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Saturday, 9 May 2009 | Views [636]
At the airport in Perth,
waiting for my connection to Sydney
for my flight out to L.A., I took
some time to reflect on Australia.
After spending almost 4 weeks in “the land down under”, with only 3 days where
the sun didn’t shine on a bright ... Read more >
Saturday, 9 May 2009 | Photo Gallery
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Tuesday, 5 May 2009 | Views [414]
I spent my last 2 days in Australia
in Fremantle & Rottnest Island,
20 km south of Perth, but miles
away in personality! Fremantle is a picturesque little town full of historic
buildings and a hub of the arts & music scene. Moreover, ... Read more >
Monday, 4 May 2009 | Photo Gallery
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Monday, 4 May 2009 | Views [577]
On my first day at Gemma & Rob’s “Leschenault resort”, I
decided to have a lie-in and make this a lazy day. That does not mean that I
didn’t do anything! I took the opportunity to sort out some admin stuff and
reply to some e-mails, upload ... Read more >
Sunday, 3 May 2009 | Views [461]
From Cairns, I took a direct Jetstar flight across the Australian continent, to Perth on the western coast of Australia. I had a very nice moment on the plane waiting to taxi out to the runway in Cairns, one of those moments that gets stuck in your ... Read more >
Sunday, 3 May 2009 | Photo Gallery
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Friday, 1 May 2009 | Photo Gallery
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Wednesday, 29 Apr 2009 | Views [551]
From Airlie Beach, I took the overnight Greyhound bus to Cairns. This particular Greyhound service proved to be more of an experience than I had expected. The driver stepped out, wearing an Akubra hat (a traditional Crocodile Dundee-type Australian ... Read more >
Wednesday, 29 Apr 2009 | Views [323]
If my birthday present to myself was a sailing trip in the whitsundays, then I guess Mike's birthday treat to himself was a stay at Hamilton Island resort :-) Hamilton Island is the biggest of the Whitsunday Islands, with an airport, a marina (the ... Read more >
Sunday, 26 Apr 2009 | Photo Gallery
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Sunday, 26 Apr 2009 | Photo Gallery
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Sunday, 26 Apr 2009 | Views [872]
From Sydney, we flew up to Hamilton Island, which belongs to the group of the topical Whitsunday Islands. I have been particularly excited about this part of the OZ trip, because the Whitsundays are not only extremely gorgeous, but bordering the famous ... Read more >
Monday, 20 Apr 2009 | Views [589]
We spent 4 nights, 3 days in Sydney and it was nice to unpack the whole backpack for once and make a mess of the neat and tidy hotel room floor...:-). I was somehow not really inspired to write something inspiring while there, and am still a little in ... Read more >
Thursday, 16 Apr 2009 | Views [477]
After the return from the remote island, we spent the last day in Melbourne to explore the city and the St Kilda suburb. On Sunday night, John & Yas took us to a St Kilda institution, the "Espy", which hosts live music almost every night ... Read more >
Tuesday, 14 Apr 2009 | Photo Gallery
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Tuesday, 14 Apr 2009 | Views [647] | Comments [1]
I arrived in Melbourne, totally jetlagged at 5 AM on Good Friday morning and caught a taxi to the St Kilda suburb, where our hosts, John & Yas, live. Mike had arrived in Melbourne two days earlier and opened the door with a hangover, as he'd been ... Read more >
