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Sydney and me
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When I started this series, I had been to 19 of the 44 cities that have hosted either the Summer or Winter Olympic Games. When I landed in Sydney on 28 October 2024, the tally increased to twenty and several …
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and forest-trees flourished
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Fluttering around Kuranda We had hopped on board the Kuranda Scenic Railway train for a 09:30 departure and a bit more than two hours later alighted in the village of Kuranda where one of the first things that demanded my …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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