After our stunning visit to Fraser Island, we had a relatively traffic free drive back to Brisbane from River Heads, in the dark, and then spent a short night at one of the airport hotels. Today we're doing a short flight down the coast to Newcastle. The first attraction is this Fokker F-100 that's going … Continue reading Heaps Fun in NSW
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K’gari – Paradise
We had an early start for our last morning in Brisbane, and a 3.5 hour drive north to the village of River Heads, where we’ll leave the car. You see, we’re taking this ferry over to Fraser Island / K’Gari where we’ll stay for the next two nights. Today started out overcast as yesterday’s system … Continue reading K’gari – Paradise
The Other Sunshine State
Another year with the short November break from school, so again this year we’re headed somewhere very interesting (2023 - Brazil; 2024 - Japan). It’s an evening flight for us so no need to rush out from school and work. We had a little bite to eat at the Maple Leaf Lounge in the Calgary … Continue reading The Other Sunshine State
The Emerald City
Good morning ! After staying up as late as I could, working on a previous blog post (the one from Munich) until 10:30 pm, I was only able to sleep until about 3:30 am. So I gave up trying to get back to sleep and had a nice Nespresso in the room at 4. I … Continue reading The Emerald City
Down To The Land of Macca’s
Here we are back at the airport in Abu Dhabi. This is terminal 1, the original terminal which is about 40 years old. You won't see anything flashy in here like most of the other newer terminals in the Gulf states. Quickly passing through border control and security (it's a small terminal and thus never … Continue reading Down To The Land of Macca’s