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Sysadmin, developer, web dude in a science research organisation. WordPress, Japan, planes, trains, Arduino, Raspberry Pi/Pico, puns, dad jokes, etc

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  • Qantas 747 Sydney Farewell

    It is confirmed. After almost fifty years, Qantas will farewell its Boeing 747 jumbo jet from service. Before the last 747, VH-OEJ, flies off to the boneyard in the United States on July 22, Qantas announced it would operate three farewell flights with passengers in Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra. I was unsuccessful in booking seats…

  • Chicken or beef?

    When you are thirty thousand feet in the air the choice is usually very simple. Do you want the chicken, beef, fish or vegetarian? Usually it’s not even that, but it’s your choice, limited though it is. Stuck here on the ground, it all depends what in the freezer and what the rest of the…

  • Berry coaled dayscapes

    This is the first weekend since March that we have been allowed to travel outside our local region. I’m still very wary of COVID-19, but the other two were desperate to get out of the house. On Saturday morning I drove us under clear blue skies down a very busy and, at times, very slow…

  • And we are off!

    It’s up, up and away on our virtual trip to Japan aboard a Qantas A330-300 to Osaka. Sydney’s Central Business District and the famous Harbour Bridge can be seen in the background.

  • Our virtual flight is about to depart

    All aboard our virtual flight to Japan, flying a Qantas Airbus A330-300 from Sydney to Osaka, just as we did back in October 2018.

  • A perfect day to fly, but…

    The sky is clear and the breeze is an insubstantial breath. It is the perfect day to fly. I was supposed to off to Osaka in less than an hour, but COVID-19 has seen all travel cancelled. So I’m going to do a virtual trip here.

  • Iso thoughts

    By and large I’m mostly enjoying the isolation of the COVID-19 lock down. I love the family time and have plenty of work to keep me busy. But now and then something triggers me and I feel a sense of frustrated wanderlust. The television shows a rural scene and I miss the wind and the…

  • Farewell to the Qantas 747

    Isolating ourselves from the scourge of COVID-19, borders closed between states and other countries, even a simple drive of a few kilometres can become a noteworthy journey. What drew me out of the house was another casualty of the pandemic. The Boeing 747 has played a huge role in the history of Qantas, spanning a…

  • The Silence of the Skies

    The aspect of the coronavirus pandemic lock down that frustrates me the most isn’t the isolation from other people. Neither is it the inability to leave the house. It’s the silence of the skies. As the border restrictions bite and the Qantas Group and Virgin Australia prepare to stop regular flights overseas and cut domestic…

  • Ultimately Jetstar eight years on

    I was flicking through my blog and I noticed a post back from August 2012 called My ultimate Jetstar journey, where I describe an Asian itinerary on low cost flights. It goes Sydney – Cairns – Darwin – Singapore – Penang – Kuala Lumpur – Singapore – Ho Chi Minh City – Hanoi (I originally…