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Willis Walkabout Down Under, 1995

When I was leading Voice-tel (1991-1995), we opened a number of operations in Australia and New Zealand as part of an international expansion effort.  I flew to Sydney in early February of 1995 to meet with the management there for the first time.  A week later, Debi, Pat and Tyler flew in during winter vacation for Tyler’s school, and I took some vacation time to tour Sydney, Cairns and the North Island of New Zealand with them.  They flew back without me, and I continued on to meet with other international operations — Hong Kong, Singapore, London and back to Cleveland.  It was a long, productive, and, during the visit with the family, very fun trip:

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