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We returned to Mount Gambier today after a lovely two-week holiday in the Alpine Shire region of North East Victoria, where we used to live. The video shows the kids jumping into the Ovens River at Porepunkah. We stayed in a four-bedroom holiday house on the Buffalo Creek Road, south…
January 23 2010, 1:18am | Comments »
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Today we visited Milawa and Beechworth. I wrote about the Milawa Cheese Factory and Milawa Mustards in February 2005. Not much has changed. They are still wonderful places to visit. This time we also went to Walkabout Apiaries, where they offer honey tasting and sales. Unfortunately we followed a bus…
January 16 2010, 11:06pm | Comments »
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Today was my 43rd birthday. I don’t feel any older, of course, and milestones come around so quickly now they no longer excite me. It’s nice to celebrate a birthday while on holiday though. That’s been my practice for the past four years. I enjoyed my usual Saturday morning newspaper…
January 16 2010, 1:12am | Comments »
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We visited Porepunkah today for the first time since we left almost four years ago exactly. The twins, now 6, don’t remember Porepunkah at all, but for the older children it’s where they grew up and where they attended most of their primary school. I had mixed feelings today. Seeing…
January 14 2010, 1:14am | Comments »
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Early start, long drive, hot day
I was awake about 3am this morning and we left Mount Gambier at 5am with first light just breaking. We caught the sun rising over a ridge near Casterton (pictured). The drive took us to Hamilton, Glenthompson, Ararat, Avoca, Maryborough, Bendigo, Shepparton and Benalla before crossing to Myrtleford along the…
January 11 2010, 12:38am | Comments »
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Public holiday worth discussing
It may be an appropriate time to revisit whether Mount Gambier should have a local public holiday to celebrate a major community event.A City Council committee quashed the idea last week, but it may be discussed at the full council meeting tonight.Most regional centres of Mount Gambier's size have a…
July 20 2009, 10:54am | Comments »
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I took out an American Express card earlier this year, which came with a bonus 25,000 Qantas Frequent Flyer points. Thanks to that, a Mastercard I’ve had for two years and some holiday spending, I have accrued 85,000 points. It’s a significant amount, and I now have some attractive flight…
June 5 2009, 11:19pm | Comments »
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Queensland holiday: Random comments
We thoroughly enjoyed our two weeks at Yeppoon in Queensland. The weather was ordinary for the first week. We used that time for driving tours and visiting Rockhampton, which had less rain. The second week was perfect: Sunshine every day and temperatures in the high 20s. Anyone visiting from Victoria…
April 24 2009, 2:16am | Comments »
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Causeway Lake is a tidal estuary between Yeppoon and Emu Park, about 7km from where we are staying at Lammermoor. We visited today and hired some water craft. We started with two pedal boats, boys in one and girls in the other. The lake is calm and easy to get…
April 20 2009, 4:11am | Comments »
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