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                    <title>Pima Air  Space Museum</title>
                    <description>OK if you havent figured it out yet Im trying to get caught up again so expect a number of blog entries over the next several hours. Monday Sept 24th we devoted the whole day to the main reason for the trip the DavisMontham AFB boneyard and the Pima Air  Space Museum. Fair warning from here on its all airplanes. The first activity of the day was a bus tour around the boneyard. O</description>
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                    <title>Kartchner Caverns and Tombstone</title>
                    <description>It turns out that the La Posada Lodge and the adjacent Hampton Inn are owned by the same people so we were able to avail ourselves of a typical Hampton Inn breakfast before setting off early the next morning for Kartchner Caverns State Park about 50 miles SE of Tucson.  I will admit I wasn39t expecting much from this stop but it was a Sunday and all the airplane stuff was closed.  Boy was I w</description>
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                    <title>Off to Tuscon AZ</title>
                    <description>We39ve been members of the local aviation museum for several years.  One of the benefits of membership is the annual membership trip.  Generally the trips have an aviation theme but do include some activities for the nonaviation travelers.This year the trip was to the Tuscon AZ area and after looking at the planned itinerary Connie decided to sit this one out.  So in September she dropped Pa</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Tucson/blog-761318.html</link>
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                    <title>Home</title>
                    <description>We caught the shuttle for Cairns at 415am.  We took the back roads route from Port Douglas first up over the coastal mountains south through the tablelands west of the mountains then back over them again into Cairns.  It took about two hours twice as long as normal but we got to Cairns at 630 for a 10am flight.  Fortunately the airport had a couple nice options for breakfast.  After </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/blog-700338.html</link>
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                    <title>Real time update 2 32112</title>
                    <description>One of the roads opened overnight and we left the hotel at 415am and got to Cairns Airport at about 630am.  All checked in and ready to go.No worriesPat  Connie</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Cairns/blog-698773.html</link>
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                    <title>Port Douglas</title>
                    <description>We had a pretty early flight from Adelaide to Cairns so we were up and on the road before the sun. No real problems but the Adelaide Airport was a maze of roundabouts getting to the car rental return due to the construction of a huge parking garage which should be done in another year or so. We got checked in boarded the flight and arrived in Cairns mid afternoon. As soon as we got off the pl</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Port-Douglas/blog-698662.html</link>
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                    <title>Real time update 32012 noon</title>
                    <description>We arrived in Port Douglas a couple days ago then the day before yesterday there were torrential rains in the area.  As of right now the roads between here and Cairns airport are all closed.  Our flight is scheduled for tomorrow morning and we don39t know yet what will happen.More later.Pat  Connie</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Port-Douglas/blog-698431.html</link>
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                    <title>The Wine Tour</title>
                    <description>Promptly at 10am Trevor arrived in his 1935 Auburn Phaeton or convertible.  The car had been purchased new by Trevors grandfather and used in the family businesses for many years before being stored in a barn.  In 1995 Trevor began the restoration and started doing tours in 1997.  In addition to the tours Trevor does some mechanical maintenance and other work for some of the wineries and is w</description>
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                    <title>To the Barossa Valley</title>
                    <description>After breakfast we were ready for our long drive from Wilpena Pound to the Barossa Valley.  One possible route would have been mostly back the way we came almost to Adelaide but we decided to try the B roads a bit further east mostly to look at something a bit different and to check out a railroad museum in Peterborough.  However the first part of the trip past Hawker was the same as wed d</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/South-Australia/Barossa-Valley/Nuriootpa/blog-698250.html</link>
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                    <title>Wilpena Pound Resort</title>
                    <description>There are two types of BBs in Australia and NZ those like in the US where the host is on site and prepares a breakfast for all the guests.  Where we stayed in Christchurch and in Apollo Bay were of that type.  The other is called self catering where the proprietor provides the raw food and the guests cook their own breakfast in the kitchen area of their suite.  The Buxton Manor in Adela</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/South-Australia/Wilpena/Flinders-Ranges-National-Park/blog-698188.html</link>
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                    <title>Onward thru Adelaide</title>
