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Blue Tiers

Blue Tiers Altitude Profile

I cycled through the Blue Tiers in North Eastern Tasmania today. The day started beautifully at the small town of Weldborough, but the weather quickly deteriorated and I ended up doing most of the 35km in cold rain. I’ve never ridden in such cold conditions (3 – 4 C) before, and it was …

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Blue Tiers, Tasmania

I plan to ride a mountain bike through the Blue Tiers in Tasmania this Sunday. It’s a picturesque, remote alpine area of north-eastern Tasmania that is supposed to be well worth the effort.

The only problem is that I’ll probably be riding it alone, and I’ve never been there before.

So to be …

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Exploring Launceston by Mountain Bike

I’ll be working in Launceston for the next week, so I thought I’d come down a day and a bit earlier and explore the place by mountain bike.

I hired a basic hardtail bike from a local shop, donned my cold weather gear, and took off into the hills on this beautiful cloudless late …

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Fun at Luna Park

I had a great time in Sydney today at a client’s Christmas Party.

We had lunch at Luna Park, so I took a few minutes out to take a few photos of this fun place.

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Rachel’s Map

Here’s the latest map of Rachel’s journey to date.

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Rachel Around Australia

Our friend, Rachel is currently driving around Australia.

She has promised to send us postcards of her journey, and I’ve promised to scan them and put them on a map for her so …

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Queen Mary 2 in Hamburg

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A postcrossing post card from Claus in Hamburg.

Claus says that when QM2 is in town, people go crazy, and over a million people may watch her.

She looks beautiful, Claus.

Thanks for the postcard! …

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A postcrossing post card from Judit in Belgium

The ship in the picture is “Carina” (you might be able to see the name КА ИНА in cyrillic on her bow).

Length: 122m, 7600GRT, 328 passengers.

She is currently known as …

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Vladivostok, Russia

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A postcrossing postcard from Alla who lives in Vladivostok and actually studies at the University of Southern Qld.

Vladivostok is Russia’s largest pacific sea port, and home to the Russian Pacific Fleet. It is located near to the Russian border with China and North …

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Cruising with Jonathan

Here’s some slideshows and videos of our recent trip on Dawn Princess.

The thing I enjoyed most about it was being able to share it with Jonathan, see him experience the magic of his first cruise.

Thanks for being a great travel companion, Jonno!

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