First, apologies for my thick fingers - I really can spell!
Just arrived very early at Brisbane International for my flight to Paris via Singapore. It's a Code Share with Qantas - QF51 - but I can't use the Qantas Club as my level has been dropped to Silver:( I will have to rely on Aromas for my coffee fix.
I'm an ex-Regular Australian Army officer intent on walking the Camino Frances over June after a few weeks in Paris and Burgundy. I'll be accompanied by my friend Denise who actually first proposed the trek last year.
My flight to Paris on Air France departs from Brisbane on 15 May via Singapore but only transiting Changi.
I'll be staying in Paris in the 13th District with an old ex-Army friend Reg and then travelling to Burgundy to catch up with friends from my days in Kashmir as a UN Military Observer. Following that the plan is to travel to Bayonne and hence to Saint Jean Pied de Port... full info
Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name...more info