Category: Travel
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Melbourne to Queensland Roadtrip 2025
We are on the road again, heading up to Noosa for an extended stay, but first we had to drive up. The drive is two days worth (about 2000 km). This time we took four days. I’ve had St Peter Restaurant in Sydney on my want to do list for a number of years now…
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Oxford Day 3: Long Run and Ashmolean Museum
Thursday 1st May Today was my last day in Oxford so I got up reasonably early and went for my (longish) run. It was less than 1 km and I was out and running through rural areas. I did a big loop along the Thames to Godstow, round Port Meadows, with a short out and…
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Oxford Day 2: Queens College, St Mary’s Church, History of Science Museum
Wednesday 30th April 2025 Today I booked a tour of Christ Church College at 10 am, then my plan was to potter around a few of the other Oxford sites. The college tour is led by a porter and includes the Great Hall and Tom Quad. The Great Hall is stunning. The dining hall in…
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Oxford Day 1: Walking Tour and Bodliean Library
Tuesday 29th April 2025 Sidenote: We arrived from London by train late the previous afternoon and had dinner at Kazbar, a fun restaurant and bar with Middle Eastern and Spanish tapas-style dishes. Highly recommended. Before I start, I’d like to say, that I loved Oxford. The history, the books, the small extremely walkable city centre.…
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List #24: Good Things Friday May 2025
I missed last month’s Good Things because I was traveling, so some of these will be from April.
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I’m Home … and The Great Toilet Paper Debate
We arrived home from the UK late on Sunday 18th. I’ve found the jet lag both going over and coming back particularly bad this trip, probably because both flights coincided with the worst time of the month, if you know what I mean. I unpacked my case and then repacked to leave for Noosa on…
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London Day 8: Churchill War Rooms
Monday 28th April This morning we woke up, had breakfast then packed and checked out of the hotel. We left our bags at the hotel and walked to the Churchill War Rooms. These are the basement rooms where the British leaders ran the war effort during World War II. At the end of the war,…
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London Day 7: The Marathon
Sunday 27th April This was the big day, the reason we were in the UK—the London Marathon. G is trying to do the Abbot’s Big 6 (or 7 now) and this is his third. There was a bit of stress in the morning as the group we were travelling had organised a bus but it…
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London Day 6: Hampstead Heath Parkrun and The British Museum
Edited to add: I’m finishing this post up at Heathrow, waiting for our plane back to Melbourne via Hong Kong. We’ve had the most wonderful trip and the recaps will probably spread out over the next few months, if my previous track record is anything to go by. Saturday 26th April 2025 Today I had…
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London Day 5: East End Food Tour
Friday April 25th April This morning I went with G to Fortitude Bakery to pick up pastries and coffee (for G, not me. I am still off coffee). I had their cinnamon scroll. Yummy! No big breakfast for me today because I had another food tour. This time I would be exploring the London East…