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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April 11, 2025 https://gruncleodd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_20250201_201228-190x171.jpg

I ended the previous post leaving you, the reader, waiting for something astonishing. It was this: Shortly after supper but before the train had chugged its way back to Darwin (Yes, I know, trains don’t actually chug anymore but chugging …

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April 9, 2025 https://gruncleodd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_20241113_183645-190x107.jpg

We were up and at ’em Wednesday morning – in the lobby by 07:00, on the bus at 07:10, and at the Darwin Convention Centre for check-in and a light breakfast  prior to boarding The Ghan for our scheduled trip …

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April 7, 2025 https://gruncleodd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20241112_144259-190x186.jpg

There’s always a moment whenever I go to any museum that I reach a saturation point. This is the time when I’m simply looking at whatever is displayed but not thinking about it. Some have a longer intake allowance than …

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