Forum: Asia
April 11th, 2010, 12:49 AM Posted to rec.travel.asia
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Views: 1,697
Sky of Fire - Australia
It was a Very Special Day, awful from the start, gray and rainy. A
good drought breaker - nasty for camping. Australia’s Outback turned
to mud. But the evening sky changed gray to reds. It brought a...
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Forum: Australia & New Zealand
April 11th, 2010, 12:47 AM Posted to rec.travel.australia+nz
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,704
Sky of Fire
It was a Very Special Day, awful from the start, gray and rainy. A
good drought breaker - nasty for camping. Australia’s Outback turned
to mud. But the evening sky changed gray to reds. It brought a...
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Forum: Asia
March 21st, 2010, 03:52 AM Posted to rec.travel.asia
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,564
The Black Hole
Driving in the Australian outback we came across a Black Hole. Not
everyone likes them – but my dogs did. Maybe you’ll too:
http://www.oz-greetings.com.au/photo/40
You can make it bigger: click on...
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Forum: Australia & New Zealand
March 21st, 2010, 03:48 AM Posted to rec.travel.australia+nz
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,843
The Black Hole
Driving in the Australian outback we came across a Black Hole. Not
everyone likes them – but my dogs did. Maybe you’ll too:
http://www.oz-greetings.com.au/photo/40
You can make it bigger: click on...
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Forum: Travel - anything else not covered
January 31st, 2010, 11:12 PM Posted to rec.travel.misc
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,147
TIME WALK
We were camping in Australia’s Blue Mountains when the car went on
strike. To fill in time we decided to film Time. So we sat on a rock,
for 13 hours, and clicked a single frame 1872 times. Run as a...
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Forum: Asia
January 30th, 2010, 01:50 AM Posted to rec.travel.asia
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Replies: 1
Views: 857
Time Walk
We were camping in Australia’s Blue Mountains when the car went on
strike. To fill in time we decided to film Time. So we sat on a rock,
for 13 hours, and clicked a single frame 1872 times. Run as a...
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Forum: Australia & New Zealand
January 30th, 2010, 01:48 AM Posted to rec.travel.australia+nz
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,589
Time Walk
We were camping in Australia’s Blue Mountains when the car went on
strike. To fill in time we decided to film Time. So we sat on a rock,
for 13 hours, and clicked a single frame 1872 times. Run as a...
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Forum: Backpacking and Budget travel
January 25th, 2010, 12:32 AM Posted to rec.travel.budget.backpack
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Replies: 3
Views: 9,267
TIME WALK
We were Camping in Australia’s Blue Mountains when the car went on
strike. To fill in time we decided to film Time. So we sat on a rock,
for 13 hours, and clicked a single frame 1872 times. Run as a...
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Forum: Asia
November 11th, 2009, 11:10 PM Posted to rec.travel.asia
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,111
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Forum: Australia & New Zealand
November 7th, 2009, 11:26 PM Posted to rec.travel.australia+nz
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,522
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Forum: Asia
November 7th, 2009, 02:38 AM Posted to rec.travel.asia
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,111
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Forum: Travel - anything else not covered
November 7th, 2009, 02:36 AM Posted to rec.travel.misc
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,173
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Forum: Backpacking and Budget travel
October 25th, 2009, 12:43 AM Posted to rec.travel.budget.backpack
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Replies: 0
Views: 8,022
200 grams from the dawn of the Solar System
One of my favourite camping spots is Australia's Nullarbor Plain.
Tourists stick to the highway, the rest flat, sparse, deserted - like
being on a different planet. A ‘Fireball Observatory’ was set...
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Forum: Australia & New Zealand
October 18th, 2009, 04:13 AM Posted to rec.travel.australia+nz
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Replies: 0
Views: 2,097
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Forum: Australia & New Zealand
September 27th, 2009, 02:04 AM Posted to rec.travel.australia+nz
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,540
Australia Dust Storm
100km north of Sydney (62 miles). September 23. The water in dog
Rusty's bowl outside is red. My car, usually sort of white, is red
too. The sky is red and the bit of sun filtered through looks...
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Forum: Europe
September 13th, 2009, 03:08 AM Posted to rec.travel.europe
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Replies: 3
Views: 517
Uluru (Ayers Rock) - Australia
This site gives detailed information about flora, fauna, geology and
the indigenous Aborigines who own that amazing rock - and much...
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Forum: Travel Marketplace
September 13th, 2009, 03:07 AM Posted to rec.travel.marketplace
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,181
Uluru (Ayers Rock) - Australia
This site gives detailed information about flora, fauna, geology and
the indigenous Aborigines who own that amazing rock - and much...
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Forum: Australia & New Zealand
September 12th, 2009, 01:28 AM Posted to rec.travel.australia+nz
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,614
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Forum: Australia & New Zealand
September 6th, 2009, 01:39 AM Posted to rec.travel.australia+nz
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,614
Australia's Nullarbor Plain
Dog Rusty and I spent several weeks crisscrossing the amazing
Nullarbor. It’s called the flattest place on Earth. In the north, the
railway runs straight for 478km (297miles) without a bend. Once...
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Forum: Asia
September 5th, 2009, 11:56 PM Posted to rec.travel.asia
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Replies: 0
Views: 771
Australia's Nullarbor Plain
Dog Rusty and I spent several weeks crisscrossing the amazing
Nullarbor. It’s called the flattest place on Earth. In the north, the
railway runs straight for 478km (297miles) without a bend. Once...
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Forum: Travel - anything else not covered
August 23rd, 2009, 01:51 AM Posted to rec.travel.misc
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,078
Uluru (Ayers Rock) - Australia
This site gives detailed information about flora, fauna, geology and
the indigenous Aborigines who own that amazing rock - and much...
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Forum: Australia & New Zealand
July 26th, 2009, 01:18 AM Posted to rec.travel.australia+nz
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,776
Geothermal Energy
99% of the Earth's mass is hotter than 1000ºC (1832ºF). Australia has
the hottest non-volcanic rocks on Earth. 1 cubic kilometer of them
holds the equivalent energy of 40 million barrels of oil....
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Forum: Backpacking and Budget travel
June 14th, 2009, 01:36 AM Posted to rec.travel.budget.backpack
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Replies: 0
Views: 6,676
Rejuvenated - back from the Desert.
There were just 3 trees and nothing else. From horizon to horizon flat
stony desert in Australia’s Outback. Explorer Sturt in 1845: ‘...the
most cheerless and the most forbidding of any landscapes...
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Forum: Australia & New Zealand
June 14th, 2009, 01:25 AM Posted to rec.travel.australia+nz
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,238
Lake Windamere
Greetings,
just off the road Lithgow/Mudgee in NSW is a gorgeous spot: Lake
Windamere. The lake was created by damming the Cudgegong River. It is
stocked with fish and got a high reputation among...
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