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Elvis Costello, Sydney, January 2013
March 2013 Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen
The Travelogue
Neil Young & Crazy Horse March 2013 Day One
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse March 2013 Day Two
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse March 2013 Day Three
Neil Young & Crazy Horse March 2013 Day Four
Neil Young & Crazy Horse March 2013 Day Five
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse March 2013 Day Six
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band March 2013 Day One
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band March 2013 Day Two
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Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band March 2013 Day Three
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band March 2013 Day Four
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Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band March 2013 Day Five
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Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band March 2013 Day Six
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Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band March 2013 Day Seven
December 2013: Elvis Costello & The Imposters in Japan
February 2014: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
A rather convenient excuse
Wednesday, 12 February 2014: Bowen > Townsville
Thursday, 13 February 2014: Townsville > Sydney
Of Spice I Am and Kings (No Cabbage)
Friday, 14 February 2014: Sydney > Melbourne
Of Angels and Avalon
Into Melbourne
Saturday, 15 February 2014
Lost and Found and Yum Cha for Lunch
Not Quite Raining on my Parade
Sunday, 16 February 2014 Melbourne
Up in the Nosebleeds
Monday, 17 February 2014
Tuesday 18 February 2014
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
Around the Allphones
Thursday, 20 February 2014
Roaming to Red Eye to Rendezvous
Friday, 21 February 2014
Into Downtown Southport
Saturday, 22 February 2014
Sunday, 23 February 2014
Monday, 24 February 2014
Tuesday, 25 February 2014
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
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Thursday, 27 February 2014
April 2014: Elvis Costello & The Imposters; Aaron Neville; Dr John
Tuesday, 22 April 2014: Bowen > Townsville > Sydney
Bluesfests and related activities
On the road; Brunch; Townsville > Sydney
Spice I Am; The Oak Barrel
Wednesday, 23 April 2014
Chicken Pho for breakfast; Roaming the CBD
Din Tai Fung; Travelodge > Hilton
Pre-Concert activities
Thelma Plum; No stalking tonight, folks
Thursday, 24 April 2014
A stroll to dinosaur territory
Back to base and a yum cha lunch
Red Eye, dinner and off to the State
On to the show
Friday, 25 April 2014
To Sydney Domestic, on to Townsville and Bowen
Australia
Tasmania 2007
Bowen > Melbourne
Melbourne > Clarendon House
Clarendon House > George Town
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George Town > Launceston
Launceston
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Launceston > Melbourne (and all the way home, thereafter)
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The Photo Album
South Australia 2008
Pre-Departure
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Bowen > Southport
Southport
Southport > Adelaide
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Adelaide > Clare
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Clare - East Side Story
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Clare - West Side Story
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Clare > Barossa
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Barossa > Adelaide
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Adelaide
Adelaide > Southport
Photo Album
Western Australia 2010
Bowen > Townsville
Townsville > Sydney
All Aboard!
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Broken Hill > Adelaide and beyond
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Across the Nullarbor
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On the Indian Pacific
Into Perth
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Over the waves to Rotto
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Down the track to Freo
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Perth & Environs
Perth > Eneabba
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Eneabba > Geraldton
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Geraldton > Morawa
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Pinnacles and Wildflowers
Morawa > New Norcia
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New Norcia
New Norcia > Busselton
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Into Margaret River
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Margaret River
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Margaret River > Singleton Beach
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Busselton > Margaret River > Singleton Beach
Singleton Beach > Perth
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Brisbane > Bowen
Canberra Road Trip 2011
Over the top? Well, possibly...
