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As we often seem to, we’ve been in the right place at the right time to hear about a forthcoming attraction that is set to take the world by storm - this time it is a big night out, which launches in Newcastle next month, and goes by the name of Crispy.
This time, however, we [...]

The Newcastle University Alumni Service generously hosted a free wine and nibbles night at the Baltic in Newcastle last week. The “Gold Network” teamed up with One North East to deliver the “Live Local: Think Global” theme on Thursday 17th July 2008.
Joanna Berry Academic Director of Executive MBA Programmes, Newcastle University Business School, kicked off [...]

We were to fly to Dublin on Friday (28 Jan) from Leeds Bradford airport (the highest above ground airport in the UK). Unfortunately, however, the wind was at about 100 MPH, and after several aborted attempts, we ended up in a hasty taxi ride to Manchester, at 2am to catch an early morning flight instead.
We [...]

Now that Christmas is over, I will get around to writing a review of the various flights we have taken to and from Australia, who offered the best value, and the best experience.
The cheapest deal we discovered was for a flight from Melbourne to Newcastle (UK) via London Heathrow with Quantas, which we sourced through [...]

Well, the time is almost upon us when we have to leave Australia before we’re forcibly removed: our visa runs out next month, and we’ve booked some flights away, next Sunday, from Melbourne.
Following the sale of our car to some nice Germans here in Adelaide, we have decided to hire a vehicle to complete the [...]

The Australian Government has not yet integrated any form of Human Rights into their federal law.
I believe that this allows those in authority an intolerably large amount of discretion when it comes to dealing with certain persons: quite simply, an Australian (or an alien in Australia) has no rights. At least none proscribed by - [...]

The time has now come to sell the car, as we are leaving Australia in a month or so. We are offering the following vehicle for sale:
1990 Mitsubishi Pajero EXE Wagon 4WD
We are selling our 1990 Mitsubishi Pajero 7 seater 4X4.

Manufacturer: Mitsubishi
Model: Pajero
Type: EXE Wagon
Doors: 5
Colour: Burgundy / Maroon
Date of Manufacture:
Date of first Registration:
Current Registration: [...]

Laughing Kookaburra’s are so iconically Australian, yet incredibly hard to photograph well - at least for me. I have only managed to get one shot I am happy with. Here it is

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Who says Australians can’t do irony? Not me.
We were sitting waiting peacefully for the train to arrive at Coorparoo Station in suburban Brisbane when the man opposite us began to behave in what could only be described an ironic way. Don’t believe someone can behave ironically? Check out the picture we got to prove it…

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As we cruised back in a little tinny boat, from a secluded beach on Great Keppel Island that we had all to ourselves, the sun set over another small island. I got this photo.

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