                    <description>First thing Monday morning we were up to continue our trip thru Adelaide and to the Flinders Ranges.  But first we stopped to check out the Blue Lake in Mt. Gambier.  Little did we know but 5000 to 6000 years ago volcanic activity caused an explosive eruption in the Mt. Gambier area.  The eruption left three craters two of which filled with water from the local aquifer.  The one lake Blue Lak</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/South-Australia/blog-697513.html</link>
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                    <title>The Great Ocean Road</title>
                    <description>Yesterday we rode one of Melbournes two free tourist transports. This morning started out with the second the City Circle Tram which as the name implies runs a loop around the CBD.  It worked out great for us since the Avis location was on the opposite corner of the CBD from our hotel.  Although it was a bit crowded we managed to get to Avis without a problem.  Not surprisingly their downto</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/blog-697493.html</link>
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                    <title>Melbourne</title>
                    <description>In the morning we awoke early for our flight to Melbourne to find that the rain which had been intermittent the previous couple days had arrived full strength overnight.  No worries the subway station was right across the street and trains ran directly to the Airport terminal.  So we had a somewhat leisurely full English breakfast and then checked out.  Although the station was thronged with Sydn</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-696820.html</link>
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                    <title>Sydney Day 3</title>
                    <description>We had several items planned for Day 3 in Sydney but  the evening before Pat came down with some GI problem so a good portion of the day passed in the hotel room.  By mid afternoon he was feeling a bit better so we ventured out to the Victoria Building the former central Post Office building converted into a high end shopping area and then to the Australian National Maritime Museum.  We walked</description>
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                    <title>Sydney Day 2</title>
                    <description>Before we left home we had arranged with a friend of one of Pats former coworkers to meet her for tea in Sydney. Since she lives near the Sydney Zoo we planned to visit there first. Since we now understood the lay of the land a bit better we figured we could also visit the Opera House before taking the Ferry over to the Zoo. So after a nice English breakfast love those baked tomatoes mushr</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-696402.html</link>
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                    <title>Sydney day 1</title>
                    <description>Before the plane left for Sydney we had a couple more things to do in Christchurch.  First we visited the Antarctic Center.  Many of the expeditions to the Antarctic leave out of Christchurch so the Center talks about the exploration of the continent and the conditions people face while they are there.  They also had a penguin display including a glass walled tank.  They had a couple dozen l</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-695847.html</link>
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                    <title>Christchurch NZ</title>
                    <description>The train ride from Greymouth to Christchurch was fun but you sure wouldnt want to do it every day.  Its about 5 hours total with the first three through the Southern Alps and the last two across the Canterbury Plain.  The Alps were spectacular as we climbed up river valleys towards Arthurs Pass.  One of the trains cars has an open viewing platform which we checked out for a few minu</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Christchurch/blog-695742.html</link>
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                    <title>NZ Glaciers</title>
                    <description>After breakfast we loaded the car up again and got back on Rt. 6 heading north toward the glacier country.  Another couple at the Lodge Nan and Art from Spokane told us about Lake Matheson near the town of Fox Glacier.  They said there was a real pretty walk around the lake which was easily accessed from the main road.  Since we had all day and not a lot of distance to cover we decided to check </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Franz-Josef/blog-694392.html</link>
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                    <title>Lake Moeraki Lodge</title>
                    <description>First a couple of corrections to previous blogs.  Connie tells me that the guide at the High Country Farm near Queenstown was Lindsay not Leslie.  Sorry about that.  Also yesterday I posted a picture of a one way bridge without much of an explanation.  It turns out the road south from Greymouth was one of the last sections of highway completed in the early 60s due to the small number of peop</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Haast-Pass/blog-694389.html</link>
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                    <title>On the road to Moeraki</title>
                    <description>We got up first thing Tuesday morning for a walk down to the Queenstown CBD to pick up the car.  We had previously scouted out the Avis location and found a bakery for breakfast around the corner.  While it wasnt as good as Fergburger is sufficed to get us going.  We picked up the car a pretty new Camry and set off on the left side of the road.  The first excitement right outside the Avis lot</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Haast-Pass/blog-693546.html</link>
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