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Down Under Down Under

AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 24 Jan 2008 | Views [655] | Comments [3]

I arrived in Tasmania on Saturday. It was a very last minute decision to come and I hadn't booked ahead. When I arrived I soon discovered all the rooms were full in the backpackers and I ended up sleeping in the pub. (In Aus the traditional pubs ... Read more >

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Home Sweet As Home, Bro

NEW ZEALAND | Wednesday, 9 Jan 2008 | Views [654] | Comments [3]

In the New Year we went to Queenstown and from there took a trip to Milford Sound. The weather was perfect, which as incredible considering the west coast of NZ is abut as dry as the west coast of Scotland, and the scenery was again spectacular but I ... Read more >

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A viryy mirry Christmus

NEW ZEALAND | Monday, 24 Dec 2007 | Views [511] | Comments [7]

After nearly a week in NZ I now understand why people say it's a lot like Scotland. It's very beautiful with lots of lush green hills, the people are friendly and it rains all the bloody time. Really it's supposed to be summer here. You'd think they ... Read more >

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Monkey Mia here I go again

AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 4 Dec 2007 | Views [679] | Comments [4]

After a few very relaxing days in Cervantes we headed north to Geraldton to hire a car. The hostel was almost as nice as the one we stayed in in Perth so I was glad to be leaving after one night. The road to kalbarri national park was supposed to be ... Read more >

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Pinnacles

AUSTRALIA | Monday, 26 Nov 2007 | Views [408] | Comments [1]

North of Perth there is a town called Cervantes. An interesting anme for a WA town, you might think, but it's not a very interesting story how Cervantes got its name and there's not a lot that's very interesting about Cervantes itself. It's a little ... Read more >

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Somewhere over the Rainbow

AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 11 Nov 2007 | Views [646] | Comments [4]

Rainbow Beach is a bit like Summer Bay without the caravan park. There are a thousand people and a couple of dogs. Spent one night there before the trip to Fraser Island. What a night it was! It was one of the staff in the hostel's leaving doo and ... Read more >

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A letter to terri irwin

AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 31 Oct 2007 | Views [641] | Comments [6]

Dear Terri, I really enjoyed my visit to Australia Zoo. It was great to look at all the animals and to see that your late husband Steve's spirit lives on there. We all miss him very much. I loved the sleepy wombats and the big crocs, especially ... Read more >

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Ha Long Bay

VIETNAM | Monday, 8 Oct 2007 | Views [555] | Comments [2]

Took an amazing two night trip to Ha Long Bay. It means "bay of the descending dragon", and some of you will know that that was enough to get my juices flowing. But regardless of my fetishes it really was spectacular. I took loads of photies, ... Read more >

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