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I was looking for shopping centres around Tokyo in Google Maps when I suddenly came across the strangely named Eucalyptus Gaoka station. View Larger Map Eucalyptus and Japan are not something you usually associate with each other, plus it had seemed to have a railway lasso attached to it. It was a bit of a…
I look at a map and spot a railway line. View Larger Map Then I use a station name to try to find the name of the line. No, wait, that stops partway along with grey railway line of the map.What’s the end station? Got it. Any connections listed? No. Alright, what’s the end station…
As anyone who has trawled through my photos would know, my favourite inflight entertainment is the window. But on those dark nights over the ocean when there is nothing to see outside and I can’t sleep there is nothing better than watching a movie. It doesn’t have to be a good movie; in the oxygen…
The flights are booked, so are the hotels (mostly). Leave from work has been approved. Alex is busy telling everybody that he is going on holidays in two months; our lives have become a countdown to the next trip again. This was to be an adventure on low cost airlines. It still is, though the…
Twelve of my best photos showing my travels each month of the 2012. January: A sunset at home February: Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular in Melbourne March: Sydney to Canberra April: Rowing in the Royal National Park, Sydney May: Flying back to Canberra past Lake George June: Up Mt Daisetsuzen, Hokkaido, Japan July: Marina Bay Gardens,…
Thank heavens for mobile phone boarding passes! The connection from the bus ride back from Bell City to Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport was tight and I raced through security and down to the gate as quick as I could, making it well prior to boarding. Virgin Australia’s home in Terminal 3 was in a sorry state,…
No, I didn’t go down to Melbourne for a Mike Oldfield performance or a tour of the many churches. I was there for a work conference held at the Bell City complex, once a hospital, now a collection of hotel rooms and serviced apartments. I have previously waxed lyrical over the “isolated hotel”, that accommodation…
I’m not a Melbourne virgin, but I did catch one to get here. In fact as soon as I arrived at the airport I felt like I was home once more. What is it about the city of my birth that brings me such comfort? Reflected in the mirror in front of me is a…
A year ago we had just arrived back from our tenth anniversary trip to Europe via Malaysia. Sometimes I think it can take a year or more to properly appreciate a trip, time discarding those memories of jetlag and weary feet, the race to stick a schedule and keep everyone happy and highlighting all those…
Once I’m on the NEX I can relax, pull down the tray table and eat some of the snacks as we smoothly say goodbye to Tokyo. I note the new very tall Skytree tower, standing proudly in the clear air. As we race along I listen to music and reflect on this trip, short as…
