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Swans are playing the Bulldogs tonight at the SCG. 1/4 time - Swans 7.8.50 Bulldogs 2.1.13

Yes you will need an ETA to enter Australia when you disembark your cruise ship.

Please look at the official government site How to get an ETA The one you looked at is a third party provider. From 6th April, you apply on the Australian ETA app available from the Apple Store or Google Play Store and in most cases you will be notified of the result immediately.

Some will go to Hobart as well.

Glad it worked well for you John. Enjoy your trip down under.

Genealogy is sure time consuming Linda. I started researching in 1980s before the online resources of today. I spent many school holidays at libraries and the Mormon Family Research room near us. My Prideaux research was helped along by a family bible that Rob's great grandparents brought with them from Cornwall in 1863. It had family birthdays and deaths recorded for a few generations. A godsend to this novice. As for general Prideaux research, the book 'Prideaux A Westcountry Clan' by R M (Roy) Prideaux published in 1989 is my go to resource. An amazing amount of information has been put together by Roy. William who married Johanna Munday - never known him as William of Girband, he is William of Trevose in all records I have seen. He was the great great grandson of your ancestor Sir John Prideaux and his 3rd wife Ann Sapton. William's great grandfather William Prideaux of Adeston was a half brother to your Juliann. Sir Peter Brune-Prideaux is descended from William of Trevose's son John of Padstow and Rob is descended from his 2nd son Richard of St Issey. If you would like to contact me further my email address is leighprideaux at hotmail.com

One of the first Prideaux family trees was published in the 1800s and stated that Paganus de Prideaux or Pridias was living at Prideaux Castle, Luxullion before the time of the Conquest in 1066. Pridias is of Celtic origin and was pronounced as Pridicks - hence the Prideaux spelling. Most of the authorities agree that the earliest form of the name was something like Pridias, and that the name is of Cornish origin. The first documented appearance of the French spelling Prideaux did not appear until Plantengent times. For at least the past several centuries the name has been Pridicks in Cornwall and Devon. The final /ks/ is a spelling pronounciation of the x in the French orthography. We pronounce our surname as Prido (Prideaux). The Prideaux family along with relatives from marriage were all great landowners in Cornwall and Devon but as fortunes changed due to politics and war, the Prideauxs also changed and became builders, farmers, fishermen, sailors, bankers etc. Rob's line came from the Isles of Scilly to Victoria. There aren't any Prideauxs left on the Isles but there are possibly other relatives.

Many members of the Prideaux clan not just several emigrated to Aus, NZ and USA. Most who went to the USA were miners. A few who emigrated to South Aus were miners too. DH's were mainly sailors who became farmers when they came to Victoria. I think they hoped to find gold but that was not to be. Although a cousin of Rob's great grandfather was one of the co-finders of the Welcome Stranger nugget. No Les, the name is not Norman, it is west country, mainly Cornish probably originating around the Cornish/Devon border as far back as the 9th century. The spelling would be because of the Norman scribes as they were the only ones who could write in those times. Although there were many variants of the spelling.

I assume you mean Prideaux Place at Padstow? It is owned by Sir Peter Prideaux - Brune who shares common paternal ancestors William Prideaux who died in 1564 and Johanna Munday with my husband.

As my dad always say 'bad kicking is bad football'. Bombers were just too good in the end.

Me too Julie. My favourite steak is fillet mignon with just a little olive oil, salt and pepper rubbed in before being cooked on a hot griddle. I don't usually have a sauce, but if I do it will be mushroom.

Final score - Essendon 15.5.96 defeated Swans 12.14.86

Thank you.

Your Mum is amazing Don, still driving. Dad who is 92 stopped a few months ago but recently renewed his licence for ID purposes.😀

Thank you Geoff. I worry about my police officer son in law here in Melbourne. Fortunately at the moment he is doing more office type work, acting as an assistant to his superintendant. He is a sergeant.

Thank you Brandee.

Thanks Don, your Mum is doing really well for 96. Is she still living at home? Mum had a few visits to hospital over the past couple of years, the last for a month.

Thanks Mic, yes it is hard.

Thank you Lyle.

Thank you Marion, Yes Dad still lives in the home I grew up in and built the year I was born. My brother lives with him which is a great help to the rest who don't live in Warrnambool.

Thank you.

Thank you Linda.

Thank you Julie and Rolf.

Thank you Adrian.

Thank you Les. it was not unexpected but still sad. Mum had been unwell for months and at Easter we thought she would only last another day or two but she rallied and then went into aged care as it was too hard for Dad to look after her anymore. She went downhill again a couple of weeks and we knew the end was near. She will be cremated tomorrow without a funeral - her wishes. We will have a celebration of her life with family and friends in a few months and scatter her ashes where my sister and nephew's are scattered.