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Fraser Island, Noosa & National Parks
By December 24, 2011 Read More →

Fraser Island, Noosa & National Parks

Just like the Radio Times Christmas TV guide, this is a bumper edition.  So sit back get a glass of your favourite tipple and read on. The weather has been a bit mean to us over the last few days, gradually getting worse (the worst Australia has seen in 65 years.) Did this little bit […]

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Australia: Gold Coast Relaxation
By December 21, 2011 3 Comments Read More →

Australia: Gold Coast Relaxation

Melbourne to Adelaide Gold Coast As I write this we have now spent the last three days on the Gold Coast in Broadbeach, just south of Surfers Paradise.   If we had stuck to Plan A we would have spent these days in Adelaide (in torrential rain as it turned out) and be on our way […]

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Australia: The Great Ocean Road
By December 18, 2011 3 Comments Read More →

Australia: The Great Ocean Road

Having got over our jet lag, our last day in Victoria was given over to mother nature and a trip to view what millions of years of evolution and erosion can do to a coastline. The Great Ocean Road runs through the south of Victoria, Australia, along the Bass Strait hugging the coastline from Torquay to Warrnambool […]

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Australia: Mwah Mwha Melbourne
By December 14, 2011 5 Comments Read More →

Australia: Mwah Mwha Melbourne

Melbourne by Night, or is it Day ? It has been three days since we arrived in Melbourne (it is now the evening of Wednesday 14th as I write this).   I am afraid we are having a right old battle with Jetlag.  I have yet to manage to keep awake beyond 8pm in the evening local […]

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Flying to Australia: Time Travel
By December 11, 2011 0 Comments Read More →

Flying to Australia: Time Travel

Flying to Australia has provided us with two very very very very long days, with lots of waiting around. We managed on the whole to entertain ourselves and get through it, but it is not something you would want to do every week. I am glad we are taking our time getting back home and not […]

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