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- 01. 2010 North America
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- 03. 2010 Australian Open Tennis Melbourne January
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- #01 November 2019 & January 2020 – The Novel Coronavirus begins and breaks out
- #02 February 2020 COVID-19 Spreads Globally
- #03 March 2020 COVID-19 It Spreads very widely
- #04 April 2020 COVOD-19 The world tries to deal with Covid-19
- #05 May 2020 COVID-19. A new “Normal”
- #06 June 2020 Covid-19 Things are getting worse
- #07 July 2020 Covid-19 Complacency is our greatest danger
- #08 August 2020 Covid-19 Globally No Better No Worse, Victoria from Good to VERY Bad
- #09 September 2020 Covid-19 Globally it’s getting Worse, Victoria is back on track.
- #10 October 2020 Covid-19 The Pandemic takes hold Globally
- #11 November 2020 Covid-19
- #12 December 2020 Covid-19 The End of 2020 – We have vaccines and the hope of a brighter 2021
- #13 January 2021 Covid-19 The start of a new year with promise
- #14 February 2021 Covid-19 The “New Normal” has become normal
- #15 March 2021 Vaccinations in Australia begin and so does the Global Third Wave.
- #16 April 2021 The Third Wave is continuing to grow.
- #17 May 2021 The Third Wave comes and goes, where now?.
- #18 June 2021 The “Third Wave” is over, but hello the Delta Variant!
- #19 July 2021 The Delta Variant has arrived and brought on a 4th Wave of Covid-19
- #20 August 2021 Covid-19 Same Same but Different, Delta Dominates
- #21 September 2021 We ride the 4th wave
- #22 October 2021 The Fourth Wave is over, what next?
- #23 November 2021 Looks like Omicron is riding the 5th wave
- #24 December 2021 And then there was Omicron
- #25 January 2022 The month of Omicron
- #26 February 2022 Omicron fades away
- #27 March 2022 Covid-19 Australia’s 6th Wave and a Global Steady State.
- #28 April 2022 Covid-19 is declining world-wide, but comes close to home
- #29 May 2022 The numbers of Covid-19 “reported” are continuing to decline
- #30 June 2022 The Pandemic has stabilised, or has it!!
- #31 July 2022 Another wave of Covid-19 washes over us.
- #32 August 2022 The decline of the Omicron Wave
- #33 September 2022 A Political End to the Pandemic
- #34 October 2022 Covid-19 Diary
- #35 November 2022 Covid-19 Diary
- #36 December 2022 The West Begins to Normalise as China sets Covid-19 free.
- #37 January 2023 Covid-19 Let’s look the other way, it might go away!
- #38 February 2023 Covid-19, Don’t mention it!
- #39 March 2023 Covid-19 Now Endemic
- Covid-19 Charts Jan 2022 to end April 2022
Author Archives: Greg
Portugal, Spain and Dubai Day 1 Lisbon Portugal 16 Sept 25
I woke at 4am, Deb was awake around 3am, it’s a travel day, a new country awaits us. We checked out of our hotel and were picked up at 6am and taken to the airport for the domestic leg to … Continue reading
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Turkiye, Portugal, Spain and Dubai Day 2 Cappadocia 15 Sept 25
Up at 4:30am for another very good reason, Hot Air Ballooning over Cappadocia. While we were waiting near reception for our ride, “Call to Prayer” started at 5:17, I’d forgotten how loud it is at that time of the morning. … Continue reading
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Turkiye, Portugal, Spain and Dubai Day 1 Istanbul to Cappadocia 14 Sept 25
We checked out and left our hotel just after 8am, off for more adventures in Cappadocia. We arrived at the airport after a 40 min drive, its big, but well sign posted if you know where to look. First up … Continue reading
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Turkiye, Portugal, Spain and Dubai Day 6 Istanbul 13 Sept 25
We had a nice lie in this morning, and a late breakfast. I went out visited an ATM and picked up our laundry before we went down for breakfast. After breakfast we caught up with Carly & Ella, and then … Continue reading
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Turkiye, Portugal, Spain and Dubai Day 5 Istanbul 12 Sept 25
Hope you had a great birthday Von! We had a quiet morning with not a lot to put in the blog, so I thought I’d tell you a bit about our hotel. At breakfast on our first morning here Deb … Continue reading
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Turkiye, Portugal, Spain and Dubai Day 3 Istanbul 10 Sept 25
Istanbul formerly known as Byzantium and Constantinople, is a city of 16 million people, today we started exploring some it. The city is spread across the Bosphorus River and the Golden Horn (an estuary), it spans two continents and lies … Continue reading
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Turkiye, Portugal, Spain and Dubai Day 2 Istanbul. 9 Sept 25
We both had a good nights sleep, I think our body clocks are approaching Turkiye time. We both had yoghurt with breakfast this morning, fortifying our gut for any local bugs, a little trick we learnt in India. After breakfast … Continue reading
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Turkiye, Portugal, Spain and Dubai Day 6 Perth to Istanbul 8 Sept 25
Up at 2:30am, you wouldn’t do that by choice unless it was for a good reason! We did our final pack and were picked up by our driver at 3,15am, out at the airport and through immigration and security by … Continue reading
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Turkiye, Portugal, Spain and Dubai Day 5 Perth 7 Sept 25
Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there. This morning we packed our bags ready for our international flights and checked out of our bnb. Its Fathers Day. Deb gave me a card from Carly & family, and i … Continue reading
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Turkiye, Portugal, Spain and Dubai Day 4 Perth 6 Sept 25
Slow morning then off to H’s 5th birthday party. H & J were both very quiet when we got there, H full of expectation for his party, 1pm start, and J was just plain tired. At 1pm the skies opened … Continue reading
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