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Off to have another crack at the South Korea cross-country bike path, which I failed at last June/July. Giving myself a bit more leeway time wise, and being a bit more familiar with the traps involved with following the right bike path, I'm backing myself in. Planning to add in the 70km spur of...

Well some Croatian Islands anyway. Mid-September and a Friday night Emirates flight out of Perth. Late night dinner and started with the mezze Tenderloin for mains No dessert for me. Watched a few episodes of What They Do in the Shadows, then able to get 4 or 5 hours sleep. About 15...

Depart tonight at 11.55, Cathay Pacific via a short layover in Hong Kong. Few days in Seoul before embarking on the Cross Country Bike Path - 633km Incheon - Busan. Monitoring the weather situation, hoping to get away with minimal impact of monsoon season. More than a slight concern with flash...

10 days before I take off, 3 years between drinks. Bit on the road less travelled this time round; Shikoku, cycling the Shimanami Kaido, wandering the southern tip of Kii Peninsula, ryokan-ing in Yamagata Prefecture, driving the Sanriku Coast, and a visit to a couple of little towns in Aomori...

Apologies if this is basic knowledge, however this is the first time I've booked an awards flight. Have booked an awards flight in December from Perth - Hong Kong, flying business on Cathay, then onwards to Los Angeles in first. Purpose of the trip is to watch a College football game in LA, then...

Hark back to February 2019 and I was a bit down about my old boss, and good mate of 17 years, retiring. The adjustment to a new Head of Department, who I must add has been fantastic, was taking it's toll and I needed something to drag me out of my funk. ANA was advertising their new direct Perth...

Still more than a few weeks out, but getting a bit antsy about not having contributed for a while and eager to start the report. Off again to visit the young fella at college, his senior year and the last opportunity I will get to watch him play. Team schedule hasn't been kind to me for the time...

Have been trying to book a multi city from Perth - Houston; JFK - LAX; LAX - Per, for the last 2 weeks or so, firstly on the website where I have been through to different stages of the booking, including getting to and passing the seat selection page, before getting an error messages (of...

After being back from the US for a few weeks I started to get a bit antsy about not having anything planned for the December/January holidays trip wise. Few ideas had gone through my head but it was reading Tomcat's report about her Luxury Escape that had me having a closer look at what they had...

(AKA Redneck Wonderland) 2 weeks until I take off, and really looking forward to this one, on my short sojourn to the mid-south of the USA. A little background, young fella I taught and coached, he also boarded with me for a year until he took off, made the transition from Australian Rules...

When you’re travelling all alone. To Coral Bay. Stars had aligned with no football commitments during the middle of the school holidays, so way back in November made the decision to head to Coral Bay. Being holidays, accomodation was in Hugh demand, and even that far out only available space was...

Not Germany unfortunately. Adelaide, Courtesy of my $450 credit from my American Express card. With football season starting and my weekends being taken up with coaching commitments, I had a limited window to use my travel credit. Only had a weekend, 20+ prior visits to Melbourne ruled that out...

As a teacher we are fortunate to get a long break over the Christmas/New Year period, just reward I think for putting up with other people's little darlings. 6 weeks of jobs around the house fixing what had been neglected during the year wouldn't sustain me, so needed to get out of the country...

This is going to be a marathon. Cast your mind back to the year 2000. The Y2K bug was going to wreak havoc on society, Britney Spears was on top of the world, Carlton could play good footy - Richmond couldn't, Shane Warne was destroying a generation of English batsmen, Wayne Carey was invited...

Delving in to the archives for this one. Together with a Kiwi expat who did some relief work at school, took a group of 11 students to New Zealand in December of 2013 to do some training with their national youth side, and deliver Auskick sessions to some primary schools. With Education...

With pressure to clear my long service, decision had to be made on what I was going to do with the 15 weeks I had up my sleeve. Unfortunately, my head in the sand approach had left me just 4 months to use up the time, or have it paid out. In the end I had 10 weeks paid out, and decided to take...

Invitation came through mid March to attend a mate of mines Bucks Party. Good news, party to be held in Melbourne, day before the Grand Final. Took about 3 seconds to make the decision to go, and immediately my thoughts turned to how to get a Grand final ticket as well. All indications were I...

Due to the many kind words, and the opportunity to reminisce, for my trip report for Japan, I'm going to have a crack at the 2 months I spent abroad last year. The Grand Emporer of WA, Colin, in a bid to try and make his figures look better, decreed that all teachers must clear their long...

Having spent 8 weeks in the US and Canada during July/Aug/Sep, around November safe to say I had a bit of an itch to get away during my 6 week holiday over Christmas/New Year. Was looking at spending a week or so in Singapore in January, thought i'd have a look at cost of flights to Japan as...

Travelling QF 95 to LA in July, departing 5.00pm. Will be with a football team staying in Geelong, getting up to Melbourne about 10.00am the day I depart the LA flight. The football group will go back to Perth, myself and another bloke will then be returning the vehicles we used during the week...