ERICKSON NEWS - CHRISTMAS 2016
Wow, the year has flown as always and it's time for our Christmas
website once again. This gives us a chance to think of our
many friends and family and shout out our Christmas hello. It is also
our chance to prepare to celebrate the birth of Christ, the true reason
for this Christmas holiday period.
And yes, some things never change - we have had our usual busy year - you can read the finer details in our Christmas letter: Our Christmas Letter
And now onto the usual annual collection of photos.
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And the boys now - taken in September 2016 when on a night
out. Can you match them to the 1993 photo? |
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| December 2016 - a selection of great nephews and great nieces
- Akasha, Harrison, Taylor, Malika,Ella, Charlie, Emmerson, Annie and
Olly |
January 2016 - Tim and Peter Ryan at the 12 Apostles on the Great Ocean Road | |
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| January 2016 - Chris was in Canberra for some walk training
and caught up with Paul at the AIS. |
January 2016 - Tim is always on the lookout for a new gnome for the garden but this is a super-gnome! | |
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| March 2016 - One of our joys is looking after Olly and Annie. Here Annie and Tigger at the playground in Ocean Grove |
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| April 2016 - Annie celebrates her third birthday with a
crocodile cake! |
June 2016 - Jared Tallent finally gets his 2012
Olympic gold medal and Annie and Olly get in the photo with the Olympic
walkers - Regan Lamble, Chris, Quentin Rew, Jared and Claire, coach
Brent Vallance, Alana Barber and Rachel Tallent |
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| August 2016 - Tim and Lois in the deepest Amazon with the
others in their tour group. It was hot! |
August 2016 - Well, it wasn't all dust and bites - we stayed
in the EcoAmazonia Lodge |
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| August 2016 - Finally at Machu Picchu and here's the photo to
prove it. An absolutely perfect day with sunny warm conditions. |
August 2016 - Looking down on Machu Picchu from the Sun Gate
- a long climb but worth it for the view. |
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| August 2016 - We did lots of
tours while in Lima - this one was to one of the main shanty towns. A
kindergarten / daycare facility being built from donated funds |
August 2016 - And still in the shanty town. Incredibly steep
and dry desert terrain with no greenery to be seen anywhere. |
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| August 2016 - We toured an
ancient acheological site west of Lima. Desert as far as the eye can
see, except for bits of greenery around any streams flowing from the
Andes to the ocean. Lima receives an average of 6.4 mm (0.3 in) of
rainfall per year and is precariously situated in a lunar landscape of
dusty dunes. |
August 2016 - Ok, we all know that Paddington Bear
comes from the deepest darkest Amazon in Peru. So it was only fitting
that we found a Paddington statue on the oceanside in Lima, presented
to the city by the British Consulate. |
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| August 2016 - We saw little
inconsequential caymans in the Amazon but to see the real thing, we had
to wait until we were staying in Pontal in Rio. This photo was of a
polluted and dirty creek winding its way towards a swampland near our
airBNB. And it had plenty of BIG caymans! |
August 2016 - A disappointing Games on many fronts,
with venues mostly empty, huge traffic congestion, general apathy from
the locals, lack of any English speaking help, etc. This photo, taken
in the main stadium on one of the T&F nights, shows about 12,000
spectators in a 60,000 seat arena. |
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| August 2016 - Our travelling
partners in Rio were Lois's sister Bev and husband Greg. Here we all
are barracking on the men's 20km walk day at Pontal. |
August 2016 - No, we didn't stay at the Copacobana
Palace Hotel but a couple of our day tours started from there - at
least we could pretend! |
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| August 2016 - We did a tour of
the Rio Botanical Gardens and saw this fantastic pic of Christ the
Redeemer in the background |
August 2016 - And here we
are at Christ the Redeemer a few days later. Huge and so many tourists
that it was nearly impossible to move |
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| August 2016 - Well, we did
actually make the trip to wave the flag for Chris so we thought we had
better catch up at some time. Here we all are at 'The Edge', the
meeting place organised by the AOC. A chance for lunch and a good
catchup in airconditioned coolness. |
August 2016 - Rio is certainly a
spectacular place. The view from the top of Sugarloaf. |
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| August 2016 - You've come to
Copacobana Beach but you forgot your togs. No problems, just buy a pair
from the many sellers roaming the area. |
20th August 2016 - Finally it's
time for Chris to race and here he is in action in the 50km racewalk.
It was held on the hottest morning of the Games and on a course which
had no shade. So everyone was pretty sunburnt at the end. But it did
not seem to worry Chris who had a superb race. |
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| 20th August 2016 - Now that's
nice to see - 10th place up on the finish board. Superb effort Chris! |
20th August 2016 - And here he
is after the 50km is done and dusted - any looking none the worse for
the effort. Here with the support crew of Greg, Bev, Lois and Tim |
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| October 2016 - Out latest great
nephew, Terry McCrie Erickson of Darwin. Congrats to our niece Sue and
husband Tom! |
October 2016 - Olly and Annie
look fantastic. Do we see a new career as vets here! |
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| October 2016 - great niece
Kahlia marries James in Albany, WA. Here is Kahlia with her granddad
Mike (Tim's brother) |
To contact us, send a mail item to Tim
Erickson (terick@melbpc.org.au)