Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Customs confirmation

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We've heard today that Customs will be inspecting our household contents this Saturday or Monday next week. Assuming there are no compli...

New Zealand's "darkest day"

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Another terrible tragedy has struck New Zealand today. A second major earthquake rocked the city of Christchurch at 12.51pm this afternoon. ...
Monday, February 21, 2011

Mission accomplished (almost)!

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Last weekend we broke the back on our floor to ceiling refresh of the apartment. As you can see from the photo above it’s been chaos in the ...
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Monday, February 14, 2011

Refreshing news

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Four weeks after arriving back in Australia Customs remains in possession of our household contents. We heard early last week that it began...
Saturday, January 29, 2011

Hot but happy

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It’s been too long between posts! Our first two weeks back in Sydney have simply flown by. I’ve found myself drawn straight back into work...
Sunday, January 16, 2011

New posts uploaded

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I plan to spend the next week or so filling in a few gaps in the current blog record of our recent travels. This includes posts on our time ...

Shipping, shopping and settling in

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We’re finally back in Sydney. Initial preparations for setting up home again are already underway. We already know the container holding o...
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Saturday, January 15, 2011

The final flight

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Garry and I are sitting in the Qantas lounge at Auckland Airport. After exactly five weeks on the road, we're preparing to bo...
Thursday, January 13, 2011

24 hours in Santiago

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Almost six million of Chile’s 15 million people call Santiago home. As a result, the capital of Chile is a sprawling, bustling metropolitan...
Monday, January 10, 2011

El Tatio

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A tour of the Atacama Desert is incomplete without a visit to the El Tatio geyser field. Its location on the Andes altiplano, 4,320 metres ...
Sunday, January 09, 2011

Sun-bleached history

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We kicked back a notch today. As a result, the laid-back desert life lifestyle became today’s highlight. We joined a 3.5 hour tour in the ...
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Saturday, January 08, 2011

Just 35mm of rain annually

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Garry and I are enjoying the desert climate at San Pedro de Atacama, located on the northern fringe of Chile's Atacama Desert. Barely 1...