The current 2023 trip, has been a long time in the planning. Myself and 3 mates are heading for Antarctica and South America.
Posts in reverse order below.
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Sometimes the excitement comes from the oddest places. When purchasing milk earlier in the week I was excited that this one will see me through to our departure date Whilst there has been a lot going on. Yesterday and today the excitement is building. Mary, Phil and I have been an anxiously awaiting our VISA…
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In honour of her inaugural voyage to Antarctica, take a look at the coolest features of our new, purpose-built ship, the Sylvia Earle. — Read on http://www.auroraexpeditions.com.au/blog/coolest-features-onboard-the-sylvia-earle/
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I have spent the day phaffing around, packing etc. Went to Traralgon to pick up some stuff and also dropped into Mary and Phil’s to collect our documentation from Peregrine (Cathy at Peregrine arranged our flights for us – she is Steve’s travel agent and has been amazing. It was just a tad exciting to…
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As has become a tradition, we’ve headed north to Echuca for Riverboats Music Festival. Due to the Murray and Campaspe River floods of October/November 2022 the location has moved from the Aquatic Reserve to half the cricket/footy ground at Vic Park. We have a few less takers this year and our crew has reduced to…
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Well as the days fly by, we each continue to plod away getting organised. Mary, Phil and Steve came to Moe today for lunch at our new and fabulous wine bar – Penny Lane followed by a trip meeting to check in with plans and get ourselves organised. We are closer, but haven’t nailed the…
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Prelude: Pre-COVID, Steve, Phil, Mary and I considered an Antarctic trip, but dismissed it at the time. During 2021, Aurora travel was offering some discounts which had us reconsidering and booking an expedition on the brand new and still being built ship ‘Sylvia Earle’. Our next step was to make it happen and make some…
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Over the years I have been blogging about my travel adventures. Most of these have been documented using blogger, which is no longer meeting my needs, so I’ve ventured onto WordPress to capture future adventures. The blogs I’ve created have been fabulous to look back on, helpful to remind us just where we were and…
Travel adventures with Nicola & co. 