Category Archives: Travel

We had a smoother time getting the car in Auckland, but the drive to Waitomo was no where as picturesque as we had come to expect from our time on the South Island. More highway, more industry, flatter land the only constant was that it was still raining! Waitomo had two things of interest to […]

Photos from the South Island of New Zealand are now posted to the gallery! shortcut here

Our arrival at Christchurch airport was uneventful. We even managed to get our embargoed goods past the customs inspector without too much of a hassle! Then we got to the car rental. Not so smooth. We had booked with National and we couldn’t find their desk. Finally we asked someone and they said “oh yeah, […]

We arrived back in sydney on friday, to a huge thunderstorm, which apparently has caused quite a lot of damage. Typical! Last night we saw the Nutcracker at the Sydney Opera House, which is as impressive inside as it is out. Today I saw Beowulf in 3D at the IMAX and we are of out […]

We picked up our rental car to start our three day drive along the south coast from Adelaide to Melbourne. The drive could be completed in one long day, but we had decided to stop and see the many attractions on offer along the way. Fortunately, things improved after the first stop. About one hour […]

Hmmm, difficult to write about Adelaide as the things that make it a good place to be are also the things that make it dull! It is clean and well laid out with plenty of shopping and good public transport. The point of us being there was that as part of the train trip, we […]

While not quite as famous as the Orient Express, the Indian Pacific is one of the most famous trains in the world. Once a week, on a wednesday, it leaves Sydney on the Pacific coast, to make it’s way on the 3 day journey to Perth on the Indian ocean coast along the second longest […]

The title says it all! See the usual place, or for slower net connections, try Singapore Sydney Adelaide

On our arrival in Sydney we went to see if we could check into our hotel. It was around 9:00 in the morning, as our flight from Singapore was overnight. The good news was that they let us check in. The bad news is that our room was right next to the elevator shaft. This […]

We did not have a long time to experience Singapore. We arrived in the afternoon and we left the following evening on an overnight flight. Singapore has many strict laws. You are not allowed to chew or even possess gum. It is strictly enforced that you only cross the streets with the lights, at the […]