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Lonely Planet Great Guidebook Moment - Windows on the wetlands

AUSTRALIA | Monday, 21 Apr 2008 | Views [208] | Comments [4]

Windows on the wetlands is, in fact, a modern two story building with a viewing platform of the wetlands area. But it’s a cool title to the beginning of our journey to Kakadu, too. The information centre is a must if you have children. Jett ... Read more >

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Fun stuff we heard or saw or thought about along the way

AUSTRALIA | Monday, 21 Apr 2008 | Views [312]

Brisbane Airport - ‘Mum, please don’t cackle. Its unnerving.’ Brisbane Airport (about our plane and slight delay) – ‘Your plane has an engineering problem’ (ha! Good one!!! Yeah, right! Are they actually allowed to say that??? As a legitimate ... Read more >

Tags: t a j, allwelcome, ambassador van, on the road, humour


Indigenous People, Australia and me

AUSTRALIA | Monday, 21 Apr 2008 | Views [332]

Disclaimer - What I’ve got to say, is my own point of view, and needs to be put in the context of ‘me’. Its not diplomatic or sensitive (or aware) of all the stakes and claims and history surrounding this sensitive issue. All I know, is that ... Read more >

Tags: energy, tiffany, yoga, qigong


Yoga in the wetlands

AUSTRALIA | Monday, 21 Apr 2008 | Views [220]

We slept the night near the Adelaide River crossing, on our drive east to Kakadu. We’d left Darwin later than we’d intended, and camped in a P along the way. There was a 4 wheel drive already there when we arrived at 12. I awoke at ... Read more >

Tags: allwelcome, t a j, yoga, ambassador van


Sweat, blood and tears in Litchfield, NT

AUSTRALIA | Monday, 14 Apr 2008 | Views [600] | Comments [4]

It seems ‘outback’, but its just over 100 kilometers from Darwin. Litchfield National Park is visited by overseas travellers and Australian’s alike.   Its more accessible than Kakadu (roads being subject to the flooding and damage of the ... Read more >

Tags: ambassador van, t a j, allwelcome, wildlife, water


Tears and Detox (Early days on the road with Jett)

AUSTRALIA | Monday, 14 Apr 2008 | Views [529] | Comments [3]

Child Star Shirley Temple’s mother is reputed to say ‘shine, Shirley, shine’ when the child star was dancing, singing or posing for photos. We had our first moment of director/model conflict at the Brisbane airport. We wanted ... Read more >

Tags: t a j, jett, traveling with children, ambassador van, allwelcome


Our first day!

AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 10 Apr 2008 | Views [345] | Comments [7]

The van is just a doll. As glamorous as it looks in the pictures. Let us send out our last goodbyes to the HussyHicks. Farewell, farewell. And thank you for the music. We feel the presence of all of the previous crews with us during these ... Read more >

Tags: ambassador van, allwelcome, t a j, on the road


Electronic dance introduction

WORLDWIDE | Wednesday, 9 Apr 2008 | Views [551] | Comments [9] | Video

Check out our introductory video! It's fun to play with this Movie Maker thing...

Tags: ambassador van, t a j, video


Finalment ambaixadors!

AUSTRALIA | Monday, 7 Apr 2008 | Views [389]

Bueno doncs! Ja som aquí. Hem passat aquests últim parell de mesos parlant excitadament amb tothom, creant timings al voltant i preparant-nos per aquest moment, i de cop, el moment ja està a punt d’arribar. En dues dormides, agafarem el testimoni ... Read more >

Tags: català, catalunya, ambassador van, the planning phase, t a j


Finally Ambassadors!

AUSTRALIA | Monday, 7 Apr 2008 | Views [435] | Comments [6]

This is what we’ve been waiting for, for the last two months. The last two sleeps before we take over from the Hussy Hicks’s commandeering of the famous Ambassador Van . Last night I had my first nervous jitters. Jett’s started ... Read more >

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