Don Hardy photo gallery

These are some of the photos taken when we have been home in Australia and Don has been there too. Includes pics taken at home in Ermo, on Sydney harbour, at Watson's Bay, and in Port Macquarie and at other places up the coast...

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In 2001 Don set off from Sydney in his Kombi on an epic journey around Australia. He travelled through northern NSW, stopping a while at Byron Bay, and then on up through Brisbane and into northern Queensland, along the way to way visiting some of the islands of the Great Barrier Reef. In Townsville he met a German backpacker known to all of us as Schultz - this is the photgraphic record of their fun months travelling through outback Queensland and the Northern Territory :-)

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Don met up and stayed with Schultz and his mates in Munich, and checked out the Beer Festival, of course!

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Don lived in Val d'Isere, the hip ski resort in the French Alps, for abour 6 months during the 2002 / 2003 season. While there he played with UK band "Mullett" (he hated that name...). He returned to Australia briefly in January 2003 to be at our Dad's bedside when he died. This was a difficult journey for Don, he was unwell and the trip took 3 days by bus and plane from the alps to Sydney, but - importantly - he made it before Dad died and was able to be there to support Mum and his brothers when we needed him.

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Various photos from this time... it was always such a larf when Don was around! Includes a visit from Weasy (Elouise), a bit of flying, and teachnig our girls some licks & tricks on the piano!

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Don and I took the girls for a walk in Wendover Woods one sunny winter's day...

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A typical fun day with Uncle Donald... we took the bikes to the park in Hemel Hempstead. Sophie & Lucy were still learning to ride: no longer relying on trainer wheels, but still a little bit cautious going down big hills. Don spent ages with the girls, building up their confidence, challengening and encouraging them to ride faster down the hills! You can see how important Don was to us and the kids especially.

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I remember how the excitement built as Don and I waited for Mum to arrive... we couldn't wait! What a great time we had :-)

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Mum came to visit Don's house in Shepherd's Bush, west London. We walked throughjthe market, then to one of the pubs opposite the Green. I hope Mum's cardiologist hasn't seen these pics...

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Mum can't ride a bike, or so she says... Donald and I were just not prepared to accept this at face value!

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Yiha!!! Don pulls such great faces in the back ;-) I think this trip was from Wycombe up to Silverwater Race Track, Sywell airfield (Northampton), and back.

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Various pics. including excellent times with Mum when she was over visiting us, walks in the country side, etc. Happy Days.

Mum's visit to the UK was a mad and happy time for Don and me - I think this shines through in this collection of photos :-)

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A newly beardless Donald came to join Nicki, Graeme, Gareth, Phillipa, Janet, Lucy, Sophie and me at one of our favourite Thai restaurants, inside an Irish pub near Ealing in west London.

What a handsome man :-)

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We went flying with Adrian and Sue Gapps, voer to Seething in Norfolk. The photos were taken at Wycombe before departure.

(When we got to Seething, we took some air to air photos - see http://members.lycos.co.uk/andyhardyuk/G-ODAK/).

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A day out on the rollercoasters! What excellent fun... the "Colussus" scared us both sh1tless - impressive!

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Don became an important part of our lives here in Chesham, and that is especially true for our daughters Sophie & Lucy, who idolised their mad uncle :-)

Except for our broadband video chat hookup in the days before he died, these photos were taken the last time we saw Don when he had returned from France and was on his way home to Australai via California.

Janet, the girls and I miss him terribly.

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