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  • 9th September

    • 5:34am

      replied to a Thorn Tree thread called 1st trip= 1st camera? in the Travel Tech Branch

      When buying a device to travel with, smallness is its own reward. With a small camera, you get more access to the interesting places and...
  • 27th August

  • 21st August

    • 7:08am

      commented on Why are Qantas ice creams so hard? in Airplane food

      I think they pack them in dry ice. They seem to stored close to absolute zero!

    • 7:08am

      posted a Message to Airplane food

      Underage Drinkers

      My friend was flying to New Zealand with a SCREAMING toddler. This child filled the air with his screams, without ceasing. The only breaks in transmission were for intake of breath. Every now and again she would hide in the toilet with him. After a while in there, hostesses would come and knock on the door to make sure she was not flushing the screaming child down the crapper. After what seemed like an age, the hostess asked if she needed a drink. Damn right she did.Gin and Tonic, heavy on the Gin, and just wave the tonic nearby. The hostess brought a double G&T. The child GRABBED THE G&T AND TIPPED IT DOWN HIS THROAT. All of it. He went to sleep almost instantly, and woke up in Auckland with no ill effects.

  • 4th August

    • 6:10am

      posted a Message to Beers of the World

      Second Vote: Pilsner Urquell

      Can I have a second vote? Drinking this stuff in Prague is one of the finest ways to spend an afternoon.

  • 30th July

    • 12:56am

      posted a Message to Travelling Playlists

      Oz Playlist

      Wide Open Road, The Triffids
      Chevrolet Rise, The Moodists
      Flame Trees, Cold Chisel
      The Way You Made me Feel, Ed Kuepper
      And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda, Eric Bogle
      Spring Rain, The Go Betweens
      Dumb Enough, Hilltop Hoods

  • 27th July

  • 20th July

  • 16th July

    • 6:04am

      posted a Message to Travel Literature

      Southern Backroads of the US

      Read "Blue Highways" by William Least-Heat Moon.

      It's a lot more than a travelogue of a fast - disappearing part of America. The blue highways are the ones on the road atlas which are NOT superhighways - so this is a journey through the happily marginalised small communities of the Southern states. Check it out.

    • 6:01am

      posted a Message to Beers of the World

      Gippsland Gold Ale is Heavenly

      This stuff is heaven in a bottle. Robust, tasty, great hoppy flavour with none of the metallic aftertatse which can be a problem with ales IMHO. I;lll never forget walking into the MarloPub, smack bang the heart of East Gippsland overlooking the mouth of the Snowy River, and asking for one of these. Thinking I was home and hosed, right here in the quintessential Gippsland location. Asking for a Gippsland brew. How good was this?

      Nope. They looked at me like I had three heads and said with a straight face they'd never heard of the stuff.

      Then turned back to their Carlton Draught muttering about bloody Melbourne yuppy wankers.

    • 5:48am

      posted a Photo to Beers of the World

      Gippsland Golden Ale

      Gippsland Golden Ale This is what they have on tap in heaven.

  • 7th July

    • 12:39pm

      posted a Message to Food in the morning

      HOLD the PRESS, New Best Breakfast in the entire world.

      Mojo Muesli.http://www.mojomuesli.com.au/page_1.html

      This is what most muesli just dreams of becoming. Homemade, with giant bits, bigger than you knuckles, all kinds of nuts, wild figs, enormous puffed oats. Cashews, even.

      Honestly. Look no further. This is the duck's nuts.

  • 6th July

    • 4:46am

      commented on Vegemite on toast. in Food in the morning

      I have heard tell of folks who spread vegemite on their toast soldiers which are used to scoop out the insides of boiled eggs. It's madness, I tell you. That aint right.

  • 18th June

  • 12th June

    • 7:52am

      posted a Message to Food in the morning

      Vegemite on toast.

      Come on, you know it's the best way to start the day! Soomething that looks so disgusting has GOT to be good for you. PLUS, it is a byproduct of beer manufacture.

  • 25th February