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Speaking ill of the dead
Amongst all the glowing tributes to the Pope the effects of his conservative doctrine are little discussed in the commercial Australian media. Emily Maguire’s article in the Sydney Morning Herald offers a different perspective, discussing the effects of the church’s condemnation of contraception and abortion on AIDS suffers, overpopulated countries in poverty and victims of…
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Best place in Europe for a honeymoon
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The planning begins
Planning time begins again! After five months pause where we digested our last overseas trip, we are back to serious planning for our next overseas holiday, pouring through travel brochures, books and websites searching for accommodation options, timetables and any other useful information. We were going to stay in Australia this year, but B’s brother…
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Photos from our Europe Trip
I have uploaded a major selection of images from our three week trip to Europe via Seoul. The photos are divided up into countries and locations. I’m still working on a proper write-up of the trip. For now you can enjoy the diary entries made as we travelled along. Seoul Photos, Europe Photos
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Allrite’s Guide to Travel
There’s no denying it. I love travel! The planning, the preparations, the anticipation, (hopefully) the journey there, the places, people, sights, sounds, tastes and smells and finally your own comfortable bed at the end of it all. Travel is all these things and more. Yes, bad things can happen, but hopefully with the proper preparations…
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Cities of the Hot Zone
In Cities of the Hot Zone the foreign editor of The Australian newspaper Greg Sheridan shares tales of his travels through the cities of Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Hanoi, Saigon, Hong Kong and Jakarta. He includes interviews with prime ministers, presidents and other politicians in each of the countries as well as academics and religious leaders,…
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