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A Day in Dubai (Holiday Day 1)

Andreas arrived late just after midnight. It was extremely humid out and we were fortunate for the quick drive back to my apartment. After couple of Gin Tonics and several hours later it was 3.30am. We got up early to have our usual Corona Breakfast and then hit the road to Dubai.

We got to Dubai

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Lawrence of Arabia Country

So what have I been up to recently I hear you cry!?Well I have recently been finalising a two-week holiday that I have planned for the first two weeks of June.

Andreas (of www.ginfan.com fame) my great friend from Iceland was originally going to come over for two weeks and we were going to drive over

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Girls just want to have fun

After a couple of days returning back from Singapore, I headed to the airport to pick up little sis. After waiting for a while she appeared through customs and we hit the road.

We headed down to South Bank for lunch followed by my really brief tour of what was what, and of course a token

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Singapore Sling Anyone?

After a really hectic week following the Grand Prix in Melbourne I decided I needed a break. Work is going to go crazy and I was not planning on doing anything over Easter. I decided to formulate my crazy plan the week before Easter. Abi my sister was in Singapore for a fashion show /

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F1 Video

So here is a video of some of the photos I took at the GP. Cleverly put together by animoto.

F1 GP – Melbourne

Last weekend was the start of a new Formula 1 season. Melbourne is the perfect start to a crazy season and it’s a great wind down from summer.

 

Wednesday Jacob & drove up to Brisbane airport at 12pm , checked in and hit the Coronas. The flight is nearly two hours and with the time zone

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Australia Day

Monday was Australia Day… An excuse for most people to have another day off and the majority an excuse to drink. We did the latter of course.

Andreas was in town so we headed off to Rob’s Place for a bbq and a touch of cricket before heading down to the infamous Story Bridge Hotel to

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Road Trip – Day 12 (4200Km)

Katoomba to Sydney

Getting up early we headed out to do some more sightseeing. We decided not to go down into the valley but have a look around on our way out. We managed to find a vantage point from the other side of the Three Sisters. We then headed off to Sydney just to make

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Road Trip – Day 11 (4600Km)

Canberra to Katoomba

Today we headed out to the Blue Mountains. Another infamous place to see! Rather than get there too early we headed west towards Bathurst. This is home to the famous Bathurst 1000 – a V8 Supercar Championship event.

The track is in fact a normal road by day, only differing slightly to any other

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Road Trip – Day 10

Canberra

Starting the day we another hearty breakfast we headed out to the Deep Space communication Station. This is one of three places in the world that tracks objects & satellites in space. It is in fact connected directly to Nasa.

We also tried to visit the Observatory but it was closed for Xmas. We got to

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