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    The view from my "office"

    You were in one of my 'ancestral' homes. My grandfather was born in Timaru in1886. His father had come out as a youth during the large scale migration of Scots to the south island of NZ. His mother was from Tasmania.
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    What cheeses me off

    In W.A I was taught in metric in the late 1960's/early 1970's whilein high school. For a bit of esoteric knowledge the importation of measuring devices using non-metric units was prohibited in 1978. There were exemptions for various specified types of items but a basic school ruler marked in...
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    Qantas A380 refurbishment news and updates.

    Exactly my problem with Y in the 787. I am 6'3 (in the old currency) and my wife and I found it exceedingly uncomfortable in a 7 hour flight with Air New Zealand in 2014. She was in the middle seat with a FIFO miner of the same height as me on her other side so was absolutely squashed. I had to...
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    Mercure ICON Singapore City Centre (Chinatown) opening April 2024

    Hopefully it all works out for you. You can be the guinea pig to ensure that my stay in May is problem free :)
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    Flying to Mauritius

    Rather than start a new thread I thought that I would just pop this here. Air Mauritius are adding an extra weekly flight ex Perth from 9 December 2024. This will make an increase to 3 flights per week...
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    Vietnam Airlines to Fly to Munich

    On some random dates they are about $2,000 - $5,000 cheaper than most others to Europe from Perth in J but have an extremely long connection time in Saigon. You would probably be better off spending a couple of days there. They are one of the few airlines that offer a Premium Economy seat out of...
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    Vietnam Airlines to Fly to Munich

    Apparently they are due to commence flights to Munich from both Hanoi - twice weekly - and Saigon - once weekly initially and then twice weekly from December - in October this year. This will mean they will have four European destinations - London, Paris, Frankfurt & Munich. I can't see a press...
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    O Tannenbaum - A tour of German Christmas Markets and other spots

    Maybe a 'short, sharp trip would be more palatable to him. We were there for 6 weeks so there was plenty of time for the cold to get into our bones. A trip to a couple of the more famous ones like Nuremberg and Dresden or Strasburg and one or two smaller markets might be enough. Apart from the...
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    Pets in the Cabin - Coming soon on Virgin Australia

    The wife of a friend from years ago is blind and they always knew, and were reminded, that in case of an evacuation she would not be assisted by the crew until everybody else was off the plane. They happily flew, always together, with that caveat. Of course if everybody else is blinded by smoke...
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    O Tannenbaum - A tour of German Christmas Markets and other spots

    Thanks for the kind thoughts. The Christmas Markets are definitely worthwhile doing once. But far too cold and miserable for me to realy contemplate another trip like this one.
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    COOL - Off to OOL for a party and a wander down memory lane.

    Looks to have been a lovely nostalgic trip. Thanks fro sharing.
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    Article: Guide to ScootPlus on Scoot’s Boeing 787

    We are going to Taiwan in May for a family event. Flying J from Perth was between $4,500 - $5,000 each. We have booked ScootPlus for $980 each return and then China Airlines Sin - Taipei for $2,100 each return. Because we are on separate tickets we will spend a couple of days each way in...
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    Long transit in Doha

    Everyone kept saying that while we were there. We were talking to the hotel staff when we got back and they had to do the same as us - the roads were jammed solid. My apologies for a bit of thread hijacking but some proof. This is the footpath on the Corniche Promenade after the drains backed up.
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    Problems attaching images

    Great news - but why did you wait until I had finished my TR and downsized hundreds of photos.;)
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    Long transit in Doha

    I agree the Museum of Islamic Art is great but I don't know what this heat is you talk about. Walking back to our hotel from the museum we had to take our shoes and socks off because the rain water was nearly knee deep in places.
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