I once read this wonderful book by Ted Simon called Jupiter’s Travels about his tour on a Triumph around the globe. But one thing that puzzled me was a big gap in the middle where it seems he was gobbled up by cosy living in the hippy hills of the US Eastern seaboard. Ted hung up his boots and tucked into hippy chicks and corn bread for a good long while.
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Sexy Tractor
It’s raining. We went to the pool for a swim but now it’s raining. I have been working for the last few days on SEO for a few companies which is about as interesting as watching paint dry, so here is a picture of a sexy tractor..
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Hillbillies
The mountains are a little bit off of the radar around here. You get lovely little towns like Dorrigo, where they have little cafe shops with old motorbikes as showpieces and Glen Miller playing in the background, but head inland and the grass chewing unemployable hillbillies drive around in unregistered cars.
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New South Wales
Apparently it is called New South Wales here because that’s what it looks like. It has rolling hills, little streams for swimming in and European trees that were planted by early settlers. It is wonderful here for those that wanted to get out of the cities here and try the countryside.
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Trains and planes
Things can get a bit confusing here. For instance, I sat on a train from Sydney central that went through Newcastle on it’s way to the rural idyll of North Queensland. This train didn’t leave from Paddington as inter city trains don’t leave from Paddington even though these trains are the same trains that leave from Paddington to go to Cardiff. I don’t think there is a Cardiff here although I bet there is. I just don’t think there is.
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Kookaburra
We headed back up to stop off in a Sydney suburb for Gregs 40th birthday party.
Here is a Kookaburra that sat on the back porch of Greg and Kerry’s house checking us out, when you went to tickle it under the chin it would shuffle an inch along the balcony, but no fear at all.
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Kiama Beach
And on to Kiama by train for more great Aussie hospitality.We stayed in a beach side house with a swimming pool that overlooked the sea. The weather had taken a turn for the worst but it didn’t matter as the company was so good, we just ate and drank a lot.
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Harbour Hammock
After supping on our wine and frollicking with the locals we tied the jungle hammocks to a couple of trees and had a good nights sleep. We woke up at 11am with some shade from the trees, but it was still hot. We then went to the local swimming pool that ovelooks the harbour for a swim. Happy new year.
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