The Photographic Element
Day by day
Day 1: Bowen > Gladstone
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Day 2: Gladstone > Southport
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First Leg
Day Three: Out and about in Southport
Day 4: Gold Coast > Sydney
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Day 5: Sydney
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Day 7: Sydney > Southport
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Sydney Leg
Day 8: Gold Coast
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Day 9: Gold Coast
Day 10: Gold Coast
Day 11: Gold Coast
Day 12: Southport > Goondiwindi
Day 13: Goondiwindi > Coonabarabran (well, not quite, but nearly)
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Day 14: Coonabarabran and the Warrumbungles
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Day 15: Coonabarabran > Orange
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Day 16: Orange > Canberra
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Down to Canberra
Day 17: Canberra
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Day 18: Canberra
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Canberra
Day 19: Canberra > Canowindra
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Day 20: Canowindra > Gunnedah
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Day 21: Gunnedah > Glen Innes
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Day 22: Glen Innes - Springfield Lakes
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Travelling North
Day 23: Springfield Lakes
Day 24: Springfield Lakes > Rockhampton
Day 25: The Last Leg
Cooktown Road Trip 2012
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Day One: Bowen - Townsville
Day Two Townsville - Tolga
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Day Three Tolga - Lakeland
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Day Four Lakeland - Cooktown
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Day Five: Cooktown
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Day Six: Cooktown > Helenvale > Cooktown
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Day Seven: Cooktown > Cedar Park
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Day Eight: Cedar Park > Yungaburra
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Day Nine: Yungaburra - Bowen
Japanese Visitors 2013
The Prelude
The Itinerary
Day One: Kansai > Cairns > Bowen
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Day Two: Bowen
Day Three: Bowen > Montes > Airlie Beach
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Day Four: Airlie Beach > Whitehaven Beach > Hook Island > Airlie Beach
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Day Five: Airlie Beach > Bowen
Day Six: Bowen
Day Seven: Bowen > Mission Beach
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Day Eight: Mission Beach > Skyrail > Kuranda > Cairns
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Day Nine: Cairns > Barrier Reef flight > Cairns
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Day Ten: Cairns > Bowen
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Tasmania 2013
Planning a Tasmanian Trip
Flying South
Day by Day
Day One: Bowen > Townsville
Killing Time Through the Day
Into Townsville
Day Two: Townsville > Sydney
Brisbane, and on to Sydney
Trappist Ales and Thai Dinners
Day Three: Sydney > Hobart > Richmond > New Norfolk > Hamlet Downs
On the Ground in Tassie
Off to Puddleduck
Having a Taste
Richmond
Richmond Gaol
Noted Inmates
Navigational Issues
New Norfolk
Hamlet Downs
And in the Evening
Day Four: Hamlet Downs > Russell Falls > Swansea
Mount Field National Park
Russell Falls
Taking the Scenic Route
Into Swansea
A Bit of History
And So, To Bed
Day Five: Swansea > Wineglass Bay > Cleburne Homestead
An Offal Affair
Into the Freycinet
On the Way to the Top
Comparisons May Be Odious, But We Make Them Anyway
The View From Up There
Wineglasses and Wineries
The Road in to Hobart
Cleburne Homestead
Richard Cleburne
Around the Grounds
Off to Dinner
Day Six: Cleburne Homestead > Salamanca Markets > Margate
Breaking the Fast
Salamanca Saturday
Cheeses for Dinner
Day Seven: Margate > Bruny Island > Kingston
Bruny Island Logistics
A Bruny Island Background: The Nuenonne, Tasman and Furneaux
Cook, Furneaux, Bligh and D'Entrecasteaux
Hayes, Bass, Flinders, Baudin and Whalers
Robinson, Truganini, Timber and Cruise Terminals
Preparations
Out on the Rolling Sea
Monuments and Seals
Off to Kingston Beach
Day Eight: Kingston Beach > Cygnet > Huon Valley > Dover
From Gordon to Cygnet
Cygnet
Red Velvet Lounge
Home Hill Wines
Franklin
Geeveston, and on to Dover
Dover
Was that the Aurora?
Day Nine: Dover > Southport > Hobart
Dover
The Road to Southport
Southport
A Maritime Controversy
Lune River, Ida Bay Railway
Ida Bay
Heading Back Towards Hobart
The Road to Mount Wellington
History, At the Top
The View From the Top
On On After Dinner
Day Ten: Hobart
From Daci & Daci to Salamanca Place
Salamanca and Battery Point: A History Lesson
Through the Twentieth Century
Kelly's Steps, Princes Park, The Batteries
Arthur Circus
Historic Buildings and Music Shops
St David's Park
A Graveyard Mystery
Chasing the Single Malts
"One Pallet. That's all they're getting."
Da Angelo, and Home to Bed
Day Eleven: Hobart > MONA > Hobart
Jackman & McRoss
Down to the Ferry
Posh Pits and Pavilions
Niche Marketing Personified
Introducing the O
Exercising the O
Having a Moo Brew
Moorilla Estate
Salamanca Square, Smolt
Day Twelve: Hobart
Around the Gardens
Off to Provence
Remi de Provence, Cascade Brewery and across the river to Orana House
Dinner at the Beltana
Day Thirteen: Hobart > Townsville
Back to Puddleduck
Winging Our Way Back North
Day Fourteen: Townsville > Bowen
Overseas
Japan 2008
Bowen > Townsville
Townsville > Cairns
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Cairns > Kobe
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Kobe > Osaka > Kobe
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Kobe > Himeji > Kobe
