A Very Special 25th Wedding Anniversary

The boat sailed to sea on a hot (Australian) summer day, and Roise and her friend began their diving adventure, where they tried something called “boom netting”. The moment she began this activity, where you jump off the boat in strong currents and try to get back on using a rope, she met Julian (who more or less rescued her from the relentless waters), whilst sporting her yellow bathing cap (check out the picture above!). 

Their relationship began to blossom instantly. Roise told Julian what bar she would be at that evening. As she was leaving the bar,  he was walking in. (I still can’t believe that they never would have met if he had walked in 5 minutes later!). Over the next few weeks, they continued their travels together across the country, stopping at Airlie Beach, Rockhampton, Brisbane and Sydney.

From this moment on, the two got along extremely well and shared with each other stories of their travels; Julian, who had been travelling through Australia for the better part of a year, and Roise, who had flown across the sea to Tokyo for a teaching position.

As we all know, vacations must (sadly) come to an end. After a month or so, Roise flew back to Tokyo to continue teaching English and said goodbye to Oz. HOWEVER, their adventure together continued, as Julian followed her to Asia a few months later to teach alongside her. Eventually, Roise and Julian settled down and moved to Canada, where Julian went to university and became a teacher, like Roise.