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...and perhaps I'll actually get energetic and blog from time to time. Maybe ( Read more... )

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Okay, so we've actually been home for just over a week. I've decided that leaving Brisbane at 11.00am was a really bad move, because I wasn't at all tired during the time they had dimmed the lights on the plane but I was starting to get that way when they brought the lights back up. We arrived on time in LA at around 6.30am local time, which ( Read more... )

Saturday we had a really nice day. Roma Street Parklands are gorgeous (especially considering it used to be a train yard) and the weather held up for us. All in all we had 29 people there over the course of a few hours. There were a few people I'd not met before (cousins of my dad, including one who I've been friends with on Facebook for ages ( Read more... )

So. Earlier this week a high pressure system developed down near Tasmania, and the barometric pressure readings caused the weather people to use terms like 'record-breaking'. The end result of these record-breaking barometric pressures was a strong wind warning for the ENTIRE east coast. Winds of up to 30 knots. Sea swells of 3m (about 10 feet ( Read more... )

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Monday we caught the train up to Brisbane to hang out at South Bank with my cousin Sheryl, her partner Greg and their grand-daughter Claire. Claire's mum, Karen, is ten years younger than me. Or to put it another way, I was ten when she was born, which meant she was someone I looked after on a regular basis. Claire is so much like her it's just ( Read more... )

You know you've been away from home too long when the guy at the coffee shop asks if you're American. Oy ( Read more... )

Amherst, VA, USA to Nerang, Qld, Australia - somewhere around 30 hours. Some random notes ( Read more... )