a temperate 15-18 2019 degrees all year round. During the Journey, we will visit the Mayor’s house, the famous Gold Museum, the and the National Museum. But it is the local culture that will be so fascinating. We will Price: enjoy a professional dance group and musicians to show the $6,500 NZD approx. traditional folk dances and music, and for the farewell party, they include typical Colombian music. Auckland to Auckland (including all FFI and host For our second hosting, we go north Turrialba, Costa Rica located about 64 kms from the capital San José. Nearby are two of the highest fees) peaks in the country, Turrialba Volcano (3,340 m) and Mount Chirripó (3,820 m). The canton of Turrialba is nationally known for an eponymous cheese produced in the district of Santa Cruz and there Journey Coordinator: are many other indigenous dishes. The county has several protected Sandie Knowlson areas including Guayabo National Monument, Turrialba Volcano 07-549 1310 National Park, Chin National Park, Forest Reserve Central Volcanic Range Protected Area River Basin Tuis, Chirripó and Pacuare River [email protected] Forest Reserve.

Host Clubs: We now move further north to our last hosting at Tuxtla-Gutierez which has the capital city of the state Chiapas in southern Mexico FF Bogotá since 1892. This area is very rich in different native cultures that can FF Turrialba be seen in its traditional way of living and handicraft making. There are also fine samples of their Spanish Colonial heritage. Most FF Tuxtla-Gutierrez interesting will be a boat ride along the Sumidero Canyon, a visit to the archaeological museum with an interesting display of Mayan pieces and from other ancient local cultures, to the zoo with a rich exhibit of regional fauna, to a small museum and handicraft shop, a visit to the nearby colonial town of Chiapa de Corzo, and picnic by the river and cultural events.

The timing of this Journey has been planned so that participants can leave Mexico and arrive in Buenos Aires a couple of days before the FFI Festival Of Sea cruise around South America should you wish to combine the two trips. Journey Number 15005 Central Coast to Southwest Florida, Tucson- Southern Arizona and Quad Cities, USA

Journey Dates: The dates for the Journeys are:

24 February - 17 March, 2019 Southwest Florida: 24 February through 3 March 2019

Quad Cities: 3 March through 10 March 2019 Price: Contact Coordinator Tucson: 10 March through 17 March 2019

This will be an interesting three-phase Journey where ambassadors Journey Coordinator: will enjoy the warmth of Southwest Florida, together with the winter Chris Stone in northern USA, followed by the wonders of Tucson, Arizona. [email protected] The Central Coast ambassadors have already purchased their air tickets, but would love to have some fellow FF ambassadors join them Host Clubs: on the interesting and exciting Journey.

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FF Tucson-Southern Arizona Journey Number 15192 Marlborough and Kapiti Coast to Hsinchu, Taiwan and Kyoto, Japan

Journey Dates: We would welcome expressions of interest in this April 2019 Journey for 2019. I know it seems like early days but we need to start making bookings. This inquiry does not Price: commit you to the Journey. $5500 (indicative) Hsinchu hosting is 12 April to 18 April. Journey Coordinator: Fukuchiyama hosting is 21 April to 27 April. Gillian Cooper [email protected] Our tentative plan is to fly direct into Taipei 10 April 021 352 900 and gather the group for bonding before joining our hosts in Hsinchu on 12 April. We would fly to Japan on 18 April where we would have 3 nights in Kyoto. We Host Clubs: begin our second journey by seeing Kyoto City on 21 FF Hsinchu April and then we would travel to Fukuchiyama for the FF Kyoto-Fukuchiyama rest of our journey. This is about 1.5 hrs by train from Kyoto.

Our final night would be in Kyoto where we say farewell to each other. You can either join a coach tour and explore more of Japan, carry on to Europe to explore or take the opportunity of flying to China on the way home as we will be doing.

To budget for this journey we are giving you the price Blenheim to Blenheim with no extras. $4300 for flights and accommodation and transfers $1200 for FFI Fees and hosting $5500 total. Remember this is only an indicative price Journey Number 15092 Napier, New Zealand to Norderstedt, Germany and Greater Izmir, Turkey (with Istanbul, Gallipoli and Anzac Dawn Service)

Journey Dates: On 12th April we fly to Copenhagen for a 3-night stay before April 2019 travelling by train/ferry to Hamburg, Germany, where we will be met by our hosts from Norderstedt FF. Norderstedt is located at Price: the northern border of the Hanseatic city of Hamburg, 80 $6500 includes FFI and kilometres from the North Sea. Hosting will include visiting the hosting fees, flights, hotel beautiful buildings of Hamburg, viewing forest and farmland, and accommodation and group maybe a harbour cruise. transport From Hamburg we fly to Istanbul, Turkey. In Istanbul, Intrepid will provide us with a guide and transport for the next 6 days. Journey Coordinator: On 24th we go out to the Gallipoli Peninsula to experience Joy Kennerley overnight outdoors and the ANZAC Commemorative Dawn [email protected] Service. Also included are guided visits to such sights as the Grand Bazaar, Spice Market, Hagia Sophia, and the Blue Mosque. Host Clubs: On 28th as we travel toward Izmir we will overnight in Ayvalik, a FF Norderstedt pretty seaside village. In Izmir (once the ancient city of Smyrna), FF Greater Izmir expect a large city set around a beautiful bay, lots of history, and modernity, an overnight trip to Ephesus and the Virgin Mary’s House and wonderful Turkish cuisine.

