Monthly Archives: January 2011

A tale of one city

Posted on January 31, 2011 by randr100days

 There’s an amazing, steep railway that links the Blue Mountains to Sydney. It’s a real feat of engineering, with an endless series of cuttings and banks, keeping it beside our road, on the descent to the valley floor just south … Continue reading →

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Why Fi?

Posted on January 28, 2011 by randr100days

Those of you bloggees who’ve been following us over the last couple of months will probably have noticed that we have not been quite so prolific/regular since arriving Down Under. You may well be wondering; are we ankle-deep in snakes … Continue reading →

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A State of Turmoil

Posted on January 19, 2011 by randr100days

Snakes alive! Snakes don’t like swimming. Well, yes, water-snakes do, but the majority don’t. They like snoozing under rocks, or in holes in the ground. By and large, they don’t do wet. So the Queensland (and now Northern New South … Continue reading →

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Down Under – down, but not under.

Posted on January 12, 2011 by randr100days

You’ll all be aware of the terrible floods that have affected Queensland in the last couple of weeks, and latterly, New South Wales. The sheer scale of the disaster is hard to get your head around. Suffice to say, the … Continue reading →

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And another thing (or two…)

Posted on January 5, 2011 by randr100days

The great thing about being a traveller, as opposed to being a holidaymaker, is the freedom to adapt, to follow the whim, to take the road less travelled by. And the great thing about a blog is that it doesn’t … Continue reading →

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