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Becoming a travel blogger

A few months ago, as I was returning home from a trip to Melbourne, I was thinking about how much I enjoy traveling, photography, and blogging. I was thinking about how enjoyable it would be to combine them all into … Read more …

I’ve won a new award!

Back in 2009 I won an award for 6th best blog about life and travel in Australia and New Zealand. I’ve just been notified that I’ve won it again for 2011.  That’s pretty cool. Thank you Tripbase!

Changes to the Great Aussie Adventure

Ok, I’ve been thinking about it overnight, and I realised I wasn’t particularly happy at doing such a ‘lightning’ trip around Australia in just 40 days. There are quite a few long stretches I’d need to do in order to … Read more …

More on the adventure

I think this is going to be the focus of quite a few posts this year, leading up to it, and likely beyond it. I’ve been refining my travel plans the past couple of days, working out where I’ll be … Read more …

Plans for 2009

I hope you all had a merry xmas and a great new year. Did you do anything special or interesting for xmas? I travelled to Adelaide, catching up with my own family and Deidre’s. It was good. It involved lots … 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 …

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 …

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 …

On the way home…

I'm sitting here in the New Plymouth airport now, after a full day of doing a bit of client implementation. Now we're (work colleague and I) are sitting here waiting for our flight to board. The plane hasn't even arrived … Read more …

I’m on the road again…

Well, not exactly on the road, but more like in the air! I love airports. I'm sitting in the Wellington airport right now, at almost 8:30am, waiting to jump onto a plane to New Plymouth. I love aiports because of … 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 …