June 30, 2013 https://gruncleodd.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/IMG_0719-128x190.jpg

IF YOU’RE NEW TO THE SITE, PLEASE READ THIS FIRST. I started this blog to write about my 2013 trip on the Trans-Mongolian Express. Its first expansion was to include my June 2012 trip to Malta. The momentum from that …

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March 28, 2025 https://gruncleodd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/DSCN5434-190x143.jpg

The seasons are different in Australia. I can almost hear all my northern hemisphere friends thinking something along the lines of, “Well, duh! Of course the seasons are different. Everyone knows that when it’s summer in the north it’s winter …

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March 26, 2025 https://gruncleodd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/DSCN5425-190x143.jpg

Today, after two brief stops, one planned and one a bit of a surprise, we’re leaving Kangaroo Island and will be back on the mainland where we’ll remain together as a group for 12 more days. However, that won’t be …

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March 24, 2025 https://gruncleodd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/DSCN5406-190x111.jpg

Sometimes the difficulties of taking photos from a moving bus are a bit of a boon. We left the Kangaroo Island Animal Park and drove west through Flinders Chase National Park. Although the landscape wasn’t utterly barren and it’s said …

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