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Saturday, January 24th, 2009

We have 2 weeks to sell this place until the sharks of realestate agents get their grimy hands on it (that and $12,000 of our hard earned cash). So today was a madhouse of slashing and tidying up the yard. We are trying to make the house appear to have some semblance of order.
Hamish […]

¶ The nights are fair drawing in!!

Monday, February 27th, 2006

We’re getting towards theend of summer
What was 9 oclock before it became dark is now 8:30
and rapidly geting sooner…….
It’s hard to tell when Autumn arrives, all the gums stay green
all year round, you have to look for thos nasty imported species
with their decidious yellow leaves to tell.
We have even had to light a fire […]

¶ Good News on Nepal

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

Well after a bit of too-ing and fro-ing it looks like Nepal may be on.
We just have to see if we can afford it, if everything falls into place
we may be off in March to April.
Will try to keep everyone updated!
Chris

Saturday, June 25th, 2005

¶ losing one’s virginity at 42

Saturday, June 25th, 2005

mick wants me to test the new weblog
my first experience of blogging
!!!!
C

¶ 22,000km and a world away

Saturday, June 25th, 2005

As I type this back in the UK they’re operating on my brother Tim,
It’s a very strange thing this living away from Europe.
Although I haven’t lived in Scotland since 1987 (most of that spent in the wilds of London), just recently events have made me realise that I am a world away.
Having someone sick […]

¶ Tasmania: The Final Leg

Friday, January 30th, 2004

Now we faced a dilemma, we could get a free ferry ride across the Bass Straight if we left about a week early, this would mean we had an extra week to kill in Tasmania. The ferry company offered us free passage in return for what they mysteriously called ‘promotional opportunities’. We accepted their kind […]

¶ Strathalbyn to Melbourne

Friday, January 30th, 2004

Strathalbyn 81km
Meninge 96km
Kingston 148km
Beachport 96km
Dartmoor 134km
17km south of Hamilton 67km
Peterborough 85km
Port Cambell 16km
Lavers Hill 51km
Apollo Bay 51km
Lorne 46km
Geelong 65km
Melbourne 93km

After a few days in Adelaide we had to head off. Any thoughts of staying longer
were dispelled by the pressing need to get to Melbourne in time for our boat on
the 3rd of December. A lazy […]

¶ Alice Springs to Adelaide

Sunday, November 30th, 2003

Stuart Wells (90km)
Erldunda (107km)
Curtin Springs (160km)
Yularra/Uluru/Ayers Rock (92km)
Kulgera 74km
Marla 179km
Cadney Homestead 80km
Coober Pedy 154km
Bush Camp 127km
Bush Camp (20km past Glendambo) 152km
Pimba 89km
Port Augusta 172km
Crystal Brook 114km
Port Wakefield 107km
Adelaide 100km

After spending a few days in Alice Springs we finally headed out southwards through the gap in the hills towards our turn off for Uluru (Ayers Rock) […]

¶ Darwin to Alice Springs

Monday, October 20th, 2003

It always takes a bit of an effort to set off from somewhere that we have been
happy. After a year on the road luxury is a rarity. Our ‘landlord’ Andrew had
contacted us as we left Singapore to offer free accomodation, what he didn’t
explain was that it would come with a free pool and soppy German […]

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