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Adelaide part II

Posted by: jetstreamjitterbug on: December 28, 2008

I arrived in Adelaide yesterday. The train journey went well (24hrs). My allocated seat was next to a man who insisted on keeping a large bag at his feet. Fortunately, the train wasn’t full and I was able to take a pair of seats to myself for Sydney to Broken Hill (overnight), then back to [...]

Happy Christmas and New Year

Posted by: jetstreamjitterbug on: December 23, 2008

I am in Sydney, taking it easy between my NZ adventures and Thailand, where I go on Jan 10th.
Hope everyone has a good Christmas…

Nelson to Queenstown

Posted by: jetstreamjitterbug on: December 13, 2008

I went Kayaking in Abel Tasman N.P., which was nice – we were ferried out to the middle of the national park by water taxi, then paddled out to a small island that is home to a seal colony, then down the coast visiting islands and inlets on the way.
I was in a 2-person kayak with [...]

South island

Posted by: jetstreamjitterbug on: December 6, 2008

Today I am in Nelson (the city, not the Admiral) and tomorrow I will kayak around Abel Tasman (the national park, not the explorer).
This will be good.
I am tired.

Waitomo_caves = “brillant”

Posted by: jetstreamjitterbug on: December 3, 2008

I had great fun in Waitomo caves.
I went with Rap, Raft ‘n’ Rock and also stayed at their accomodation. They persuaded me to get up for the first tour, because there was only one other person on it when I booked. There was still only one other person on it when we did it, and [...]



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  • Kathy Swan: Hi there Hope you're feeling better, and can make the most of your last few days; Wednesday will whizz around. Hope train back to Mumbai is O
  • jetstreamjitterbug: I should be in Brighton at the end of the month...
  • Peter Hickman: Glad to see that things are going well. When do you reckon you will be dropping by Brighton? I ask this because it could be your last chance to see so

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