A visit to Gallipoli is our special add-on. Ambassadors must be prepared to spend a night in the open at Gallipoli and walk several kilometres in Norderstedt.

Applications (forms on FFI website or FFNZ website, or available from Coordinators) should be returned by August 30th to enable Gallipoli Bookings. A 3-night stay in Singapore is optional (but costed in) to break the journey home. Estimated cost from Auckland to Auckland $6500 includes FFI and hosting fees, flights, hotel accommodation, and group transport. Journey Number 15091 Auckland-North Shore, New Zealand to Korolev, Russia and ,

Journey Dates: If you wish an extra special Journey in 2019, what about one to eastern May 2019 Europe? We are lucky to have been allocated a Journey to Korolev in Russia and Baku in Azerbaijan. Price: $5000-$6000 NZD including The Korolev club was founded in 1995 and has 40 members. The city itself, located about 20 minutes northeast of Moscow, is all fees, travel and named after Sergei Korolev, the founder of the Russian Space Industry, accommodation and many facilities such as mission control are centred here. The club can arrange very special excursions to space exploration facilities such Journey Coordinator: as Star City, where Russian cosmonauts live and train. A Journey Don Wrigglesworth usually spends two days in Moscow visiting the Kremlin and Red 094442723 Square and a bus sightseeing tour to the ancient Russian city of aucklandnorthshore@friends Pereslavl-Zalessky to acquaint the ambassadors with folk traditions. A hipforce.org.nz second day is to the city and monastery of Sergiyev Posad, the center of Russian Orthodox culture. During every Journey, each family treats Host Clubs: its guests to the most delicious and special dishes of Russian national cuisine. FF Korolev FF Baku We move then to Azerbaijan and the FF club of Baku situated in the eastern area near the . Their 200,000 year history is very complex because of the many invasions due to natural resources. So much of the economy today is based on their oil and gas reserves. Baku is an ancient city, so there are lots of places of interest, such as Shirvanshakh’s Palace (AD 1400s), (eight storey fortress), Ateshgah (the Fire Worshippers’ Temple), Mardakan flower garden, Sengachal Oil Terminal, Museum of Applied Art, Carpet Museum, Baku boulevard, Opera and Ballet Theatre, and Inner City where one can see shops of antiques and carpets. There will also be cruises, restaurant visits, and concerts where we can enjoy their amazing culture. But there is so much more – Aga Mosque, Open Air Museum with Neolithic rock drawings, Gelersen-Gorersen fortress (8-9th centuries) and so on. Baku means ‘where the wind strikes hard,’ but the climate is subtropical, so please join us for this cultural adventure. Journey Number 15093 New Plymouth, New Zealand to Cairns and North Moreton, Australia

Journey Dates: This is an opportunity to extend our summer for just a few more days May 2019 with Journeys to the tropical climes of Australia.

Price: We will start with a few days in sunny Brisbane before our first hosting $2000-$2500 including FFI at North Moreton which is in the northern part of Brisbane. This area also has so much to offer - beautiful beaches, scenic mountains, lakes, and Host Fees rainforest walks, boutique wineries, kangaroos on the doorstep – it’s all there. There might be a chance to walk through the rainforest near Journey Coordinator: the Glasshouse Mountains Marvel and hear the calls of the whip birds. Claire Patten 06-757 882 or 0274296998 How about a cruise up Pumicestone Passage or along the Brisbane [email protected] River, and enjoy a barbeque at sunset as the kangaroos hop nearby? m Let’s enjoy a walk along one of the most beautiful beaches in the world at Bribie Island. We will have a chance to get close to a koala at the Host Clubs: fabulous Australia Zoo, the creation of legendary Crocodile Man, Steve FF Cairns Irwin. When we want a little history, we can visit Redcliffe which was the first settlement in Queensland and was once a penal colony. FF North Moreton We move north to our tropical hosting at FF Cairns, an area with balmy weather, tropical flowers and palm trees, beaches to be enjoyed, and golf courses to be played. Think Cairns, think Great Barrier Reef. Where we might enjoy a perfect day of snorkelling, scuba diving or viewing from a glass bottom boat. Or for the more adventurous, go big game fishing. A visit to the Tablelands is a must, with beautiful scenery and a skyrail tour over the rainforest to Kuranda Village. We might also visit the Wet Tropics of Queensland world heritage site, and spend time just lazing about in the sunshine. Journey Number 15124 Tauranga WBOP, New Zealand to Tweed Valley and Central Coast, Australia

Journey Dates: June is a great time to get away from the winter weather, and what June 2019 better than a Journey to our Aussie cousins for this.

