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Rain
#Bloganuary challenge She was the first to hear it. Much lighter than the scrape of claws or clumsy attempts at running across the corrugated iron roof. It was a smattering of pencil point taps. She lay on her back, now alert to the increasing noise on the tin roof and the murmurs of the household […]
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Travel: New Zealand and how to Hobbit – it’s a shire thing! – Travelgal on the move
Listening to callers on the radio today I heard many folk say they had never been to New Zealand . . . how can that be. So close and so beautiful. This was my first o/s journey in the 70s, and what an adventure. One of the callers today said she wanted to meet a… […]
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Stay in a Hobbit Hole New Zealand – NZ Travel Organiser
Can you stay in a hobbit hole in New Zealand? Everyone has heard of the Hobbiton Movie Set Tour, but this is a true Lord of the Rings experience. — Read on www.nztravelorganiser.com/stay-hobbit-hole-new-zealand/
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In praise of cheeses
In praise of cheeses In praise of cheeses — Read on travelgaltravels.com/2017/04/29/in-praise-of-cheeses/
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Parramatta – Western Star
Before freeways and paved roads, Parramatta was only accessed by the river. Now at 19km away from Sydney it’s not as remote as it once was and is the perfect’ new’ city to explore and uncover the secrets of good food, good architecture – old and new and good times. The city of Parramatta was […]
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A Posh Pet-Friendly Stay?
Yes indeed, at Four Seasons Hotel Sydney Up until recently there were only three hotels, one a boutique, in Sydney that invited pets into the hallowed halls of a hotel room to share with their owners. Unlike Britain and Europe, who love to accommodate their guests’ pets, Australia has had a no-paws rule in accommodation […]
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How to hotel! Stars & Stripes steal the show
With the ubiquitous hues of taupe, blonde, sand and stone populating fine hotels with a softness that almost prods a guest to shout “show me some colour”, QT Gold Coast has hit the spot and bucks the beige trend with a defined pop art palette that sets the style and personality of a hotel that […]
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PARIS: Baguettes – or the legend of the loaf
It was just a couple of weeks ago, I was driving from Charles de Gaulle airport into Paris and spied, shuffling along the street of one of the outlying suburbs a walking cliché, an old. hunched man, wearing a beret and carrying a baguette at 65cm in length. The ubiquitous baguette – bread of a […]
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How to go for gold – on Queensland’s Gold Coast
Queensland’s Gold Coast is fixed into the holiday psyche of Australians who love to holiday in a place of variety, charm and colour which displays the aesthetics of a true playground for all ages. Always appealing, always evolving, ever the charmer – Queensland’s Gold Coast is Australia’s favourite destination for young and older holidaymakers. As […]
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