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Tofino I spent a day exploring Tofino, and the nearby Tonquin Trail and beaches. I love all the small tree-covered islands in the area of Clayquot Sound. View from Tonquin Beach over the Templar Channel to Wickaninnish Island: Looking along Tonquin Beach: The trail along Third Beach...

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Later that evening when looking for something in my wallet, I noticed for the first time what the goat in the "Goats on a Roof" logo printed on the receipt was doing :D

Best Western Tin Wis Resort, Tofino My chosen accommodation was a short drive from Tofino itself, situated on MacKenzie Beach. It was very nice, but the bathroom could really do with a renovation. The view from the balcony to the beach: After settling in, I went to the bar for a light...

I didn't! I didn't even know about those! Doh!

I planned to make a day of the drive from Nanaimo to Tofino, which otherwise would have taken around 3 hours if completed non-stop. Coombs I left Nanaimo mid-morning, and made my first stop in the small town of Coombs, at the "Goats on a Roof" market. It lived up to its name! :D There...

The drive back to Calgary Airport was much more pleasant that the outbound drive - I could actually see the surrounding landscapes! Only had one minor panic when I took a wrong turn trying to get to a petrol station just before the airport; the road layout was new and not correct on my GPS - but...

Wow! I've always toyed with the idea of a trip to North Korea, so will be following this report closely!

Lake Louise On the return walk, with the sun higher in the sky, Lake Louise had become the turquoise colour it's famous for. Upon arriving back at Lake Louise the crowds were very overbearing, and the car parks had been closed, with traffic backed up along the road. I was planning on...

Lake Louise Another early start and a 1h drive to Lake Louise, which apparently has lots of congestion and parking problems if you don't arrive first thing. I grabbed a coffee and pastry from the Fairmont Lake Louse hotel cafe, before heading to the beautiful lakeshore. I then walked the...

Banff Town I spent a day at Banff Town, with a moderately early start (but probably the latest I departed whilst staying in Canmore). I parked at Banff Springs Hotel, a couple of kilometres outside of town, and picked up a nice bacon egg roll and coffee from the hotel cafe. I walked down to...

In similar recent threads, the consensus seemed to be to keep platinum if you mostly travel together, or to both keep gold if you often travel separately.

I've become a lot more unfussed about locks since I saw a video showing how easy it was to open and re-zip a locked bag with a pen - it's strange how much more relaxed about my baggage I became when I realised it's out of my control (all my bags have zips): Similar video to this (start from ~30...

Sunshine Meadows The viewing deck provided one of the best vistas I've seen - truly breathtaking. The patchy cloud cover and sunlight added an other-worldly touch. I then set off walking the available trails. Rock Isle Lake: Grizzly Lake: Simpson viewpoint (more evidence of...

Sunshine Meadows Part of the Banff Sunshine Valley ski resort is open as a hiking area during the summer season. I made an early start, and drove in to Banff National Park, to the ski resort base station, where I purchased my ticket, a coffee, and a bagel. Unfortunately the gondola to Sunshine...

Interesting to note for ANZ Rewards customers, this change will make it beneficial to now transfer from ANZ to KrisFlyer directly: 1 ANZ = 0.33 KF Rather than via Velocity: Currently: 1 ANZ = 0.5 VA = 0.37 KF From 2019: 1 ANZ = 0.5 VA = 0.32 KF

Ah yes - sorry for the delay! Some other travel and busy work means I've been slack with my photo sorting. I'll try and get back to it this week!

I don't remember seeing a warning message on the site when booking the room, but I'm willing to believe that there was one and I just didn't pay attention. In fairness, I wasn't disturbed by noise either for the two nights I stayed - just found the note suggestion about ear plugs and curtains a...

Property: DoubleTree Melbourne Flinders Street Date: October 2018, 2 nights Status: Silver Booked: King Room, city view Received: King Room, "city view" Benefits: Water, cookie First time staying here, and not at all impressed with this place, especially for what they were charging (thankfully...

VA685 MEL-PER 19/10/2018 (A332) The same menu as my outbound flight (this seems to be happening a lot more often the past year - did they not previously have different eastbound/westbound menus?). I chose the same duck starter as before - but interesting to see the different style with the...