Price: The weather will be warm and balmy, and the beaches inviting – they $1500-$2000 NZD including boast the best in the world, and we’ll get time to check out whether this is true. The Tweed Valley offers the greatest variety of Australian FFI and Host Fees landscapes for us to see, There is Mount Warning, one of the largest shield volcanoes in the Southern Hemisphere, and the nearby National Journey Coordinator: Parks at Nightcap, Border Ranges, Springbrook and Lamington which Barbara Proctor all abound with subtropical fauna and flora. Of course, we are just 075745711 down the road from the Coolangatta and the Gold Coast and all they taurangawbop@friendshipfor have to offer. ce.org.nz After a week with our new friends, we move south to FF Central Coast Host Clubs: located just north of Sydney. The region is a network of towns such as FF Tweed Valley Gosford, Brisbane Waters, Wyong, Tuggerah, Lakehaven, The Entrance, Terrigal and Woy Woy, and many people who live here FF Central Coast commute daily to Sydney for work. The main drivers are tourism, manufacturing and retirement, and include the Hunter Valley region with its mining, heavy industry and port. The Aboriginal people have inhabited this region for thousands of years, and the Guringai and Darkinjung tribes some of the first to come into contact with the settlers.

Please get in touch if this Journey appeals. Journey Number 15382

All New Zealand Journey to FFI World Conference and USA clubs

Journey Dates: This Journey has been set up so members can attend the FFI

13 July - 7 August, 2019 World Conference at Boulder, Colorado 23-27 July 2019.

Our first homestay prior to Conference is with FF Flathead Price: Valley, an area beautifully situated in the north west corner of Montana, just west of the Rocky Mountains and only 65 km south $6,000 NZD. Includes: of the Canadian border. A typical 7-day Journey might include - FFI and host club fees visits to the museums of early settlers and Native Americans, a - Conference botanical garden tour, a visit to a bison ranch, a cruise on Flathead Lake, a chairlift ride at a ski resort, an outdoor concert accommodation and and especially a full day exploring Glacier National Park. registration - All transport and We move to Denver where we will spend 2-3 days sightseeing around that Mile High City. accommodation, ex Auckland. We’ve reached July 23, and it’s up the road to Boulder for the FFI World Conference until July 27.

Journey Coordinator: Our hosting after the Conference is with the FF of Cedar Colin Ridge (Taupo) Rapids/Iowa. This is a special corner of the world where fields 07-3785088 of tall corn dance in the wind and where the land varies from flat to rolling hills covered with trees. But, make no mistake, they [email protected] or offer much more to visiting ambassadors. They have diverse Debbie Lattey 04-2933252 cultures to explore including the Meskwaki Indian Settlement; [email protected] Kalona, an Amish community; the Amanas, a German communal society and Czech Village, and immigrant workers from Bohemia. Ambassadors can visit one of many museums such as the Herbert Hoover Presidential Museum, the African-American Museum, the Host Clubs: Czech & Slovak Museum, and many more. FF Flathead Valley Dates: FF Cedar Rapids-Iowa City July 13-19 Flathead Valley, Montana (Hosting) 20-22 Denver, Colorado (Hotel) 23-27 Boulder, Colorado for Conference 28-3 Cedar Rapids City, Iowa (Hosting) August 4-7 Chicago, Illinois (Hotel) Calls for Expressions of Interest (add outbound journeys page 1 here)

This will be a new section of the South Pacific eFlyer.

Journey Coordinators who anticipate that they will need to recruit from outside of their club to fill a Journey, but have not yet started planning, can advertise their Journey here.

Please submit the following: ● Journey Coordinator name and contact details ● Journey number (if you have one) ● Journey name ● Probable month of travel

Please submit Calls for Expressions of Interest to the contacts listed on the last page. 2018 AUS-NZ Outbound Journeys (add outbound journeys page 1 here)

OCTOBER 14184 Hobart, Australia to Shelby and Florida Suncoast, USA 14299 Marlborough, New Zealand to Vietnam 14177 Bundaberg, Australia to Baton Rouge, Central North Carolina and Central Virginia, USA 14315 Kempsey, Australia to Adelaide, Australia 14336 Adelaide, Australia to Sydney, Australia 14458 Hamilton and Waikato to New Plymouth, New Zealand

