Category: Road Trip
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Picked up our car yesterday at the Cape Town airport, nice little grey VW Polo. Loaded up and headed for our first stop for the night, La Dauphine outside of Franschhoek which we drove to via Stellenbosch, both of which are in vineyard country about an hour north of Cape Town. Stopped for lunch at…
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Flight to Frankfurt uneventful and managed to catnap periodically. Arrived in Frankfurt at noon. I had booked a day room at the Airport Hilton to get a shower and some sleep before our next flight at 22:00. We were required to checkout at 18:00 but the thought of 160 Euros for 6 hours was a…
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Wednesday evening and finally under way. In the Air Canada lounge with a glass of red wine and waiting to go to the gate. Usual last day scrambles, packing and re-packing; every time I lock my bag discover something that I forgot to include or did I really pack x? Finally unpacked everything and re-packed…
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Because I’m trying for some saleable shots, the emphasis on photography, while always present on any of our trips, has taken the first chair position on this trip. We will be spending our first ten days driving from the Cape Town Airport along the Garden Route and ending up in Knysna. From there we take…
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Adventure begins next Wednesday, Feb 15. While we have certainly spent more time planning this trip than any of our previous ones, this is the first time that I have felt ready to begin documenting it. First got the idea for the trip last spring, a surprisingly long time ago it now seems, when one…
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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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