Travel Blog | Gawne Free http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Gawne-Free/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Gawne Free en-us Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:34:44 +0000 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:34:44 +0000 The End is Nigh The Shane SummarySpent 3 weeks Christmas at Grande Prairie Alberta Canada then spent 10 days new years eve in Victoria British Columbia Canada. It was cold but great.From there we flew to San Francisco California USA for 3 days where it is unseasonably warm. After San Francisco our holiday ends we fly home.The Full Monty We Christine I arrived in Grande Prairie Alberta C http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Francisco/blog-362871.html Welcome Back Yes we're still travelling Now a word of warning. If you are going to read the Full Monty get yourself a cuppa a snack say no more.It's been a while since we last posted a blog but well we've been having too much fun thought we needed to give you a break from all my ramblings.The Shane Summary Spent October travelling to Malta Poland back to England then November we stayed http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Languedoc-Roussillon/Aude/La-Redorte/blog-354502.html Farewell to Old England Hello Europe Shane Summary Left England went to Paris for 3 nights met up with Andrea her family Bern 1 night Venice 3 nights Florence 3 nights Y now in Oupia south of France for 2 weeks. Saw lots of old stuff drank red wine lots. The Full MontyIt's bloody hard to bother yourself with doing a blog when you're kicking back in the south of France enjoying the products of the local vigneron' http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Languedoc-Roussillon/blog-330236.html Lazy Days on the Sunshine Coast Shane Summary Still in Eastbourne just catching up with aunties chilling out. Public Acknowledgement Big public thank you to Catherine Thorne Cath Milner for moving all our furniture into Dana Street. Thanks girls Apology Answer Forgot to give you the answer to my teaser in the last blog. The other British city that has World Heritage City status is Edinburgh. Interestingly that is under http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-319696.html Dorset Doings Guinness V Scotch Hello.A slower update than anticipated.The Shane Summary Catch up on some stuff I missed in the last blog. Did a 13 day bus tour of Ireland Scotland. Hired a car drove from Edinburgh to Eastbourne staying in Cheshire on the way. Had a great time.The News in fullCath Thorne was the first correct answer to the quiz. Winchester Cathedral was recorded by the New Vaudeville Band forgo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Eastbourne/blog-309285.html Long time no hear HelloLong time no hear or is here but have been on holidays plus the computer is popular with people the connections sometimes not flash sometimes I'm not too flashAnyway the Shane SummaryAfter Oxford we drove to Andover vistaed relatives then to London where we stayed in a flat visited tourist spots old things they're rally good at old here attended Christine's uncle aun http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Dorset/blog-309077.html First Overseas Blog Well the first entry outside of OZ.The Shane Summary We went to the airport booked in got on a plane. Arrived in Bangkok stayed for 2 nights. Went to another airport booked in flew to London. Toured around England.Had lots of help from family friends to see us off from Melbourne which was great. All went smoothly and Thai Airlines were great made sure we boarded first so th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Oxfordshire/Wallingford/blog-301117.html Finally Departure Date Well finally our departure date has arrived.9 hrs 28 minute until departure as I write but who's countingThe past couple of weeks has been hectic with us moving out of Langwarrin and making sure everything is right for the move to Ballarat on return Had to move Tim out of his Ballarat digs we managed to break the drought. It started raining as we packed the trailer didn't stop for http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Ballarat/blog-298969.html We're counting down Welcome to our first entry on our travel blog. This entry is a bit of a trial run to make sure we get things working before we go. If you receive an email alert from us it is because we have added you on to the invite list. Jus let us know if you don't want to receive the alerts we'll delete your email from the list and won't be offended either. You can forward the removal request to http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Mornington-Peninsula/blog-287472.html