NOVEMBER 14222 Nelson, New Zealand to North Moreton and Blue Mountains, Australia 14216 Whangarei, New Zealand to Saitama and Ehime, Japan 14337 Sydney, Australia to Salisbury and Northern Districts, Australia 14176 Mount Gambier, Australia to Wairarapa and Marlborough, New Zealand 2018 AUS-NZ Inbound Journeys (add inboundoutbound journeys journeys page page 1 1here) here)

OCTOBER 14185 Edmonton, Canada to Gisborne and Thames Coromandel, New Zealand 14208 Lethbridge, Canada to Newcastle, Tweed Valley and Mount Gambier, Australia 14212 Greater Des Moines and Whidbey Island, USA to Perth, Australia and Auckland-North Shore, New Zealand

NOVEMBER 14217 Szekesfehervar, Hungary to Melbourne, Australia and Christchurch, New Zealand 14219 Northeast Ohio to Horowhenua and Napier and Hamilton and Waikato 14226 Sapporo, Japan to Wellington and Southland, New Zealand 14202 Sibiu, Romania to South Taranaki, New Zealand 2019 AUS-NZ Outbound Journeys (add outbound journeys page 21 here) FEBRUARY 15006 Perth, Australia to Alajuela, Costa Rica and Mundo Maya de Tuxtla Gutierrez and Sarasota, USA

MARCH 15028 Whangarei, New Zealand to Hobart and Newcastle, Australia 15014 Global - Explore Farming in New Zealand 15015 Adelaide, Australia to Aichi, Japan and Kauai, USA and Hamilton and Waikato, New Zealand 15017 Bundaberg, Australia to Thames Coromandel and Otago, New Zealand 15018 Casterton, Australia to Wanganui and Napier, New Zealand 15016 Salisbury and Northern Districts, Australia to Ehime, Japan 15019 Tweed Valley, Australia to Nashik Riverside, India and Nepal 15266 All Australia to Murray Bridge, Australia

APRIL 15046 Melbourne, Australia to Auckland-North Shore and Taupo, New Zealand 15045 Albany, Australia to Kampala, Uganda 15047 Sydney, Australia to Trujillo, Peru and Mexico City, Mexico and Greater Orlando, USA 15048 Tamworth, Australia to Urla of Greater Izmir, Turkey and Tbilisi, Georgia

MAY 15091 Auckland-North Shore, New Zealand to Korolev, Russia and Baku, Azerbaijan 15092 Napier, New Zealand to Norderstedt, Germany and Greater Izmir, Turkey 15093 New Plymouth, New Zealand to Cairns and North Moreton, Australia 15079 Kempsey, Australia to County Durham, United Kingdom and Hannover, Germany 15080 Sunshine Coast, Australia to Austin and New Mexico, USA

JUNE 15093 New Plymouth, New Zealand to Cairns and North Moreton, Australia 15109 Brisbane, Australia to Western Colorado and Reno-Tahoe, USA 15110 Gold Coast, Australia to Saskatoon and Winnipeg, Canada and Chicago, USA 15112 Blue Mountains, Australia to Toulouse, France and Bristol, England 15124 Tauranga-Western Bay of Plenty, New Zealand to Tweed Valley and Central Coast, Australia 2019 AUS-NZ Inbound Journeys (add outbound journeys page 21 here) FEBRUARY 15037 Derbyshire, United Kingdom to Wellington and South Taranaki, New Zealand

MARCH 15028 Whangarei, New Zealand to Hobart and Newcastle, Australia 15014 Global - Explore Farming in New Zealand 15017 Bundaberg, Australia to Thames Coromandel and Otago, New Zealand 15018 Casterton, Australia to Wanganui and Napier, New Zealand 15266 All Australia to Murray Bridge, Australia 15025 San Jose, Costa Rica to Sydney, Australia and Christchurch and Marlborough, New Zealand 15023 Quebec Region, Canada to Kapiti Coast and New Plymouth, New Zealand and Noumea, New Caledonia 15040 Kansas, USA to Tauranga Western Bay of Plenty, New Zealand and Murray Bridge, Australia 15038 Colonial Carolina, USA to Kempsey and North Moreton, Australia

APRIL 15046 Melbourne, Australia to Auckland-North Shore and Taupo, New Zealand 15056 Haliburton Highlands, Canada to Nelson and Southland, New Zealand and Mount Gambier, Australia 15052 Brandon and Area, Canada to Bundaberg and Blue Mountains, Australia

MAY 15093 New Plymouth, New Zealand to Cairns and North Moreton, Australia 15279 Oita, Japan to Southern Sydney and Mount Barker, Australia 15150 Western Tokyo, Japan to Perth, Australia

JUNE 15124 Tauranga-Western Bay of Plenty, New Zealand to Tweed Valley and Central Coast, Australia 15111 South Taranaki and Manawatu, New Zealand to Brisbane and Tamworth, Australia

South Pacific eFlyer Submissions are due to the following contacts by the 20th of each month:

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