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With the AFF CBR Autumn Dinner in mind Mrs jxv and I suggested to our daughter in Canberra that we would like to visit her and family for a few days around 20 March. Her response was that she was about to invite us because her husband, after seven years of parttime study, will graduate from...

Great view, a car park and even airconditioning ducts! 🤣

Platinum. Mrs. jxv is coming too. We are making it a slightly longer visit: Arr QF616 Thu 17/10 13:30 Dep QF629 Tue 22/10 14:15 Booked with DSC and AMEX travel credit! Will look for accommodation a bit later. We very much enjoyed our first AFF Gathering in CBR, but unfortunately missed out...

V&D, a large chain of department stores, was also famous for its waffles with cream, but in 2015 it went the way of the dodo.

A final post from India, from the Encalm Privé lounge at DEL, where we are whiling away some time before boarding QF70 to MEL, with a drink or two accompanied with food from the well stocked Indian buffet. A very spacious lounge with a great buffet.

Our final tourist activity in India was a visit to the National Railway Museum in New Delhi. It was interesting to find out some information about the history in their exhibition. The outside exhibits were generally not in good condition. It was obvious that the Indian Railways have more...

India has recently overtaken China as the most populous country at 1.43 billion. A lot of people seem to be on the road at any one time. They cram themselves into trains, cars, “Jeeps” and any other vehicle that can be found. Jeeps comfortably accommodate four adults in the back, but we have...

The Amber Fort. The defensive fort is further up the hill, this is a palace for the Maharaja. The Mirror Galery. The ladies of the court, wives and concubines of the Maharaja, could watch the proceedings in the courtyard from behind elaborate marble screens without being seen. The...

Jaipur, the Pink City, though the colour really is more like terracotta. A decorated elephant on its way to a festival. Another decorated elephant. This one would make a nice conversation starter in your lounge room.

On our second safari, in the early morning, we concentrated on finding the elusive tiger and leopard. We were sort of successful, as we caught a glimpse of a tiger walking into the bushes away from us, too quickly to take a photo. A leopard walked past behind the bushes, hard to see in this...

I have fallen behind with views from our tour of India. We are having a rest before we fly home on QF70 tonight, so I have a chance to catch up. Ranthambore National Park. We did two Safari trips in “cantors”, open 4WD trucks with seating for 20. They are great examples of Indian utilitarian...

Thanks for the link. The open days, both at Siding Spring and Mount Stromlo Observatories, were always fun. I used to point one of the telescopes at a double star and enjoy the excitement of the visitors as they had the opportunity to look through the eyepiece. I’ll keep my eye out for the...

I have good memories of Coonabarabran. We lived at the Observatory from 1979 to 1983. I kept coming back for work after we moved away, even after I retired. Last time was in 2013. Good to see it still goes strong.

It was only moderately busy at this tourist spot yesterday. Sunset behind the neighbouring mosque.

A few views from our Old Delhi rickshaw office. How do you find the loose wire when your internet stops working? Our driver got involved in an argument.