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Australia Eight - Cairns Accommodation

Our Cairns Accommodation - The Garden Gate Bed and Breakfast This amazing bed and breakfast is located just outside Cairns in the district of Edgehill. It is adjacent to the Botanic Gardens which is a lovely place to go for a walk…

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BBQ Time!

The weather was gorgeous this weekend so Mark and I decided to make the most of it and have a BBQ on Sunday afternoon as our lunch/dinner. Our garden only gets the sun until about 5oclock due to the direction…

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Australia Seven - Wine Tasting!

Whilst in Sydney we booked a Hunter Valley Wine Tour with Kangariffic (good reviews here). The Hunter Valley is Australia's oldest wine growing region with well over 100 wineries, as well as restaurants, chocolate factories, dairies, cheese factories and olive farms. At $99…

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Wet Windsurfing

Thursday evening I was windsurfing on Whitlingham Broad in Norwich! This might seem like a random thing to be doing of an evening after a day at work... ...but it was really good fun! It came about through my friend…

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Australia Six - Sailing Whitsundays

Sailing the Whitsundays is one of the "must-do" items when travelling the east coast of Australia. The 74 islands are located in the heart of the Great Barrier Reef just off the coast of Queensland. A few have resorts on…

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Australia Five - Salty Dog Sea Kayaking

In Airlie Beach we booked a half day tour with Salty Dog Sea Kayaking but weren't sure if it was going to go ahead as the weather had been getting quite windy. In the end, it did happen which I'm…

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