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AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 26 Apr 2008 | Views [1655] | Comments [4]
Our first Road Train Truck Driver (who never gave us his name). We were on our way to Litchfield during the late evening, and had stopped off at a blue P. We’d just finished a cup of coffee, when in pulled a road train hauling wide pipes. The ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 26 Apr 2008 | Views [1818] | Comments [2]
I left Australia when I was 25. Happy to be rid of the problems I had no experience to try to face. I was too sensitive. I was passionate and angry and had no patience for the real work, for the real caring that a place like this needs. I came back ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 26 Apr 2008 | Views [3474] | Comments [4]
Every man and their dog seems to be along for the ride. Its early in the season, but there are quite a few travellers out and about. Daily We’re up and away every day before 9am. (Amazing for Albert who is a natural night ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 26 Apr 2008 | Views [973] | Comments [6]
(from Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) to Tennant Creek and Mt Isa) Jett – Mum, I’d really like to be a police man, but I don’t want to have to do what they do. I don’t want to be in danger. And I like firemen too, but I don’t want to have ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 26 Apr 2008 | Views [1015]
The Homestead Pools They reminded me of roman baths in Europe. To get to them, you need to traverse through the homestead grounds and bar. They advertise with little signs along the way about suggestions for your money. The waters were, on the ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 26 Apr 2008 | Views [715]
The swooping sadness of the sign posted landscape points me to the long shadow of the past. Dense red earth with the living memory of hooves decorated with empty bottles of beer lying like glitter to our eyes in the passing van. ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Monday, 21 Apr 2008 | Views [886]
Nitmiluk is the Jawoyn name for Katherine Gorge. The surrounding land was given back to the traditional caretakers in 1989. The information center highlights the European impact upon the Jawoyn. First of all, its true. The gorge ... Read more >
Tags: allwelcome, ambassador van, complaining, t a j
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 21 Apr 2008 | Views [1130] | Comments [4]
(From Darwin to Katherine in the Ambassador Van – otherwise entitled ‘How prolonged hours of enforced family time makes the mind melt like molten mucus’) New Product Ideas Tiffany with slightly crazed laughter, (after ... Read more >
Tags: albert, allwelcome, ambassador van, humour, jett, on the road, t a j
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 21 Apr 2008 | Views [1738] | 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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AUSTRALIA | Monday, 21 Apr 2008 | Views [959]
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: allwelcome, ambassador van, humour, on the road, t a j
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 21 Apr 2008 | Views [767]
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 >
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AUSTRALIA | Monday, 14 Apr 2008 | Views [2071] | 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: allwelcome, ambassador van, t a j, water, wildlife
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 14 Apr 2008 | Views [1927] | 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: allwelcome, ambassador van, jett, t a j, traveling with children
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 10 Apr 2008 | Views [1389] | 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 >
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WORLDWIDE | Wednesday, 9 Apr 2008 | Views [1927] | Comments [9] | Video
Check out our introductory video! It's fun to play with this Movie Maker thing...
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AUSTRALIA | Monday, 7 Apr 2008 | Views [1466]
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: ambassador van, català, catalunya, t a j, the planning phase
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 7 Apr 2008 | Views [1861] | 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 >
Tags: ambassador van, t a j, the planning phase
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 7 Apr 2008 | Views [2351] | Comments [3]
¡Bueno pues! Aquí estamos. Hemos pasado este último par de meses hablando excitadamente con todo el mundo, creando timings alrededor y preparándonos para este momento, y de golpe, el momento ya está a punto de llegar. En dos dormidas, agarraremos ... Read more >
Tags: ambassador van, castellano, español, spanish, t a j, the planning phase
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