Author Archives: Barry

Whales Don’t Read Tourist Guides!!!

Woke up at our normal time, way later than our hosts! I thought my cold was going to turn into a full blown cough like I had in S. Africa a year ago, but after a couple of bouts of … Continue reading

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Family Time

We started off with another small breakfast, which seems to be a good idea as I risked going on the scales and found I had lost 2lb since leaving home!! After packing our bags we headed out towards the coast … Continue reading

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I am Lyn’s Hero!!!

Maybe a day late, but I gained hero status today, more later! After a good nights sleep we had our first “small” breakfast of the trip, a single small croissant and jam with “Canadian” coffee, all courtesy of food left … Continue reading

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Forty Two Years!!

Not sure what to say about today! For our 42nd wedding anniversary many things did not go too well! We went off to get breakfast, then returned to the hotel to finish packing. We had booked a shuttle van to … Continue reading

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Our First Lazy Day

As many of you know, we are not great city explorers and (most) museums don’t interest us, so today was to be a lazy wander around the suburbs day with an ulterior motive or two. We decided to go further … Continue reading

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The Good, the Bad and the Bad

Today’s plan was to head west to the Blue Mountains. The weather wasn’t as warm as yesterday and it was overcast. The forecast looked promising and the clouds were due give-way to some sun. We headed down to breakfast, it … Continue reading

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Hopping!

We headed out for a pub meal last night and managed to stay awake until 9 o’clock and managed to sleep pretty well through to 8:30. It was cooler today at around 20C, but warm enough for breakfast out on … Continue reading

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Arrival

Things continued to go well with Air China, we departed Beijing about 5 minutes ahead of schedule. The first aircraft we went on was less than 1 year old whereas this one was closer to 25 years old, although you … Continue reading

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Traveling!

Well, we are on our way! We left home at 0930 for the Ottawa airport. Once there we managed to check in as far as Beijing, it was too early to check in for the Beijing -Sydney leg. Luckily we … Continue reading

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Here We Go Again

Just a quick entry to ensure I still know how to use the system! On Wednesday, October 17th, we head down to Australia for just under 5 weeks. We are taking the scenic route, i.e. longer distance and time gives … Continue reading

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