Category: Travel
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Lorne Long Weekend (Cont)
This originally started as last week’s Five on Friday post , but life stepped in, so now I’m going to just post the details of our weekend at Lorne and keep the rest for later. For the record H and I left my parents place at Point Lonsdale last Thursday and my dad was admitted…
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Bits and Bobs
I intended to take a break after NaBloPoMo, but not a whole week, so this is a bit of a catch up post. First up, some photos from Pop and Pour: To clarify regarding the wedding crashing—we did not eat or drink anything, just hit the dance floor which we had to walk right past…
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List #41: Travel MVPs … Or Five pieces I love to pack
When we travel we almost always go carry-on if we are flying. We have been traveling in Spring and Autumn for our last few trips so the weather has been fairly similar each time we have traveled. That means that packing is getting quicker because I always reach for the same things. These clothes are…
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List #40: Wildflowers we saw while in the Grampians
The Grampians have over 1000 different flowering plants so on our recent trip to the Grampians I kept an eye out for wildflowers. I noticed there were a lot more and a bigger variety on our Mount Abrupt hike when compared with The Pinnacles. September to November is peak wildflower season. I use the iNaturalist…
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Stonehenge and Salisbury
Friday 16th May 2025 This was our last real day of our UK holiday. We got up and left our accommodation at 5 am to get to our Stonehenge Sunrise Tour. If you know me, you will know that I don’t get out of bed at that hour unless it’s for something very special and…
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A Long Weekend in the Grampians
For Christmas my parents gave me and my siblings vouchers to stay a night at the Royal Mail hotel in Dunkeld and have dinner at Wickens, the main restaurant there. In the middle of the year I contacted my siblings and partners to see if we could organise to go together and we were able…
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Wales Day 14: Caerleon Roman Sites, Tintern Abbey and on to England
Thursday 15th May 2025 Today we packed up to head towards Stonehenge, but first we had a few more sites to visit in Wales. Our first stop was the Caerleon Roman Sites. The permanent legionary fortress was built in AD75 and was occupied for 200 years. You can visit the baths, the amphitheater and the…
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Wales Day 13: Pen-y-Fan and Hay-on-Wye
Wednesday 14th May 2025 This morning we had coffee and pastries at Coffee#1 in Brecon and picked up some BLT sandwiches while we were there for a picnic lunch. We were headed for Pen-y-Fan, the highest mountain in South Wales. When we arrived, there was a National Park Warden at the trailhead who let us…
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Wales Day 12: Brecon Canal and Blaenhavon
Tuesday 13th May This morning I did my long run along the Brecon Canal. I did an out and back of just over 21K. The scenery was gorgeous. This was probably my favourite run of our trip, especially since I did not need to think about where I was going because the run started and…
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Sydney Marathon Weekend
Last weekend we traveled to Sydney for the Sydney Marathon. G and some of our running friends were running, I was up for the spectating and socialising. We took some extra days, flying up on Thursday and returning on Tuesday. The flight up wasn’t great. As we approached Sydney and the plane decreased altitude we…