Month: March 2012
Plane Truth!
I was flying home from Brisbane this afternoon and my flight was well over 25 minutes late departing. The First Officer apologised for the delay in a frustrated tone over the PA system and told us that the delay was caused by someone changing the cleaning crew’s roster but not telling anyone. The truth of […]
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Coffee Art
Yesterday, we had lunch with ours friends Neville and Jan at the Graceland’s Restaurant and Cafe in Doncaster. It is famous for presenting a caricature of the customer in their coffee. Here’s their representation of Jill in her cafe latte.
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Walhalla
Last weekend saw us escaping to our favourite bed and breakfast resort at Brigadoon Cottages in Newborough. Our friends, and original owners Rod & Margot have retired and Brigadoon is now being run in a very friendly and capable style by Ed and Michelle. We like this area of Victoria because there is so much […]
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BeetleCams
At one of the places where we stopped to take photos in Kenya, we came across these two fellows who were taking extremely close up photos of lions. They weren’t crazy; they were using self made device that they call the BeetleCam. Today, I found their website. We had wondered how their photos may have […]
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Qantas IPad Magazine
Most airlines seem to be looking at ways to reduce weight and costs. Many are looking at new technology to achieve this. On a flight to Sydney on Sunday, I was glancing through the Qantas inflight magazine (I like to look at the route maps to see if there are any new places to travel […]
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