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The Great Aussie Adventure

I’ve worked out my ‘great Australian adventure’. Here’s an image of the route:   Over 18,000km, taking me 40 days. Here’s how I’ve planned it out: HOME Leave Canberra, head to the east coast. VICTORIA Follow the coastline down to … Read more …

Merry Christmas!

I’m sitting here at Deidre’s dad’s place, relaxing for the first time in a few days. I’m writing this on my iPhone ’cause my laptop’s mobile broadband isn’t working here. And that’s why I went to the local mall this … Read more …

Upcoming plans

My busy-ness (is that such a word) has gone up a few levels over the past couple of week. I’m actually in a position that keeps me busy all day! One of the really awesome things about it is that … Read more …

Future plans

Yeh, I know, I haven't written anything for a couple of weeks.  I've been spending a lot of time and energy on finishing up my work and looking for another contract to move on to.  I haven't got anything yet, … Read more …

Happy Australia Day

Today is Australia Day, where we celebrate the beginning of Australia, which was when the British first settled here in 1788. It's almost midnight on this day, and I thought I should do a post about it. Australia Day is … Read more …

The journey (holiday!) begins

I’m sitting on the plane right now, at 34,000 feet somewhere over the water between NZ and Australia. This is the first time I’ve used the laptop actually on a plane, and there just ain’t enough room to ‘spread my … Read more …

Holiday Itinerary – Maps of Australia

Just for the geographically unaware 😉 here is some maps of our travels. Map 1: Australia This map shows the general travel paths we're taking. The blue dotted line is the flight between Sydney to Adelaide and back again. The … Read more …

Christmas Holiday Itinerary

Deidre and I will be travelling around parts of Australia for a month, and this is our itinerary. 2005 Saturday 10 Dec Wellington 6am – Sydney 7:40am Sydney 1:45pm – Adelaide 3:20pm (Notes: while in Adelaide, will be staying with … Read more …

Holiday Plans to Australia

Deidre and I spent close to 4 hours last night working on our joint budget plans, to help us save money for the upcoming trip to Australia. We're doing a 'first', for both of us, and combining our incomes into … Read more …

I bought an amethyst

While I was in Taupo last weekend, I spotted a new age shop and just had to go into it.  In my explorations of the shop I found a bunch of crystals on leather necklaces, and remembered to when I … Read more …

On holiday – part 4

ay, I'm back home!  It was good to see Eve again, and she was sooo happy to see us too!  We missed each other, and she's been very happy to see Deidre too.  That was nice.  Anyway, the evening has … Read more …