Canberra to Sydney: By Train

Last Thursday we snubbed our noses at the traditional transportation options one has in making their way from our nation’s capital (Canberra) to our largest city (Sydney) – namely bus, car and plane.  Instead we opted for the excruciatingly long (four hours, twenty minutes) train voyage which started at Canberra station, and ended at Sydney’s […]

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Australia here we come

Well, we’re about due for some R & R and as it so happens, we’re taking some time out to return home for a brief visit.  Leaving on Wednesday, we’ll be flying overnight to land in Sydney on Thursday.  Once we we’ve landed, we’ll be off to Canberra and after a brief stop, drive back […]

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Airline Corporate Booking Systems Suck

Righto.. I’m really getting sick and tired of dealing with corporate heavy weights who can’t give a modicum of service.  It all started (recently) with KLM who would not respond to my inquiries about the status of a refund we were owed for seats we upgraded (but didn’t get) due to a technical problem with […]

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