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- 2006 England, Scotland and Italy
- 2007 Central Australian Outback
- 2007 – 2008 Antarctica and South America
- 2008 Vietnam & Cambodia July-Aug
- 2008 Great Ocean Road & Kangaroo Island Oct with G&J
- 2009 Around the World Apr-Aug
- 2009 Mallacoota, Wilsons Promontory and Halls Gap Oct
- 2010 North America & Alaskan Inside Passage Cruise
- 2011 Western Half of Australia Jul-Ag
- 2013 Carnival Spirit Pacific Cruise
- 2013 India
- 2015 Carnival Spirit Cruise
- 2015 Chile, Galapogas, Cuba, Mexico & USA
- 2016 Norfolk Island
- 2016 Eastern Australia Tour July to Sept
- 2018 Africa July
- 2018 China and Hong Kong in May
- 2018 New Zealand Adventures April
- 2019 England, Scotland, Iceland and Ireland May to Aug
- 2023 Greece, Croatia and England
- Short Breaks in Australia
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- Our COVID-19 Life
- Our Travels 2006 to 2010
- 01. 2010 North America
- 02. 2010 Adelaide to Gosford to Sydney to Canberra to Adelaide
- 03. 2010 Australian Open Tennis Melbourne January
- 04. 2009 Around the World
- 05. 2009 Mallacoota, Wilsons Promatory and The Grampians
- 06. 2008 Great Ocean Rd, Kangaroo Is & Adelaide
- 07. 2008 Vietnam & Cambodia
- 08. 2007 – 2008 Antarctica and South America
- 09. 2007 Central Australian Outback
- 10. 2006 UK and Italy Aug & Sept
- 11. 2006–2009 Short Trips & Plans
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- Zero Hr COVID-19
- #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
Day 16 1 June 2023 Athens to Dubrovnik
I had a restless night with not too much sleep, Deb did a lot better than me. We had our alarms set for 5:15am, I hate alarms, can never sleep when we have them set. Anyway…… , we awoke at … Continue reading
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Day 15. 31 May 2023. Santorini to Athens and “Our Thoughts on Greece”
We had a very slow morning, a long breakfast, took in the last of the view, pack, checkout and wait for our ride to the airport. We couldn’t get a late checkout, so we waited in reception from 11am for … Continue reading
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Day 14. 30 May 2023 Oia, Santorini
A lazy day, we woke late, had a late breakfast and then relaxed, enjoying our surroundings. The cruise ships continue to visit down the coast at Thira, the sea is deep blue, the temperature is warm, blue skies with a … Continue reading
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Day 13 29 May 2023 Santorini and a Wine Tour
We had a quiet day, our food and wine tour didn’t start until 3:30pm. So we had a late breakfast, I added photos to yesterday’s blog post (was way too late to do it last night!), and then I went … Continue reading
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Day 12 29 May 2033 Santorini & Sunset Cruise
You may not know it, but Santorini is said to be the location of Atlantis, if you want to find out a bit more I have tried to distil the myth and origins of the story. See the end of … Continue reading
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Day 11 27 May 2023 Milos to Santorini A travel day
We woke at a leisurely time, looked out the window to beautiful blue skies and lots of wind. Lucky we did the sailing cruise yesterday. We both had a hearty breakfast today. Yoghurt (local, I mean Greek of course) with … Continue reading
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Day 10 26 May 2023. Day Cruising Milos
We were picked up at 9am , there were two people, a Spanish couple, already in the transfer van, we picked up two more, a young, quiet, American couple. Then headed to the bay in Pollonia where we were picked … Continue reading
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Day 9 25 May 2023 Milos
We woke to a beautiful blue sky, we had breakfast overlooking the water. A very nice way to start the day. We had a half day tour of Milos organised and were picked up by Andreas our guide at 10am. … Continue reading
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Day 8 24 May 2023 Naxos to Milos
It’s a travel day, we have our room until midday but don’t get picked up until 5pm for our ferry to Milos. So we have planned a quiet morning at our hotel, then pack, check out (leave our bags there) … Continue reading
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Day 7 23 May 2023. Naxos. Let’s get cooking
A slow start to the day for us. We were picked up by Lambros at about 10am to go inland to Kaloxylos for an authentic Greek family type food cooking class. We were driven to the centre of Naxos, near … Continue reading
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