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Sun, 7 Apr 2013 | By pauline | Views [289]
A quiet weekend meeting Laura's daughter and friend from Perth, settling into my new abode and planning our trip to the Fairbridge Music Festival later this month where I will earn my discount ticket working a few hours on Laura's bath products stall.... Read more >
Thu, 4 Apr 2013 | By kish | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 3 Apr 2013 | By vickisampson | 
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This morning we were up with the birds. We travelled with local girls Catalina Batallas and Sandra Newman to Reserva Yanacocha, on Pichincha volcano, which forms part of Cordillera de Los Andes. On the way the girls kept us entertained with informative ...
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Wed, 3 Apr 2013 | By vickisampson | Flickr Photo Gallery
In the week before Easter, all over Ecuador, in every kitchen, families come together to prepare the traditional Easter Feast of Fanesca. After the 40 days of fasting, personal sacrifices and restraints of Lent, the preparation and consumption of this ...
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Wed, 3 Apr 2013 | By kish | Views [431]
On 3rd April 2013, I embarked on a journey... I wasn't entirely sure where exactly this journey would go, with only a few vague plans, but I knew it would be an important one, with respect to visiting destinations around the world - the physical journey, ... Read more >
Tue, 2 Apr 2013 | By jean12 | Views [446] | Scholarship Entry
Across the farming land I see them. The high rises of my home town. Two concrete wheat silos standing tall above the mallee scrub. Their corrugated tin roofs reflecting the hot summer sun’s rays back up into the brilliant blue, cloudless sky, and I know ... Read more >
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Mon, 1 Apr 2013 | By pauline | Views [332] | Comments [1]
Alan came to Albany unexpectedly just before Easter so we decided that now would be a good time to give him back his caravan so that I could be free to hit the road again as soon as I got my campervan organised. This meant finding another place to live ... Read more >
Mon, 1 Apr 2013 | By libertywickman | Views [272]
I love the smell of the earth just after it’s rained. You can feel the heat and moisture in the air. The plants glisten with water droplets like stars in the light of day. You can almost feel the circle of life turning as the plants soak up the ... Read more >
Tags: moreton island, mount tempest, nature, ocean views, raindrops
Mon, 1 Apr 2013 | By paul_meet_world | Views [1139]
I'm in Melbourne when it hits. Burnout.
I've been traveling for 36 days, I've managed to burn through 5k, and in a desperate attempt to curb that dinner tonight is eggs, rice, salt and pepper.
Melbourne's a different city than Sydney. ... Read more >
Mon, 1 Apr 2013 | By libertywickman | Views [387]
I was sitting alone on a sand dune, overlooking the northern bay of the third largest sand island in the world. No one would disturb me there, 98% of the island was national park and I had wandered off the only walking track on the northern half of the ... Read more >
Tags: moreton island, solitude, whales
Mon, 1 Apr 2013 | By libertywickman | Photo Gallery
My Island, My home, My Life as a Light House Keeper
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Sun, 31 Mar 2013 | By vickisampson | Flickr Photo Gallery
Every Good Friday people from all over Ecuador, and the world, from all walks of life, come together to make a very public display of religious devotion. Whilst keeping their anonymity, they make a very personal journey by donning the Cucurucho dress, ...
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Sat, 30 Mar 2013 | By bundynbeaches | Photo Gallery
A quick trip in and around Hobart
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Fri, 29 Mar 2013 | By st24 | Views [246] | Scholarship Entry
After a traditional Australian BBQ, the tour bus headed towards the 12 apostles view point. The sun was beginning to dip in the sky, my heart raced at the thought of not being able to see the sun set. My mind went back momentarily to a picture that I ... Read more >
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