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Nick Elsey
May 27, 200213 min read
Finding Florida
We’d given some thought to other places in the states that we might like to live in, but due to our craving need for a hot climate and an...
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Nick Elsey
May 26, 20023 min read
The Last Night
21 Jul 2002 After six weeks of moving madness, we’ve finally reached our final night in Oregon and tomorrow we depart for Washington, DC....
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Nick Elsey
May 25, 20022 min read
All's well in Washington
28 Jul 2002 A week later and the dust has finally settled. It feels like the last week has been consumed with unpacking boxes, shuttling...
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Nick Elsey
May 24, 20024 min read
How do I love thee?... Let me count the ways
About a month has gone by since the last instalment and much has changed in our plans. Those of you that have been following along will...
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Nick Elsey
Apr 10, 20028 min read
Sydney, and getting there
9 Apr 2002 - Qantas or bust For a little bit of exotic excitement, Lynn and I start off this vacation approximately 2,000 miles apart. No...
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Nick Elsey
Apr 9, 20024 min read
Look out below!
16 Apr 2002 - Virgin on the ridiculous With a little help from a friendly guy at the checkout desk, we uncover a well hidden, but...
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Nick Elsey
Apr 8, 20024 min read
Adelaide Again
24 Apr 2002 - Housing hysteria Something has happened in Adelaide in the past 4 years. When we were first here, back in '98, we were...
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Nick Elsey
Apr 7, 20022 min read
Brisbane, Sydney and Beyond
20 Apr 2002 - Balmy Brisbane Another pleasant and uneventful Virgin Blue flight and here we are in Brisbane, in the far south east...
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Nick Elsey
Jan 28, 20024 min read
Leaving on a Jet Plane
27 Jan 2002 - Portland A couple of months into my year long sabbatical from work, and the day has finally come for us to take leave of...
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Nick Elsey
Jan 27, 20028 min read
Sydney
29 Jan 2002 - Sydney Day 1 Getting through Sydney airport is fairly painless, with the exception that I make the mistake of answering in...
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Nick Elsey
Jan 26, 20028 min read
The Hunter Valley
1 Feb 2002 - Driving to the Hunter Valley Excitement is in the air! Today we wave a fond fair-well to Sydney and make a start on our...
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Nick Elsey
Jan 25, 20024 min read
Melbourne
5 Feb 2002 - Melbourne Day 1 It's been pissing down all last night, so we rise early (well, fairly early), eager to hit the road, move...
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Nick Elsey
Jan 24, 20024 min read
Enroute to Adelaide
8 Feb 2002 - Driving to Port Fairy Last night I spent ½ hour in voice-mail jail, trying for sign up for a Citylink pass, so that when we...
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Nick Elsey
Jan 23, 200212 min read
Adelaide and the Barossa Valley
10 Feb 2002 - Driving to Adelaide We wave a fond farewell to the Wongary Cottages and hit the road for Adelaide. We have approximately...
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Nick Elsey
Jan 22, 20029 min read
The Blue Mountains
19 Feb 2002 - Flying to Sydney This morning we wave a fond farewell to Adelaide (sob sob), and jump on plane Sydney, enroute for the Blue...
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Nick Elsey
Jan 21, 20024 min read
Sydney and Home
24 Feb 2002 - Back to Sydney We drive back down from the mountains and head back into Sydney, admiring the view for the last time along...
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Lynn Elsey
Jun 1, 19993 min read
Finding Mike Rich
In the late 1990’s, Portland Oregon DJ Mike Rich decided to try his hand at writing. His first attempt, a screenplay titled Finding...
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Nick Elsey
Feb 1, 19971 min read
Portland & LA
At the last minute, we cancelled our shuttle ride to the air and took up Colleen (our neighbour) on her offer of a ride to the airport....
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Nick Elsey
Jan 30, 19975 min read
Jean-Michel Cousteau Resort, Fiji
7 Feb 1997 -Arriving at Jean-Michel Cousteau Resort Ten hours, forty two minutes, two crap movies, 7 hours of highly interrupted sleep...
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Nick Elsey
Jan 29, 19973 min read
Yasawa Lodge, Fiji
12 Feb 1997 - Yasawa Lodge Our first full day at Yasawa. Breakfast is interrupted by Vili – the activities director, who tells abut all...
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