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Fri, 19 Sep 2008 | By jaynem | Views [588] | Comments [1]
What a wonderful time we are having! The local market was fantastic, a little square in the middle of tall buildings that was absolutely the real Rome. Stall holders set up every morning (except Sunday) selling fresh fish, fruit, vegetables, spices, ... Read more >
Thu, 18 Sep 2008 | By emmaroo | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 18 Sep 2008 | By george | Views [6080] | Comments [3]
'Banana Benders' sounds dodgy, but people from Queensland are just given the nickname because they grow (and apparently put the bends in) so many bananas. A few days after arriving up in Cairns, I picked up my hire car. Having booked the smallest ... Read more >
Tags: australia, east coast, queensland
Thu, 18 Sep 2008 | By candjmcshane | Views [714] | Comments [2]
Okay, so we're sat by the pool in Kakadu Lodge, Jabiru. We're on reclining chairs facing away from the pool because that's the only place with shade, so we're oblivious of the people coming and going. Then it occurs to me - need pee. So I begin an ... Read more >
Thu, 18 Sep 2008 | By candjmcshane | Views [613]
We're still alive people, just a quick hello. And also a sad goodbye to our towels. Tragically they left us in Mount Isa a couple of days back, when our 5am start time meant that they were accidentally abandoned on the washing line at the campsite. ... Read more >
Thu, 18 Sep 2008 | By candjmcshane | Photo Gallery
Miscellaneous pics, WA and NT.
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Thu, 18 Sep 2008 | By candjmcshane | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 18 Sep 2008 | By allwelcome | Views [2175]
Millennia ago I was
telling you that some friends were coming all the way from Spain (sorry, from
Catalonia) to visit us. So finally they came. And of course, to be a proper
cicerone, I had to prepare a nice and eventful route for them.
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Tags: allwelcome, australia, whitsunday islands
Thu, 18 Sep 2008 | By allwelcome | Views [5019]
Fossicking, according to wiki, is a Cornish word that we Australians have taken as our own to refer to prospecting. That being the case, and for the readership of all, I’ll sub title this article Prospecting in Emmaville ... Read more >
Tags: allwelcome, camping, fossicking, gems, rain, t a j
Thu, 18 Sep 2008 | By allwelcome | Views [1751]
When we were going to pick up the van in Darwin, we flew from Brisbane with Jetstar. Reading the inflight magazine we saw that they were doing a competition for a travel story, and the winner was going to get two free return tickets to the Jetstar ... Read more >
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Tue, 16 Sep 2008 | By jaynem | Views [497]
Boy oh Boy!! we finally got to our apartment. What an adventure. We arrived in Rome to dark and wet weather! So we decided a taxi would be the best way to get to the apartment. The taxi drivers were amazing, it was absolute bedlam with them all wanting ... Read more >
Tue, 16 Sep 2008 | By jaynem | Views [682] | Comments [1]
Our exploration of Paris went very well. We walked from the hotel along the Seine to the Notre Dame. About a 45 minute walk but well worth it. We decided it was time to eat and had a delicious lunch in a cafe across the lane from Notre Dame. It's a magnificent ... Read more >
Tue, 16 Sep 2008 | By laurfish | Views [691]
Down the street from the Ahern’s is a front yard with a walkway
lined with lavender. Every time I walk
by it, I lean through the gate and run my hands along the leaves so the scent
stays with me all morning.
The bike ride from ... Read more >
Tue, 16 Sep 2008 | By rosibud | Views [1270] | Comments [1]
Yesterday we picked up our new home. An 18 foot Semi Off Road Nova Caravan that we had custom built. We've called her Nancy. It was a bloody exhausting day. We had 6 hours of training and orientation with the caravan dealers so we now know ... Read more >
Tags: nova caravans, travelling around australia
Tue, 16 Sep 2008 | By happywanderer | Views [495]
I'm in Melbourne right now waiting to go to the airport to fly to New Zealand! I have (obviously) returned from my 3 day/3 night sailing around the Whitsunday Islands. The boat I was meant to be on, the Kiana, had mechanical problems so I was transferred ... Read more >
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