Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 8th, 2007 No Comments »
I am not bald, although at 42 my hairline is starting to receed just a little in the corners. But Dave is bald, and he is going to backpack around the world starting at the end of 2007, including New Zealand (so maybe Australia too??). Dave has a useful travel tips post […]
Posted in Sightseeing, Sydney, Thinking Aloud on Apr 8th, 2007 No Comments »
Back in this post, I outlined the current draft for the vacation. The first four and a half days are well set, because of Qantas’ schedule to Uluru. Qantas only flys Ayers Rock-Melbourne a couple of days a week, so I am flying Sydney-Ayers Rock on Saturday morning and Ayers-Rock-Melbourne on Monday […]
Posted in Blogging on Apr 7th, 2007 1 Comment »
Fellow MyBlogLogger Chris Mitchell has an excellent post in his blog on Thailand and East Asia travel with Seven Tips for Taking a Laptop Travelling. There are some great ideas there, especially about protecting yourself in the event somebody finds (or “obtains”) your laptop.
I’ll add two more ideas:
PortableApps.com is a suite of free […]
Posted in Logistics on Apr 6th, 2007 1 Comment »
An update on my quest for travel medical and emergency cancellation insurance. After research of various companies and policies, I selected AIG Travel Guard Extended for my trip. I selected AIG because of my specific needs, including older parents and personal pre-existing medical conditions, and because it was actually a mainstream company. […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 5th, 2007 No Comments »
I checked technorati tonight, and found out that I have broken the 2,000,000 mark. Unfortunately, one of the links is from an idiot who is scraping John Chow’s site and therefore linked to me with another Batch 52 post. Of course I sent John a heads-up, and when that site gets taken down I’ll be […]
Posted in Blogging on Apr 5th, 2007 1 Comment »
The response to this blog has been great. I was working on it for much of March, but did not officially start promoting it until a week ago. In fact, it is still not completely out of Google’s sandbox yet, as I had tweaked the Wordpress options not to let Google index […]
Posted in Food and Drink, Sydney on Apr 4th, 2007 No Comments »
One night, A$40 plus money for wine/beer, dining alone in Sydney. You have a transit pass but no car. You can’t eat peanuts.
Where do you go, what do you order, and why should I go?
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Posted in Car Rental on Apr 4th, 2007 No Comments »
I was stunned to find out that Australia is one of five countries excluded for rental car insurance on my American Express card. I am going to be doing a fair amount of driving (at least two days at Ayers’ Rock, at least three in Tasmania, probably one or two in Melbourne), and […]
Posted in Food and Drink on Apr 4th, 2007 No Comments »
Benjamin Christie is a young Australian celebrity chef who’s blog I came across while searching MyBlogLog for Australian-themed blogs. One of the interesting posts on his blog is about “bush tucker” restaurants. Ok, now that got me curious…
It turns out that “bush tucker” is another way of saying “native Australian” and using ingredients indiginous to […]
Posted in Activities, Food and Drink, Melbourne, Sightseeing, Sydney, Tasmania, Uluru on Apr 3rd, 2007 4 Comments »
23 things that came to my mind yesterday and this morning:
Meet my extended family (father’s first cousins) in Melbourne
Walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Taronga Zoo
Walk 300,000 steps over 20 days
Find a better Aussie beer than Foster’s
Tour a vineyard and find a great Shiraz I cannot find in America
Not gain more than six pounds
Tour the Sydney […]
