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Sunday 21 August 2022.
Highlights: Gantheaume Point (in the morning), Willare pit stop, Danggu Geikie Gorge National Park
Today was the start of the actual bus travelling during the AAT Kimberly Tour leg with 400 kilometre ride today. We started we a very large buffet breakfast overlooking the beautiful Cable Beach for the last time.
(more…)Saturday 20 August 2022.
Highlights: Cable beach at sunrise and sunset, mini-golf challenge, the Blue Buddha, pool time, historic Sun Pictures Cinema, Roebuck Bay, Mateos Broome Brewery, Gantheaume Point.
Friday 19 August 2022.
Highlights: Qantas Business Class flight, Spectacular sunset Cable Beach
The long delayed trip, my first since August 2019, was finally here. This 16 day experience is being shared with my amazing sister Kara as part of a celebration of a major birthday.
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With it now only being 34 days out for my first trip and holiday since August 2019 travelling to remote Australia across Western Australia, Northern Territory and South Australia I’m starting to get very excited. Even better I’ll be taking this trip with my amazing sister Kara.
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In exciting developments, I’ve now managed to book my flight home from Singapore to Melbourne (via Kuala Lumpur) using Qantas points. And I’ll be flying on Malaysia Airlines in business class 🙂
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On a cold Wednesday night the Mt Carmel C Grade 1 Mixed Tennis team that I play for won our North Suburban Night Tennis Association (NSTNA) Grand Final.
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After many changes and delays due to COVID restrictions and isolations since 2020 (see 2020 and 2021 travel planning posts) I’ve now made a significant step for my next big international trip to Central Asia and Turkey.
I just booked my first flights to get from Melbourne, Australia to Istanbul, Turkey via Singapore to start this adventure late April 2023. The best thing is I managed to redeem business class seats using Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer miles, which came to 86,000 miles and $109 co-payment. As a result I also submitted my leave request which my work has just approved for this 42 day trip.
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As a fan of tennis, and a regular attendee of the Australian Open every since it moved to Melbourne Park (previously Flinders Park) in 1988 I had a unique and unexpected COVID related opportunity this year to attend the AusOpen 2022 Women’s Singles Final.
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Now that 2022 is here after the crazy rollercoaster years of 2020 and 2021 living with the COVID pandemic it is to be hoped that this situation now becomes more like a endemic situation i.e. contained to a degree or at least only expected cases but relatively mild.
Back in February 2019 I started a three year wealth plan and in February 2021 I added a one year health component.
While the health component was always needed it become urgent after a testing and depressing 200+ days in lockdown and working from home during 2020 that had some terrible physical and undesirable mental health outcomes.
These plans were finished both early and successfully. Now it’s time to consolidate and maintain strong forward momentum in 2022 and avoid going back to bad habits.
Well two months early I’m calling the wealth, weight and wellbeing plan that started in February 2021 finished and more importantly a success!
For background you can find the first check in here (15 April 2021), the second here (25 June 2021), the third here (02 September 2021) and fourth here (13 November 2021).
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