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A night at the Brighton Beach Novotel
We took advantage of a cheap promotion to spend last night in the Brighton Beach Novotel. Despite the $50 rate we were given a corner terrace room overlooking the city, the airport and the beach. My colleagues speak poorly of the hotel, complaining that it's far from the city centre and that the surrounding nightlife…
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China Japan Tickets
We finally bought the tickets! We are flying Cathay Pacific from Sydney to Hong Kong, then to Japan and back to Sydney via Hong Kong. One month's holiday. In the end we decided to purchase the tickets from Flight Centre as they were cheaper than the online tickets, despite the additional credit card charge. I…
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Hinode: High resolution photos of solar weather
The Japanese Hinode Solar-B space telescope (also here) has provided some fantastic high resolution images and movies of solar weather. A Reuters video provides an introduction to the videos and interviews with the scientists. My report on the Impact of Solar Weather (pdf) describes how solar prominences and sunspots are produced and how solar weather…
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Puppy preschool
Tonight Kita "graduated" from the puppy preschool run by the local vet clinic. Puppy preschool is mainly designed to socialise young puppies while going over basic care and training with the owners. It's been fascinating to watch him develop over the past five weeks. Apart from last week, when two adult dogs were brought in,…
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Tokyo, not Paris
The special deal at the Flight Centre European Travel Expo was Sydney to Paris via Shanghai for $1586 with China Eastern Airlines. Almost the same price as our plan to visit Tokyo via Hong Kong (gateway for our China trip) with Cathay Pacific. The temptation! However, upon reading some of the passenger comments on China…
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Sculpture by the Sea
B and I caught the train and the bus down to Bondi Beach today to view the Sculpture by the Sea exhibition. The sculptures, by many different artists, are placed around the coastal walk between Bondi and Tamarama beaches. I've added our photos of the sculptures to the website. They range from abstract to the…
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