Tag: destinations
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Wiki Voyage.
As is my typical modus operandi, I have only just discovered what looks like a pretty useful bit of travel kit. This morning as part of the mandatory last minute frantic preparations for our next road trip, I stumbled across the wiki voyage site. Part of the Wikipedia Foundation, Wiki Voyage is a crowdsourced travel…
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Winchelsea.
Location: ///banjo.rescuer.unfeelingWeather: fine 21 C. Mood: spiritually extruded. We intended to pull over for a few microseconds to reorient ourselves, wolf down a hastily constructed cheese and cucumber sandwich, gulp down a Coles own brand coffee (actually not too shabby…I credit this on my filtering technique), and decide on the best route onwards. But this…
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Tomb with a view.
It may not be the most beautiful cemetery, but I’ll wager it is the most scenic in Australia. The Gerringong General Cemetery occupies a sweeping slope overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Headstones of marble and headstones of worn crumbling sandstone. Some sites dressed with fresh wildflowers, others in a sort of faded plastic flower limbo, others…
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Adventure in Oamaru
Location: Oamaru Victorian Precinct NZ. Weather: Cloudy. Temp: 11C Turning into the Main Street of Oamaru reminded me of many small Australian towns. A mental model fractured over on the right-hand side by a series of grand stone Victorian buildings. “Oooh, let’s definitely stop and take a look down there” advised Kelly.” For some reason,…