Category: Oz Odyssey – Australia, Fiji,Hawaii 2016
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Time to say goodbye
I hate goodbyes, especially when it’s people you are particularly fond of who live 12000miles away and you only see them once every three years if you’re lucky. We’ve had a great time in Noosa and it’s been a privilege sharing Ian,Kylie and Zeke’s home with them. The last few days have been a whirlwind…
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Brisbane
The time had come to sort out our replacement luggage following Steve’s case disaster on arrival in Oz. We decided to use the opportunity to explore Brisbane and booked ourselves an overnight stay in the South Bank area. This did not start well as several hours after booking an apartment, I realised I’d given the…
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Adelaide- Meet the Jurhmanns
The Jurhmanns are Kylie’s side of the family consisting of Michael, Jane, Hannah, Maddy, Max, Marina, Helen, Caitlin, Rowan and the indomitable Ooma plus a few others we didn’t get to meet. They live in gorgeous Adelaide and Kylie arranged for us to spend 5 days with them. We also had close family friend Wayne…
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Chilling in Noosa with the Ozlings
The last few days have been spent catching up with the Australian side of the Dowling clan, or the Ozlings as they will now be known. As well as the humans (Ian, Kylie and Zeke) there also the animal Ozlings who are Poo and Ginger (cats) and Myar. Myar is biologically a dog but she…
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Mahalo Honolulu, G’Day Oz
Managed to fit in a circuit around Ala Mauna park this morning before getting our flight to Brisbane. Uneventful flight with Hawaiian other than plane only half full so got 2 seats each – yahoo! On arrival, Steve’s bag turned up on the carousel looking as though it had gone ten rounds with a crocodile.…
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A day in Hawaii five-o land
This morning we went for a run around Ala Moana park and beach. It was lovely, so pretty and lots of people out for an early morning walk. We spent the rest of the morning reading the local paper and swimming on Fort Derussy beach, the far end of Waikiki beach. Much quieter and nearer…
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Mahalo Big Island, Aloha Honolulu
Up at 5am as had to get to Kona airport for 8.30am and also sort out paperwork etc for the dent in the car. We decided to go “over the top” i.e take the road that cuts across the island. It’s quicker but unfortunately hilllier than the other way, and Mildred the Tiny Nissan does…
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Highs and Lows of Hilo
Steve and I had dreams of travel problems in the night so while I was showering this morning, he checked our bookings for Honolulu. Our hotel was booked for the 3 April instead of 3 March. After some scurrying around and scouring booking.com, we found somewhere to stay that is cheaper and looks nicer than…
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Poke and Pyroclastics
Actually managed to successfully get the washing and tumble drying done today. After chores, we hot footed it down to Suisan, the fish market, to pick up some fish for dinner and poke for lunch. Poke is a traditional Hawaiian dish of raw fish marinated in a variety of ways, served with rice and…
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Whale Watching
We booked a trip to go whale watching in Kona today. The journey to Kona takes 2.5 hours the scenic route so we were off and out by 8.30am. It was a beautiful day and we managed to find time to wander along a short trail to a beautiful cove, just beyond some botanical gardens.…
Middle-aged flash packers 