Traveling with Ray Owens
Travel until the wheels fall off!
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Today was a relaxing day aboard the good ship Orion. We set our clocks ahead last night but I was not about to let the clock people get away with stealing an hour of sleep. I just stayed in bed longer. In the morning it was very rainy. The ship was a little rocky but…
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We are off to see the wildlife sanctuary. We may get to see the devil of the Tasmanian variety. I am very glad that everyone who leads us pays tribute and thanks to aboriginal people who were here when the Europeans arrived here in 1856. Tasmania is one of the six states that make up…
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Day 15 January 28, 2025 After my accidently set alarm woke us up at 6:00 I went back to sleep (Penny did not). Woke up at 7:00 and prepared for this day at sea. We are heading for Tasmania to visit Hobart. We ate breakfast in the world cafe. I arrived first and found a…
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Today we are in Melbourne, Australia which is the site of our red folder disappearing act. We had hoped that the lost property folks would have possession of said folder by this date. But contacting the gentle folks in the lost property office proved impossible. I called several times today and each time the phone…
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Australia Day “marks the 1788 landing of the first fleet and raising of the Union Flag of Great Britain by Arthur Phillip at Sydney Cove, a small bay on the southern shore of Sydney Harbor. In the present, the government and Australia Day Council organizes events that seek to recognize the contributions of Australians to…
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Today we traveled to the Blue Mountain National Park to see the mountains which are blue. Why, you may ask are the blue? Well it seems that a majority of the trees in the forest are Eucalyptus trees and further the Eucalyptus trees leaves secrete eucalyptus oil (duhh). The moisture and oil combine and create…
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Day 11 January 24, 2025 Our last day under the gentle and funny care of Dan the leader of the Koala’s. He has been ever so helpful and knowledgeable. We woke up in Sydney this morning and after we saw that our luggage was down from our room, Dan took us on a walking tour…
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Today was a major contrast between the heat of the Outback small town of Uluru and the indigenous community and the cool breeze of Sydney and a dinner cruise in the Sydney harbor. The flight took us over much of the heart of Australia. It is truly a giant Country and it is basically barren.…
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Another early morning. We were off at 5:15 to experience the sunrise at a different spot than we experienced the sunset. This was necessary because the sunsets in the west and rises in the east. This is true even though we are in the southern hemisphere in order to see the effect of the setting…
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Day 8 January 21, 2025 As promised we started the day quite early. We met downstairs at 5:45. The luggage ferries had taken the bags from the hall to the lobby. They provided continental breakfast. It occurs to me that no one ever specifies which continent is being referenced when describing said breakfast. Since Australia…
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