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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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  • JQ952 – At the gate

    Once an early morning departure would thrill me. The excitement of a journey about to begin. Now I want to throw up. This is the start of a long day and I just want to arrive at Osaka and be done with it. Next stop Cairns. 

  • Barely starting

    The grand tour of Japan’s geographically extreme stations starts with a whimper.

  • Reminiscing: First overseas trip alone

    I can’t believe it’s been eight years since my first overseas trip alone!

  • Welcome to allrite@

    The new journey begins here. I’ve been writing travel blogs for over fifteen years. The routine is usually much of the same. At the end of the day I upload my photos and type maybe a thousands words or more into the computer (or whatever device I’m using), often staying up very late to finish…

  • My review of flying full fare first class

    Have you always dreamed of flying in the utmost luxury, served the finest wines and dining on the best foods while resting comfortably while you soar between the continents? I know I have. So read on for my review of flying full fare first class on the world’s best airlines. It’s too expensive.

  • Holiday activities: Circus trains and science centres

    It sometimes seems a bit incongruous to have visited museums in distant countries while neglecting their local counterparts. We’ve taken Alex to science centres in places as distant as Paris and Tokyo, but never looked around the ANSTO Discovery Centre fifteen minutes down the road. To be fair he’s done vacation activities there before and…

  • A festival, flights and a rail fail

    It’s been a long day and our short trip up to Central Queensland is now over. Though I did not feel the same dread as on the flight up, I still awoke to a sense of anxiety about our upcoming flights. At the same time the weather forecast sounded much nicer. Surely it was to…

  • Crabtastic

    I got lost driving home today. To be fair, this was the first time I’ve ever driven a car there myself, I haven’t lived there for eighteen years and there’s a whole new road in-between. Still, it was a little embarrassing seeing as this was the same route my high school bus followed every day…

  • A Good Friday at Greatish Keppel Island

    When most tourists think of Queensland they probably imagine a tropical paradise with islands, white sandy beaches, clear blue water and coral reefs. And they probably imagine themselves enjoying it all from some luxurious resort. The beaches of the Capricorn Coast are grey-brown with coarse sand and crushed shells. You cannot snorkel off the beach…

  • From Gladstone to Yeppoon

    When I was a kid my holiday accommodation almost always involved a caravan, tent or farm cottage. So it was a rare treat to stay in a motel on my first visit to Gladstone all those years ago. The Mercure was definitely a few steps above that motel, from my vague memories of it. Unlike…