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  • 2019 in review

    After a few quieter years, 2019 saw us strike out for some new destinations and experiences. January Our first trip to Scandinavia and the Nordic countries as we flew to Denmark, Sweden and Finland via Osaka on Jetstar and Finnair. We were very impressed with Finnair and their A350-900, our first time on the aircraft.…

  • A quick stop at the International Airport

    On my way back from traversing the Carlingford Line I stopped by the International Airport. In contrast to my anxiety filled departures I am always overcome with a strange feeling when I visit for fun. It’s a combination of nostalgia and anticipation for a non-existent journey. Sydney’s landside departures area might not be as airy…

  • The Carlingford Line

    We close the year and the decade with a local adventure to mark the closure of a railway line. On the January 5, 2020, the Carlingford Line from Clyde will close to be partially replaced by the Parramatta Light Rail. This is Sydney’s quietest line, a single track branch for most of its length from…

  • Ferry Ride to Parramatta

    It’s been many years since we rode the ferry to Parramatta. Alex has never done the journey. An unexpected cancellation gave us the opportunity to explore the water route to Sydney’s inland centre. The Parramatta River flows into Sydney Harbour. We catch train from Padstow to Circular Quay, where we are greeted by the Radiance…

  • The Return of the Jedi to Melbourne

    Like so many others, I wish we had fast, frequent trains connecting the eastern capitals. At three hundred kilometres per hour I could go from Melbourne to Sydney and back, three hours each way. To Brisbane a little longer. No more messing about at the airport with an expensive ride just to get there. No…

  • Flowers, coins and Kung-fu Panda in Canberra

    We arrived back yesterday from a couple of nights in Canberra. The three of us drove down there on Tuesday, staying in a two bedroom apartment at the new and rather nice Deco Hotel. We were all rather tired and the weather was grey and miserable, so the only thing of note I did was…

  • Sakura in Canberra

    Drove home, but not before admiring the cherry blossoms down by the lake.

  • Mints and flowers

    A tour of the Royal Australian Mint, the history of Australian coins, robots and powerful presses. More interesting than expected! The National Museum of Australia has the Dreamworks Exhibition, sketches and maquettes, some fun computer tools and an exhilarating dragon ride. The museum also has interesting Australiana and Alex cried at the extinction of the…

  • Canberra Light Rail

    In Canberra for a couple of days with B and Alex. The weather was miserable this afternoon and everyone was tired, so the other two returned to the hotel. I decided to ride the length of the new Canberra light rail track. The route may not be the most scenic, but it was very pleasant…

  • Durians and Jewels

    I’ve rewritten July’s trip to Singapore and Malaysia as a four part story called Durians and Jewels on one of my other websites. It’s a long meditation on travel, exhaustion, fear and the joy of looking out the window of an aircraft at the world beyond and has more details about the flights than the…