January 2011
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Fair Dinkum, stone the crows, how's ya mothers chooks?
Firstly, G’day all and Merry Christmas and have a safe New Year to all our family and friends @ Terranova. Another year passes as another approaches. Paul, I and a dear family friend Gary completed yet another tour to Tasmania. What a trip! Great weather and great company. We hope all our travellers enjoyed the trip as much as we enjoyed putting it on. Check out the photo gallery here.
Coach
Our new Terranova Coach is approaching 2 years old in June 2011. It has been an absolute pleasure for Paul and me to drive. Fully automatic gearbox for smoother ride for our guests on holiday and the leg room is amazing! Check out our photos here of our coach.
2011 Bookings
2011 bookings for Terranova holidays are unbelievable, Elicia has been very busy talking about and organising our trips. Elicia is always in for a chat so pick up the blower and find out what’s new at Terranova. Something that we don’t like talking about is 2012. We have to at Terranova simply because our bookings for 2011 are so busy. Price rises are another thing we don’t like to talk about, however this will be inevitable for 2012. I know we will still be great value for 7 days. We still have our very popular Queensland pick-up service as well as New South Wales. Call Elicia to find out more.
That is why we have a great free pick up deal and some great incentives for our groups for 2011 - especially for bookings made before 31st December 2010.
Theatre Tours
Our theatre tours have exceeded all expectations, Mary and I are delighted to showcase some of Australia’s greatest talent as well as overseas. Shows like Jersey Boys, Dr Zhivago, Mama Mia, Priscilla, and Billy Elliot just to name a few. Check out our website or call Elicia on 1800 649 811.
Family News (The Strada's)
Mum and Dad are both well. We recently had all the family together in Sydney’s Darling Harbour for a Christmas get together in early December. It was great, plenty of great food at Crinitis Ristorante in Pyrmont. Noisy with plenty of laughs, a little sad not to have our daughter Kayla with us, so we called her in Singapore which made us very happy. We can’t wait to visit her at Universal Studios in Singapore where she is working as ‘Betty Boop’ and loving every minute. Mary and I have not seen her for 3 months. However, we do speak or Skype her every day. She sounds so happy. Here she is finishing her HSC and then studying at NIDA for a short 6 month course, and now she is working overseas all at 18 years of age. She is amazing! Young Joseph has completed his Year 11 at Riverview College and has now started his final year. Joseph has just had his 17th birthday and his year 11 school formal. Can’t get much information out of him but his photos do look good, as well as his date. He spent Christmas last year with friends in Fiji, then with us for 12 days in Singapore to visit Kayla. What a life these kids have!
Until next time...
Until we meet again, stay safe and God bless to all. Keep sending your photos in so we can post them on our photo gallery. Be sure to spread the word to family and friends about Terranova. Remember to get them on board with us and we guarantee them to have plenty of food, laughs and a great travel experience.
Sam Strada and the Team