Category: Australia
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Countryside between Warrnambool and MelbourneFinished my drive today. Beautiful weather (wouldn’t you know!). Left Warrnabool about 10:00 and meandered around the countryside for a few hours sinceI didn’t have to be in Melbourne until 4:30 to drop off the car. Wonderful country, rolling hills in the distance and miles of fields with, surprisingly, most of…
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Last night on the GOR tonight. Very mixed emotions; tired having covered 2,400k in the last 6 days, want to get home, want to see V, family and cats, but sorry to end the trip. Tonight I’m in Warrnambool, the end of the GOR and, the additional attraction for me, a former whaling port that…
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Down the Mornington Peninsula today. Day started out clear and sunny but clouds moved in around noon and intermittent sun, clouds and rain showers through out the day. Not a problem since the mixed lighting has a nice dramatic effect in landscape shots. Stopped at a beautiful property along the way; vineyard with very luxurious…
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Day started overcast and rainy and I thought that it was going to be a repeat of yesterday. However, after a couple of hours of driving the sun started to break through and the day stayed relatively sunny and clear thereafter. Much more pleasant to see the sun when driving. It does lift the spirits.…
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Not a great day for weather. Sunrise was beautiful but by the time I left my motel at 8:45 the rain had started and with a couple of breaks, kept up all day. As a result, I did not have much opportunity or interest in stopping to wander or take pictures, the net result of…
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A short note tonight; today was a 450K driving day, much of it lateral to my direction of travel. Think I got some good shots, but I’ve just arrived at my motel and it’s about 7 pm and I don’t have the strength to sort, photoshop and post todays harvest. If I can arrive at…
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Awoke to a spectacular sunrise; tried to catch it through the 39th floor hotel room window but haven’t had a chance to look at the very few shots in the camera from todays shooting. First driving day and, as usual, lots of lessons. Had checked with CIBC before I left to confirm that they covered…
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Long day today.Got 9 hours solid sleep and awoke at 5 am to the opening chords of a beautiful sunrise. Weather looks like it’s going to be spectacular. Haven’t made my day’s plans yet. Going up to breakfast and will dig through my Sydney guide. At the least I’d like to wander in some of…
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Arrived this morning at about 8:00 am. Beautiful sunny day with high, blue skies. Cool though, about 12C with a nippy breeze. Tried to replace my SIM card in the iPhone so that I could have a working mobile with local phone rates but I realized that the Australian SIM that I had bought in…
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Just switched my Mac to Oz time zone so postings are in local Australian time. Toronto-Vancouver uneventful; plane packed to the gunwales but no delays. Reasonably pleasant dinner; beef filet and a couple of glasses of decent French merlot. Dreadful movies! Tried “Blue Valentine” and it was just as well that there were no sharp…
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