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And a beautiful world we live in
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Although my personal travel in 2024 is far from over, today is the last full day of activities for the Road Scholar segment of the trip. Tomorrow, we’ll fly together to Sydney where we’ll share a final hotel dinner and …
Posted in Australia - Fall 2024
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No more can I look into the depths of this unfathomable water
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If arriving in Cairns wasn’t enough to raise the excitement for those in the group who had been anticipating a visit to the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), the dinner presentation by Dave O’Brien – who will also lead our excursion …
Posted in Australia - Fall 2024
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is not, as you will remember, my own
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As our flight takes us to Cairns, the last stop on the Great Australian Train Trek, I thought it might be interesting to look at how Uluru became Ayers Rock before having its traditional name returned – at least for …
Posted in Australia - Fall 2024
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the age of wisdom
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Or perhaps the wisdom of the ages If early to rise is part of the equation that makes a person “healthy, wealthy, and wise”, then our three breakfast times of 06:45, 06:00, and 06:30 the past three mornings would qualify …
Posted in Australia - Fall 2024
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I hear him tell the child my story
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Uluru Dreaming Another children’s tale (We are the children of this sacred Mother Land) As one might suspect for a place of such importance, Uluru has many Dreaming stories attached to it. No fewer than 10 ancestral beings play a …
Posted in Australia - Fall 2024
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