The Brassey Of Canberra

... time my three main concerns were being away from the family, covering the mortgage on the house and most of all having never been to Australia it seemed too big a step to migrate ‘on spec’. Now I have been south (like, way south) I realise that whilst it is a long way away it is only a day’s (and a willing credit card) journey from home. And the positive by product of the GFC (that’s the global financial crisis) is that my mortgage is a ...

Wow.<br>So we certainly didn't expect it to happen so quick. One minute we were just visiting travel agents, checking out prices, sussing out destinations, the next we've booked our complete trip.<br>Jacqui will disagree that it's come out of the blue - she's one of those 'investigate everything, plan every last detail' kind of person. She's been nagging me about taking one of these trips for years now, and while I've always had the intention to jump on a plane and see ...

Hi everyone! Wow, finally here.. it's still somewhat unbelievable! Ok so let&#8217;s start from the beginning: the trip here was seriously flawless! The first part of the trip consisted of a flight from Ottawa to Vancouver followed by a 3hr layover in Vancouver. As I got on the plane, I was introduced to Ryan, the guy who had the seat next to me on the plane (who, conveniently for me, also happened to be one of the most good looking guys on the plane!). Turns out he was a ...

... it very difficult. Kev battled on though and wouldn't be beaten! We started with the roof section and it was blowing and flapping around everywhere and as fast as the poles went in they blew out again! Belinda kept ringing us as she was worried about the cold weather and the forecast rain. However, the intrepid travellers were eventually fine, just got the annex up and down came the pouring rain! Told Belinda we were ...

... the nose I don't want to queue (I hate queuing at the best of times), why not just open up another section? They had the room, also maybe employ a few more staff or get the ones you have to actually clear tables promptly, or extend breakfast to 11am on public holiday weekends or don't have bloody check out at 10am. I might add they extended breakfast the other way to start at 5:30 am during school holidays (it's school holidays these 2 weeks) now call me a child hater ...

... tog os lige til vores hotel, Parkview i St.Kilda. Ogsaa her fik vi vort hotelværelse med det samme. Hotellet og værelsefaciliteterne var helt i top. I tilslutning til selve værelset var der en garderobeafdeling med thekøkken, hvor der baade var plads til bagage og omklædning. Og paa tagetagen var der spabad, sauna og fitnesscenter gratis til raadighed for gæsterne. Der var ligeledes adgang til vaskemaskiner og tørretumbler. Der var tilmed et lille businesscenter ...

... a dodgy start though and despite arriving at a late hour in Canberra we actually did get to see a lot. Canberra reminded me of Washingon in lots of way's in that there was lots of wide open spaces and long boulevards and obviously the government buildings and other locations of national interest. I really liked it maybe becasue I didn't have too high expectations after the general slagging it ...

... welche in warmgemaessigtem Kuestenklima gedeihen. Mit zunehmender Entfernung von der Kueste kann man auf diesem Wege gut den Uebergang zum kontinentalgemaessigtem Klima nachvollziehen, welches in Canberra vorherrscht. Die Vegetation zeichnet sich vor allem durch Eukalyptus und Graeser aus, die aber durch den Menschen mit gepraegt worden ist. Canberra liegt in mehreren Taelern, die von ...

... with the gals for our last night and this old dude brought us a 115 dolla bottle of champagne which was a nice freebie! Last day we got everything together and left our flat then went for last drinks with a few people before catching the train,onto melbourne!......

... just to see them walk up the beach. We are asked not to stand up, take pix, or talk loudly. There are thousands of them. They seem to walk up in small groups of maybe 12. Every so often one turns around & goes back to the water & tries again. Their bellies are so full & sea gulls hover over them hoping one won't make it back before throwing up. We also had the opportunaity to see one actually feeding their baby. What a wonderful day.