I went in with Rick and Liz to the centre of Sydney then after a quick coffee and sandwich Rick kindly gave me a ride to the airport. There, I managed to send the surface …
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80. Sydney Part 3
Sunday 24th March started late, with a tasty English breakfast, after which I wrote a letter to my friend Alex to confirm that her sister and brother-in-law were looking after me very well..! After lunch …
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The 23rd March being Saturday, I was able to spend some time with my hosts during the day. Rick and Liz took me in to the centre of Sydney via a stop at a pleasant …
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A late (and sociable) night meant a late start on 21st March. Over coffee I made one last attempt to fix my now empty camera, but it was to no avail. The film winding mechanism …
Continue reading77. Across the Tasman Sea
Thanks to having changed my ticket time I didn’t have to get up at the crack of dawn on 20th March. I offered profuse thanks to Roz and my adoptive “Kiwi family” and caught the …
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Despite the merriment of the previous evening I managed to crawl out of bed on 18th March in time to catch the bus northwards. It was comfortable but there was no geography lesson from the …
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On 16th March the day looked perfect for paragliding, with barely a cloud in the sky. After a hostel breakfast I headed down to the lake for a photo and then went to the travel …
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After a slow start, on 15th March I decided I would head for Wanaka – another recommended village 70 km north of Queenstown. The route I wanted to take was directly over the hills, rather …
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I got up later than I’d planned on 14th March, and then regretted it as soon as I saw that there wasn’t a cloud in the sky, and that I should have been up earlier …
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Having checked out of the hostel, I was waiting for the bus when I got talking to Brian, a flight simulator programmer from the UK. He was from Bracknell – close to Reading where I …
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