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![Here Comes The Sun (Little Darlin'...)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2c04db_1a24f524496a49ac9b5d8b4198b6b32c.jpg/v1/fill/w_334,h_251,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/2c04db_1a24f524496a49ac9b5d8b4198b6b32c.webp)
Here Comes The Sun (Little Darlin'...)
They may have been dancing in their underwear with brollies, or partying in the torrents in Cairns but we'd had enough of it. Waking this...
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More sights, more pubs...
The ANZAC War Memorial in Hyde Park dedicated to armed personnel serving their country in all conflicts. Wreath presented by King George...
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Scotland comes to Sydney
Oh dear. It's not meant to do this. Rain for days? Apparently there's been a typhoon passng through the whole of the region and...
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Party Time! It's the Melbourne Cup
Back in the 90s Garbage sang 'A Hammering In My Head' and the boys working in the next door apartment took that pretty literally this...
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Will Arrives From Brisbane
The night brings continued thunderstorms, which dissipate marginally before the parrots begin their dawn er.. cawking outside the window....
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Sculpture On The Shore
Art for the people! Set along the coastal path, exhibitions from a wide variety of artists for everyone to see. We walk from Tamarama...
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Whistlestop tour in 24 hours
Jetlagged, posibly. But this is a vibrant city and there's just sooooo much to do. So Saturday morning is at Carrie & Gerry's fabulous...
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If this is Saturday, this must be Sydney
Oh thank you. Emirates. What a smooth journey; out of Glasgow to Dubai then on again to Kingsford Smith Airport here in Sydney. Overly...
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Celebrating...er...departing
The Indian Summer has fled. 30mm of rain in Tayside. Never got light today in Edinburgh. But we don't care - the bags are packed, the...
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From the Ferry....
So, the journey begins. Broughty Ferry in the sunshine, across the Tay and the Forth and down to Edinburgh. Clouds scudding swiftly...