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Tag: Australia

  • 2010 Fiji Trip: Day 2 – Brisbane to Melbourne, Victoria

    Sunday 31 October 2010 Highlights:Walking around Brisbane Trip Photos (on Facebook) Today was as relaxing as could be with very little to do but walking around Brisbane CBD including around the harbour. Satisfied that I was ready to really begin my Fiji trip I caught the train back to the airport to begin my paid…

  • 2010 Fiji Trip: Day 1 – Brisbane, Queensland

    Saturday 30 October 2010 Highlights: Business Class flight, First Status Run Positioning Trip Trip Photos (on Facebook) Today saw a 2 hour positioning flight up to Brisbane from Melbourne.  First up a visit to the Business QANTAS Club lounge – the pancakes were especially nice today – it’s very rare for me to get into…

  • World Trip 2009: Leg 4 – Australian Summary

    Facebook Photos This leg was the shortest time wise. I have to say that I did thoroughly enjoy Margaret River in Western Australia, even the storms at night and the rain during the day. The winery tour was worth doing even if I ended up with a headache! One day I’d like to go the…

  • World Trip 2009: Day 52 – Sydney to Melbourne, Victoria

    Sunday 12 July 2009 Highlights: Returning Home Today is the last day of the trip. After having a great night’s sleep I got up around 9 am and very slowly packed for the flight home. I was glad I went for a good hotel in Sydney and not a Backpackers / Hostel. I got to…

  • World Trip 2009: Day 51 – Perth to Sydney, New South Wales

    Saturday 11 July 2009 Highlights: Upgrade to Business Class, Essendon winning at the SCG Well good luck smiled on me for the flight, at the gate I was stopped from boarding with 7 others due to a problem with the seat allocation. Everyone else got new allocated seats (to allow families to seat together) I…

  • World Trip 2009: Day 50 – Margaret River and Fremantle, Western Australia

    Friday 10 July 2009 Highlights: The coastline My last day in Western Australia started with a big thunderstorm during the night, boy it is unusual to see rain, at least this much rain! Anyway after checking out and doing a little bit of e-mail catch up I headed for the coastline to see whether there…

  • World Trip 2009: Day 49 – Margaret River, Western Australia

    Thursday 9 July 2009 Highlights: Bushtucker Winery Tour First a confession, I’m writing this with a hangover. Today I went on the ’Bushtucker Winery Tour’. We started at 10.30 am and I got dropped off around 6 pm, in between was a lot of drinking, singing and eating. The full day saw use visit (in…

  • World Trip 2009: Day 48 – Perth to Margaret River, Australia

    Wednesday 8 July 2009 Highlights: Bunbury Harbour, Margaret River Nature walk Today I drove from Perth to Margaret River which is about 300 kms in distance. Along the way I stopped in Bunbury a seaside city of about 30,000. The harbour was nice, and the yachts tell me there is money in this area. I…

  • World Trip 2009: Day 47 – Singapore to Perth, Western Australia

    Tuesday 7 July 2009 Highlights: Easy flight to Perth, View of Swan River The flight turned out to nearly be empty. I got my aisle seat again but with no one in the window seat I moved over to watch the landing in Perth at the end of the flight. We didn’t have any problems…