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Our first snag

Friday 30th November, 2007 Leave a Comment

We hit our first snag for our trip planning today – there is a 4 night boat cruise we are planning around the Tierra del Fuego area of Patagonia, and the date we wanted was fully booked out already. We did some re-thinking of our itinerary – originally we were thinking of starting with some … [Read More »]

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South America: Flights Booked

Thursday 29th November, 2007 1 Comment

Okay, we’ve finalised our planned itinerary, so I’ve been able to book our flights there and back. We’ll be using a combination of air, bus and boat travel on our trip, so I’ve decided to book us return flights from Sydney to Santiago, then internal flights using LAN (possibly booked via Zuji – they are usually cheapest I’ve found) … [Read More »]

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Sydney Opera House – Jan 1999

Thursday 11th October, 2007 Leave a Comment

We did a trip to Manly on the ferry in early 1999 and took this photo of the Sydney Opera House along the way.

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Paddlesteamer on the River Murray – Dec 1998

Wednesday 10th October, 2007 1 Comment

I took this photo of a paddlesteamer on the Murray while on a river cruise onboard another paddlesteamer – the Pyap, out of Swan Hill.

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Paddlesteamer Pyap – Swan Hill – Dec 1998

Tuesday 9th October, 2007 Leave a Comment

Leanne officially moved to Sydney after Christmas in 1998 (I flew back for Christmas, which we spent with family, before driving with her back to Sydney). We followed the Murray River from Mildura through to Albury, along the way stopping at Swan Hill.

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