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The Thomases’ Grand Antipodean Adventure (10) – Te Anau – an unexpected stop
It’s been a while since I’ve written anything on here – mainly owing to not having time from a combination of family and work. As noted in the previous post, we were meant to be driving to Milford Sound and … Continue reading
The Thomases’ Grand Antipodean Adventure (6) – Along the West Coast in sunshine
Okarito to Collyer House (Haast) via Fox Glacier (click map / zoom out for full view) Segment six of our trip saw us wake up in our Hutel in Okarito in lovely sunshine (apparently quite a rarity on the “Wet … Continue reading
Posted in General, New Zealand, Photography, travel
Tagged Antipodean Adventure, Collyer House, Fox Glacier, Haast, Knight's Point, Monro Beach, New Zealand, Okarito, photography, travel, West coast, west coast glaciers
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The Thomases’ Grand Antipodean Adventure (3) – Sydney
As promised last time around, next stop on the trip was Sydney. Flight time from Singapore was about 7.5 hours, which wasn’t really enough for a solid night’s sleep between Qantas squeezing another dinner into us and them waking us … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Church, Friends, General, Nature, Photography, Singapore, travel, wildlife
Tagged Australia, Circular Quay, Darling Harbour, eastern water dragon, fish, lorikeet, Manly Beach, nature, photography, Qantas, Shelley Beach, Sydney, Sydney aquarium, Sydney harbour bridge, Sydney opera house, travel, Wildlife, William Duncan Munro IV, Wobbly Kea
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The Thomases’ grand antipodean adventure (2) – Singapore
Singapore Following on from my previous post, 12 and a half hours of flying later and we landed, about 1 degree north of the equator in the lovely city of Singapore. Changi airport is (for those used to London Heathrow) … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Friends, General, Photography, Singapore, travel
Tagged Antipodean Adventure, Clarke Quay, dim sum, Din Tai Fung, Food, Marina Bay, Raffles, Singapore, Singapore Sling, The Thomases, travel
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The Thomases’ Grand Antipodean Adventure (1)
The first of many! At the end of 2012, Mrs T and I set-off for a big trip – three and a half weeks visiting Australia and New Zealand. Our “excuse” for making the trip was that we wished to … Continue reading
A tour of some country houses
Last month, my belovèd and I tool a gentle tour of some of England, and called in at some lovely houses along the way. First was a trip to my homeland of Yorkshire to visit my parents, and to take in … Continue reading
Scottish Trip
Day One – to Loch Duich Day one, and we set out from York in Wesley (dad’s X-type) for our very long drive to the Scottish Highlands, more specifically Loch Duich, and a very lovely B&B (follow link), deep in … Continue reading
Posted in car, General, travel
Tagged Hebrides, Highlands, Old man of Storr, Scotland, Skye, Stein Inn, Sutherland, travel
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Boating!
My friend Helen lives on a houseboat, which is convenient, since like a snail she can take her home with her. The other weekend she decided to use the boat to get to a wedding, and requested some company/help returning … Continue reading
Posted in Friends, General, People
Tagged Friends, houseboat, photos, river Thames, Ruddy Duck, sunshine, travel, wine
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