Making The Most Of It

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Mon. 8th July 2019 And so, this is it. The last day of our Australia trip. Our flight, though, is not until late tonight and we are determined not to give in to end of trip-itis and to make best …

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Transport Options

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Sat. 6th July 2019 For all of the walking we did yesterday, we stuck to the main tourist centres of Kowloon and the facing shore on Hong Kong island. Indeed, you can’t get more touristy than the Star Ferry shuttling …

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To Boldly Go

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Wed. 3rd July 2019 We had a bit of a quandary as to how to spend our second (and last) day in Brisbane and specifically as to whether to stay in town or whether to hop on a train to …

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Getting To Grips With History

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Sun. 30th June 2019 We’ve got used to coincidences happening and unexpected connections being made as we travel – for example, the story of Janet replayed yesterday of John McDouall Stuart and the Overland telegraph; or crossing the Adelaide River …

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Another Mode Of Transport

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Fri. 28th June 2019 We’d given up hope of getting a trip on the wetlands in an airboat. The tours only run on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays and even then, there doesn’t seem to be a set schedule. It seems …

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So That’s An Australian West Country Accent

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Wed. 26th June 2019 So, that’s it for camping in the Beast. We’ve had 11 nights sleeping in the roof tent and, I have to confess, that the experience has exceeded expectations on pretty much every front. The built-in mattress …

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On Yellow Water

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Mon. 24th June 2019 ‘Magic’ Maguk lives up to its name as we get a solid night’s sleep in the peace and quiet amongst the trees. The shade also meant that it was 7:30 before we woke – better than …

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More Than I Signed Up For

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Sat. 22nd June 2019 Nitmiluk Park is based around the gorges of Katherine River – of which there are nine. The options for seeing some of them (it would be a 2-3 day hike to see all of them) boil …

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Goodbye to WA

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Thur. 20th June 2019 This camping lifestyle is getting to us. We wanted to get an early start to the day as we have 6 or 7 hours driving ahead of us, but this is ridiculous. We both woke before …

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Wallabies 0 – 0 Goshawks

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Tue. 18th June 2019 Frustrating as it was that we misread the walking trails map yesterday, at least now we know where the walks start from and how the signposts all work. We’re planning on walking 7 or 8km along …

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