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Kobe > Kyoto > Kobe
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Kobe > Kyoto > Kanazawa
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Kanazawa > Toyama > Takayama
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Takayama > Nagoya
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Nagoya > Hakone
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Hakone > Tokyo > Kitakami
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Kitakami and environs
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Kitakami > Tokyo > Kobe
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Kobe
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Kobe > Kyoto
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Kyoto > Nara
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Nara > Kobe
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Kobe > Southport
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Japan 2012
Planning the trip
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The Itinerary
The Albums
Hiraizumi
Kakunodate and the Dakigaeri Valley
Hakodate
Matsushima
Kurobe Gorge
Miyajima
Hiroshima & Kumamoto
Kagoshima > Shin-Yatsushiro > Hitoyoshi > Yoshimatsu > Kagoshima
Kozan-ji, Jingo-ji, and points between
Bowen > Cairns
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Cairns > Kobe
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Kobe
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Kobe > Tokyo > Kitakami
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Kitakami > Hiraizumi > Kakunodate
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Hiraizumi
Kakunodate > Dakigaeri Valley > Kakunodate
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Kakunodate
Kakunodate > Takanosu > Higashi-Noshiro > Aomori
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Aomori > Hakodate
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Hakodate > ShinAomori > Sendai
Morning Fish Markets
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Matsushima
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Hakodate
Matsushima
Sendai > Omiya > Echigo-Yuzawa > Ouzu > Unazuki Spring
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Unazuki Spring > Nagano
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Kurobe Gorge
Nagano > Okayama
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Okayama > Seto-oteshi Bridge > Okayama > Hiroshima > Onoura
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Onoura > Miyajima > Hiroshima
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Miyajima
Hiroshima > Kumamoto > Kagoshima
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Hiroshima & Kumamoto
Kagoshima > Shin-Yatsushiro > Hitoyoshi > Yoshimatsu > Kagoshima
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Kagoshima > Shin-Yatsushiro > Hitoyoshi > Yoshimatsu > Kagoshima
Kagoshima > Osaka
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Osaka Day 1
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Osaka > Kyoto
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Kyoto
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Kozan-ji, Jingo-ji, and points between
Kyoto > Kobe
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Kobe > Kansai International
Fasten Seat Belts...
Into Cairns and on to Bowen
In Search of a Rest
Etty Bay Cassowary
Vale TeeTee
Japan 2013
The whys and wherefores
The RailPass Question
Onwards from Nagoya
Wednesday, 4 December 2013 Bowen > Cairns
Ring Road Around Townsville > Cardwell
Cardwell > Cairns, Bay Leaf Balinese
Thursday, 5 December 2013 Cairns > Kansai International > Kobe
The Flight Across
On to the Okura in Kobe
Friday, 6 December 2013 Kobe
The Breakfast Viking
Time To Kill
Sorting Out Dinner
Off To The Luminaria
On The Way In...
Under the Lights
Saturday, 7 December 2013 Kobe > Osaka > Kishibe
A Spot of Shopping
Off to Kishibe
Sunday, 8 December 2013 Kishibe > ShinOsaka > Nagoya > Matsumoto
Into the Mountains
Downtown Matsumoto
Crow Castle
Of Samurai and Staircases
Nawate-dōri
On to the onsen
And after dinner
Monday, 9 December 2013 Matsumoto > Nagano > Niigata > Niizu > Tsugawa
Wonderful and could have been better
Off to the Station
Through the Mountains
Tsugawa
Mountain Views Again
The Banquet
And Afterwards
Tuesday, 10 December 2013 Tsugawa > Aizuwakamatsu > Koriyama > Tokyo > Yokohama
Through the Back Blocks
Change Trains
On to Yokohama
Dinner, and back to Yokohama
Wednesday, 11 December 2013 Yokohama > Kamakura > Tokyo
To Kamakura
Hokokuji
Phyllostachys edulis
Hoofing it to the Shrine
Over to the Daibutsu
And Off to Tokyo
Down to the Ex
At the Concert
And the Aftermath
Thursday, 12 December 2013 Tokyo
Tokyo Midtown
Tokyo City View
Friday, 13 December 2013 Tokyo
The Imperial Palace
But Not On Fridays
Lunch and Afterwards
Into the Evening
Saturday, 14 December 2013 Tokyo > Nagoya > Osaka
After the Mountain
Off to South Osaka
Of Kombis and Karaoke
Sunday, 15 December 2013 Osaka
Lunch and Afters
We Nearly Didn't Get There
Monday 16 December 2013 Osaka > Kyoto
Whatever Floats Your Procession
Sanjūsangen-dō
An Exercise in Metaphysical Mathematics
Getting Around the "No Cameras" Rule
Afternoon Tea and Dinner
Tuesday, 17 December 2013 Kyoto
Number 1!
The Philosopher's Path
Into Honen-in
Through the Gate
And On, Into the Garden
Nanzenji
The Sanmon Gate
From the Aqueduct to the Hojo
Tigers and Cubs
Around the Garden
Rejoice in the Absence of Crowds
On Towards Gion
And Dinner Time
Wednesday, 18 December 2013 Kyoto > Kobe
A World of Beer
Around the Shops and on to Kobe
Back to the Okura and Off to Dinner
Doing Our Bit for Staff Morale
Thursday, 19 December 2013 Kobe > Kansai International
Off to the Airport
Friday, 20 December 2013 Cairns > Mission Beach
Out of Cairns
State Hotels and Boulders
Taking It Easy
Saturday, 21 December 2013 Mission Beach > Bowen
Of Cassowaries and Conversations
Looking Out for the Lookout
The Last Leg
Travelling North
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