Australia – Saturday 18th July 2009
Finally we’re on the plane to Melbourne. Only one movie available to watch, “The Great Buck Howard”, which was tedious to say the least. I had a meal of beef spaghetti and tried to get some sleep, thinking it was a five hour flight. Alas, the lights had only been [...]
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Western Australia – Friday 17th July 2009
We got up late after a nice long sleep-in but were now worried that the housekeeping staff would be banging at the door at 10am. Sure enough they were, but as we were checking out at 5pm and had paid for the room until the following morning, we told [...]
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Broome, Western Australia – Saturday 11th July 2009
Up at 5.15am for breakfast. Tired, but with lunches made, showered and waiting for a taxi at 7am for the drive to Gantheaume Point to see the 130 million year old dinosaur footprints.
Because of the tides and short days, the dinosaur footprints are only viewable a couple of [...]
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Broome, Western Australia – Friday 10th July 2009
Up at 8am and off to forage for breakfast and provisions at the nearest supermarket, a 10 minute walk away. Our motel room floor had been very dirty and we soon found out why – red dirt everywhere and in everything (although you’d think housekeeping could have given [...]
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Australia – Thursday 9th July 2009
July, winter in New Zealand and it’s school holiday time again. Time to depart wet and dreary Wellington for a break away to somewhere warm and sunny. This year we picked Broome in Western Australia for our travel destination after watching a programme a few years ago about the [...]
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Yes that’s me, one of the flock, being herded to the northern hemisphere for the summer. There I will be – standing in the field with the rest of the sheep, ah, I mean tourists.
No intrepid travels for us – it’s stick with the herd and keep to the well worn track. No chasing grizzlys [...]
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This blog was originally set up to journal our travels through North America in June-July 2008.
We departed Wellington for Auckland on 20 June and arrived in San Francisco the same day (after 16 hours travel) for the beginning of our adventure.
We have since added our additional travels. We hope you enjoy being part of the [...]
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