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Full of Flight

Thursday 14th August, 2003 3 Comments

I’ve commented before on the stupidity of Qantas attempting to serve food on the flight from Sydney to Canberra (due to the short flight time). Tonight just proved it. Completely full flight (I was on standby and was the last person assigned a boarding pass, so it was literally full). They only got about halfway … [Read More »]

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Pinnacle Serviced Apartments

Wednesday 13th August, 2003 Leave a Comment

This time in Canberra I’m staying at the Pinnacle Serviced Apartments, but only because all the other hotels we normally stay at are completely booked out for some lame reason like parliament being in session. It’s in Kingston, about half way between the Kingston Shops and the Manuka Shops, so it’s in a pretty good … [Read More »]

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Canberra Fog

Wednesday 13th August, 2003 Leave a Comment

I’m off to Canberra again, this time overnight. I would have flown in tomorrow morning, but apparently they have had a lot of fog in the morning of late, which makes it quite likely that my flight would be delayed and I would miss my first meeting. What’s worse, parliament is in session and so … [Read More »]

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Photos

Monday 11th August, 2003 Leave a Comment

Finally got a whole heap of photos uploaded to the photo gallery – will gradually work backwards through my collection and upload older photos there as well.

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Townsville

Monday 11th August, 2003 1 Comment

We spent the last part of our holiday in Townsville – we got in from Hong Kong first thing Wednesday morning after an overnight flight, managed to catch about 90 mins sleep before getting up, showering and heading off for an appointment with our financial advisor, then back home to pack and head to the … [Read More »]

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