Category: Trip Reports
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The Austrian Diaries: #2
Getting pretty settled here in little old Gotzens. Also getting to know what it was like to be an old time sailor or explorer writing a full-on journal each day like they did. You know, your Matthew Flinders type operators. I’m just exploring the alps and my capabilities, not countries. Today’s exploring was the back…
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The Austria Diaries: #1
The show is now on the road and live from Austria. What a start it’s been. As per any overseas travel there was a lot of sitting around waiting and people watching as I transited from Adelaide>Perth>Dubai>Munich>Innsbruck. Three flights, one airport shuttle bus, two trains and one metro bus to my apartment. Without any luggage…
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A McLaren Vale wine tour with a difference
If you’ve been playing along at home you’ll know it’s the end of the school holidays now. (If not, get yourself up to speed here). I’m happy to report that they were successful on all fronts. Mum asked me how my training’s been going and that’s a good indicator that other people might be interested…
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Take Me to the April Sun in Quorn
Woooah-uh-oh. Here we are in the prime season of life weather, April. Days are crisp and cool in the ‘am’ and can be warm and toasty in the ‘pm’ without any breeze. And what an eventful start it’s been over the past week into the weekend. In quick recap fashion: Araps: Quite possibly my final…
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Jason Bourne Goes to Orange, NSW
Role models are important in life. Everyone looks up at the clock to check the time like they look up to their role models to check for guidance on what to do and how to do it. Now, selecting Jason Bourne, a fictional action-hero, as the tone for this trip could be slightly left-field but…
Fraser Darcy 