Departing Dulles

Pacific Design Center. LA

Carol was also seated in the Jamie & Phillip's Wedding Section

Landing in Wellington (finally!)

Burt's bedroom

Burt's living/dining room

Cleopatra reclines

The Happy Couple

Cuba Street Bucket Fountain Art Thing

Flat White

Won't she be surprised when the fountain comes on!

Posing with Stephen & Jeffrey outside Te Papa

Te Marae (Maori meeting place) at Te Papa

Innocents abroad

Jeffrey involves himself in the Sundial of Human Involvement

Riding the cable car

Burt in a rare moment of repose

Burt & Marcos

Boys Night Out

The happy couple glowing with anticipation

Stephen investigates a tidepool

Exploring the peninsula

My Little Prison Pony

Train shot for Lawrence

Rehearsal dinner at Martin Bosley's Yacht Club

Placecard & menu*

Before dinner*

Amy & Alex

Meeting & greeting*

Introducing the in-laws*

Laura & Gloria, wine in hand*

Wellington welcomes the Delaware contingent*

Schmoozing*

Colin*

Richard Drake*

Steve*

Phillip's Great Aunt Norma*

Jeffrey & Rob hug*

Michael, David and Ian, on their best behavior (for once)*

Who says people don't wear hats anymore?*

Michael X & Alex deep in conversation

David & Bill, several drinks into the evening

Gideon & kideons*

The east half of the room*

The west half of the room*

You're Invited

The groom-to-be*

The other groom-to-be*

Wedding portrait*

Newlyweds*

Sharing a laugh*

Vote Anderson this November!*

The two families*

The newlyweds & sibs*

Pablo Zink (smiling?)*

Jamie's parents*

Signing the marriage certificate

You may hug the other groom*

I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine*

Phillip's aunt, witnessing*

Claire makes it official*

Pausing and posing before signing*

The ceremony's over - bring on the bubbles!

Chatting with Danny & Francisco

Table 5, deep in conversation*

The infamous Cookie Table

Cookie closeup*

Kisses and giggles*

Dougal passing for respectable

Francisco, Marcos & Donna

Sue & Donna

Burt beginning his MC duties

Must have been a witty speech*

Beth speaks from the heart*

Aunt Ngaire telling tales of young Phillip*

Something sure got to him*

Bill's speech (No, it was NOT snarky. It was meaningful and loving!)*

Phillip's brother Mark*

David Anderson*

Jamie and Jen G*

Gareth Kayes*

Francisco smiling innocently*

Jamie and Penny*

Katherine Sugarman and baby*

Donna

Daniel

Dougal and Danny drinking and dishing*

Dougal & Jack

That night...

The Wellington crowd relaxes at the Lotus Room*

*The Americans clubbing

Just pretend the camera isn't there*

No doubt discussing the finer points of architecture*

Donna busts a move

Jamie & Beth share a moment

Are Dougal & Mary Ellen up to something?

You can take the folks out of Philly...

On the ferry approaching the South Island

Cathedral Square in Christchurch

A local icon

Christchurch Trolley 1

Christchurch Trolley 2

OK, we really got into the Christchurch Trolley

A kiwi coo coo clock

Southern Encounter Aquarium & Kiwi House

Admiring the tank

Bridge over the Avon River

Statuary

Queenstown from above

Queenstown scenery

Parasailing, steamboating and walking

TSS Earnslaw

The Earnslaw returns to port

Mirror Lake, Fiordland National Park

Mirror Lake sign

The forest primeval

Natural beauty

Rapids above the Chasm

Water-carved rocks at the Chasm

Rainbow in the mist

Bill on assignment

Our boat, the Pride of Milford

The official Red Boat tour photo

Seals basking in Milford Sound

See why they call it Fiordland?

Bill with waterfall

Water, falling

Right about when we started getting wet

Camera phone

Self portrait on the bus

Clouds and glaciers

Jetboating on the Dart River

Our jetboat pilot

Sky Tower sunset, Auckland

Sky Tower illumination

Auckland's historic Ferry Building

The Quadrant Hotel

Penguins at Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World and Antarctic Experience

A manta ray does its thing

Feeding the mantas

A curious blowfish

Lionfish

Maori marae at the Auckland Museum

Moa and me

Japanese Zero

Desert by the fire

Palazzo Versace on Australia's Gold Coast

Note Versace's Medusa head logo at the top

His & his cologne bottles in our room

Medusa appears again

Lamborghini in the lobby

Lobby lounge and pool

Dusting the chandelier is a full-time job

Not a bad place to spend the afternoon

Rob enjoys the amenities

The pool had a beach and Rob made the most of it

Sea World on the Gold Coast

Riding the Sea World coaster

You're never too old for the log flume

Fortunately, the only sharks we saw were behind glass

Sea lion show

Flying dolphins

Flying dolphin trainer

Polar bear fight!

Cartoon manta

Welcome to Sydney!

The Queen Victoria leaves port

The QE2 arrives

Sydney sunset from our hotel

Bill poses with a koala

Koala with us

Petting the bearded dragon

Bearded dragon

Big wallaby

Little wallaby

Bill has a wallaby moment

Pretty bird

Fluffy bird

Technicolor birds

Rhea

Butterflies aren't quite as pretty up close

Posing with Tom from Chicago

Jonathan and Tom, our upstairs neighbors

Bill, Mandy & Joe

David, Felipe and Rob

Yipiyiyo gang

Bondi beach

Taking advantage of the local hole in the ozone

A woman nearly fell to her death taking this picture

Jonathan & Ted

From high above Bondi Beach

Posing with Dana, the only person who actually picks up the phone at Above & Beyond Tours

Happy boys on Oxford Street

Strasburg Clock at the Powerhouse Museum

Colombia, Rocky, Frank and Magenta

Formal night at the Rocky Horror Show

Post-performance cocktails

Diva Does Sydney tour

Cowboy pimp Robbie

Officer Bill

Felipe, Brad, David, Jonathan and our tourguide, Miss Penny Tration

Boas, rainbow wigs and drunken lesbians. Not your everyday bus tour.

Mark, Felipe & David

Penny performs while David and Felipe play peekaboo

Harbour Tour

Tom and the food fairies

Cheers!

Hors d'oeuvres by the Sydney Harbour Bridge

Jeff

Harbour Bridge from below

American boys take in the sights

Sydney from the water

Luna Park

Sydney Opera House

Jonathan & Jeff

We're sailing now!

Everyone wants this fairy

Devil inside

Enjoying the Mardi Gras Parade

...Jeff...

Masked Avenger

Always obey the nelly cowboy

Mandy and a devilish Felipe

Ice Queens

'Tassie Devils', Carl & Tony in back

'Come Out Australia'

Pink pride at the Mardi Gras Parade

Happy boys (and wood sprites)

Discotarium at the Mardi Gras party

Lasers in the Hordern Pavilion

Neon Fusion

Party lights 1

Party lights 2

Party lights 3

Party lights 4

Party lights 5

Party lights 6

Olivia Newton-John performs Xanadu

Olivia's finale

Suddenly Felipe's all coy

Tony & Co.

Carl's devil tattoo

Cyndi Lauper performs

Cyndi 2

Cyndi 3

Qantas takes us home