Posted in Sightseeing, Tasmania on Nov 16th, 2007 No Comments »
One of the most intriguing parts of the trip to me is the ability to go to Tasmania. Somehow just the word evokes a sense of something exotic… Tas-MANIA! Now, saying you’re going to “see Tasmania” is like saying you’re going to “see California,” but I have 106 hours to make the most of it. […]
Posted in Communications, Melbourne, Sydney on Nov 12th, 2007 No Comments »
Everywhere Internet is a growing chain of Internet cafes and kiosks in Sydney. They have some signficant investors, including a 20 percent stake by a division of Macquarie Bank. You prepay and get a voucher good at any of their locations, and access is A$2-A$3/hour. They claim to have games, […]
Posted in Logistics, Sydney on Nov 10th, 2007 1 Comment »
In over 20 years of travelling on my own, I have never seen a more messed up scheme of mass transit pricing than Sydney’s. There are so many options and exclusions, that it is barely comprehnsible. After over an hour online, this is what I have figured out:
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Posted in Sightseeing, Sydney on Nov 7th, 2007 No Comments »
The Sydney Opera House has developed a new guided tour called “the essential tour.” Since their backstage tour costs A$150, I had pretty much written it off. The essential tour, however, only costs A$27.50, or A$25 if you’re willing to go between 9-10AM. At that price, I’ll definitely go on the […]
Posted in Blogroll, Uncategorized on Nov 5th, 2007 No Comments »
Over the last six months, about 50 people submitted requests to join my Bumpzee group. Most of them were spam, but about a quarter were solid travellers, and a few more were single-region blogs written by somebody living there. I’ve approved about 20 total, and they can be found by following this link.
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Posted in Air Travel, Melbourne, Sydney, Tasmania, Uluru on Nov 4th, 2007 No Comments »
I’ve been to Europe probably fifteen times over the years, and I have never used airplanes to move from one part of the vacation to the next. It’s always been trains, using Europe’s incredible rail network to maneuver about the continent. But for Australia, train travel was just not practical for my […]
Posted in Blogging, Uncategorized on Nov 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
Amazingly, after six months of silence, this blog is still the #1 result in Google for “three week Australia vacation” and #2 for “week Australia vacation.” That is one of the goals I have for this site, that people will be able to find it as a reference even after I get back […]
Posted in Logistics, Places on Nov 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
With a bit of poking around, some contingency planning, and the emergence of insane redemptions deals at the Four Points Darling Harbour in Sydney and the Park Hyatt in Melbourne, here is the revised itinerary:
Sydney: 4 days, 4 nights
Ayers Rock: 2 days, 2 nights
Melbourne: 4 days, 5 nights
Tassie: 5 days, 4 nights
Melbourne: 2 days, […]
Posted in Blogging, Motivation on Nov 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
Yes, I’m back. Really. All of a sudden, I just stopped posting… why?
A long story short, life got in the way for a while. Lots of work, mostly. Plus work made some firewall changes with the effect of making it more difficult for me to manage the blog over lunch. Then a little bit of […]
