TheLostGlobe

is an average guy who simply wants to see the world and share that excitement with others.

Vaccinations - 2nd round complete, I finished the first 2 Hep A\B ones, I’ll be away when the 6 month one is due. Because I have no idea if I finished the childhood Measles, Mumps, Rubella vaccine, I started that. So I have one visit left where I think all I have to get is [...]

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Today the count is 75 days to go. I have changed my plans slightly. Instead of going from the Whitsundays to Cairns and flying onto Bali from there I will return to Sydney for a day and then fly on to Bali, this will shorten my Australian leg by a few days saving me some [...]

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So I went in for my initial consulate today. Starts with the usual form filling, it’s fun to put in more counties than the form allows. I was expecting and hoping to actually start some of the ones that would require courses and maybe some that were single jabs too.
The doc had a quick look [...]

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Well it’s about time for an update. Hopefully by the title it’s obvious that I have taken the step of actually booking tickets and today marks 100 days until I leave. It should make for an interesting few days with the 29th being my birthday, the 30th my last day at work and the 31st [...]

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Just a quick note to say Happy Holidays and remind you that I’m off on my hike tomorrow. I’ve added flickr notes to a pic of what I’m taking with me. There is some shared stuff in my GF’s pack that isn’t included but I might add hers later. Click on the photo to get [...]

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I installed the latest updates for Wordpress and Coppermine the other day. Unfortunately this time it hasn’t gone all smoothly. It appears my Feedburner feed is now broken and Coppermine isn’t able to access the SQL database anymore so none of the pics I’ve hosted are appearing. I am working on it, hopefully it will [...]

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I went to book the bus from Lake St Claire to Cradle Mountain today and found that there is no bus service on the day we need it. We could charter but the standard fees were 4 times more expensive and might have been even worse considering we need it on a public holiday. So [...]

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I’m working on a more detailed and useful plan now, if it looks familiar it’s probably because I blatantly ripped it off from Dave, why? Well the layout was simple enough and very easy and useful to follow, so planning and keeping track of things is just much easier. Obviously it is a work in [...]

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I’ve had my Mt Peaks for about a year now so I think I can give a fair review of them.

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get the XT GTX version which I think would have been better simply because of the different leather used.

My Mt Peaks were comfortable even brand new not that it took [...]

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Back in March I vaguely outlined my travel plans, since then a bit has changed. All going to plan with work September ‘08 will be the month I leave. I’ve created a map giving a general idea of the parts of the world I want to travel to and how much but I don’t have [...]

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