Australia

Thailand tales

Posted on March 27, 2009 by rachp

Our first adventure in Thailand was a rather brief one. It basically involved running through Bangkok’s international airport at a breakneck, panicked pace for twenty minutes, at stupid o’clock in the morning. It was the end of what can only be described as the most nightmarish 27 hours of calamity … see here for details.

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Oh Monkey Mia (Monkey Mia let me go …)

Posted on March 9, 2007 by rachp

Australia is big, Almost in the Canadian way of big. We flew 3 hours from Cairns to Sydney, then five hours to get to Perth. FIVE HOURS – on a domestic flight! This seems almost impossible, but as Dame Edna Everage once proclaimed: “ah yes, Perth! A mere six hours from anywhere else!” From the &hellip Continue reading »

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Great Barrier Blog

Posted on March 1, 2007 by rachp

Of course, the reason you go to Cairns is to ‘do’ the Great Barrier Reef. The reef, or more accurately series of reefs, stretch 2,000 kilometres along the north east of Australia, covering an area greater than the UK and Ireland put together. There are fringe reefs, ribbon reefs and patch reefs, with continental islands &hellip Continue reading »