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Hotels in France

Heading to Paris or Nice in the near future? Needing accommodation in France?

The Absolute Hotel in Paris
Well! Check out this site for:

Hotels in France
Hotels in Paris
Nice Hotels

So what would you be traveling to France for?
Perhaps you’ll be shopping, dining and visiting the many art galleries and museums as an important part of your stay in [...]

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Posted in Accommodation on Oct 24th, 2007, 1:41 pm     

Australia Travel

Well, I’ve created a new blog, Australia Travel. Its an online accommodation, travel and tour booking facility for holiday, vacation and business travelers.
Australia Travel has two main sections:
1) Book Online
At this stage, Australia Travel has online accommodation booking for Australia only, set out by state and region. However, as the site becomes more established, [...]

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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 24th, 2007, 8:18 am     

Madrid Hotels

Looking to visit Madrid in the near future?
Well then, you’ll be wanting to check out the Madrid hotels.
One of the great four star hotels in Madrid is the Emperador Hotel Madrid.

Emperador Hotel Madrid
A perfect place for both business and leisure travellers, the Emperador Hotel Madrid offers cosy accommodation and convenient facilities.
Like to check out [...]

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Posted in Luxury Travel on Oct 16th, 2007, 8:19 am     

Rosie McArthur Dies

My sister, Rosie, died the other day.
The timing could have been worse. As it was, we packed several days early and returned from our trip, via Melbourne. Two days drive to Melbourne from Roxby Downs in outback South Australia. But that’s nothing in comparison to the real issues and the brunt of the whole episode, [...]

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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 12th, 2007, 1:25 pm  2 comments   

Outback Wall Art Sales

A dry stick in the sand ridge, the image enhanced by the warm light of the rising sun.

Naturally fomed animal sculptures abound in the timeless landscape of the arid region.

On the cliff overlooking Station Creek on Bosworth Station, two trees cling to their hard existance and watch centry over the normally dry, arid region creek [...]

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Posted in Landscape on Oct 1st, 2007, 8:19 am     

ATV Camping Trailer Rollover

Well, G’day.
You’ll understand that everything doesn’t go as planned on these ATV camping trips and I’ve had to make some adjustments, taking into account problems with the camping gear trailer toward the end of the trip.

South Eliza Hut, abandoned for many years.
I tried to return to Arcoona homestead from Pernatty homestead, via South Eliza Hut, [...]

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Posted in Camping on Sep 19th, 2007, 9:52 am  2 comments   

Close-up Sand Dunes - Andamooka 02

The sand ridges are rich with an abundance of plant life from the arid region trees to little wildflowers.
Native pine is common in the sand ridge country of Andamooka. Unlike the imported pine varieties, native pine doesn’r rot readily. In fact, many of the original fence lines, made of native pine are still standing firm [...]

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Posted in Wilderness on Sep 17th, 2007, 6:54 pm  1 comment   

Close-up Sand Dunes - Andamooka 01

G’day.
My view of the sand dunes or sand ridges of the South Australian outback has more to do with the detail than the overall landscape.
The sticks, shrubs and grasses, stumps, grains of sand, wind waves and other intriguing shapes. Then there are the colours and textures. All these and more go together to compose my [...]

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Posted in Wilderness on Sep 17th, 2007, 6:31 pm  1 comment   

John McDouall Stuart at Elizabeth Creek

G’day.
Not long back from a week traveling on a motorbike (ATV or quadbike) in outback South Australia, following the great Australian explorer, John McDouall Stuart.
I was hoping to find and camp in Stuart’s camping spot at the Elizabeth, using the bearing he gave from Bottle Hill to the trees in the Elizabeth.

The sun was set [...]

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Posted in Australian Explorers on Sep 17th, 2007, 9:29 am     

A New View of the Internet

The other day I traveled to Pernatty Station, an isolated and vast sheep and cattle grazing property in outback South Australia.

Old telephone in the disused Pernatty Station office.
Port Augusta and Pimba are 173km apart on the Stuart Highway. Between is miles of lonely arid region country with the odd turnoff to a station or mining [...]

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Posted in Outdoor on Sep 6th, 2007, 7:25 pm  5 comments   

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