Lots of stuff to update this time.\u00c2\u00a0 My dearest friend Morgan has returned to the country making me a very happy chappy.\u00c2\u00a0 It is great to have her back not only because its good to have her close by but i missed having a decent conversation with her.\u00c2\u00a0 Now that she is only an hour away in Sydney it is so much easier than on the other side of the planet.<\/p>\n
Other friend related news is Michelle F from my fantastic Contiki crew is heading downunder for New Years in Sydney.\u00c2\u00a0 Hopefully she can make it up to Brisbane for a day or more and we can catch up.\u00c2\u00a0 It would be awesome to see her again.\u00c2\u00a0 Speaking of Contiki I have booked my next one… well Two.\u00c2\u00a0 On the 30th of August 2007 I will be flying to the good old US of A.<\/p>\n
I will be heading over to Auckland first on my trip to LA.\u00c2\u00a0 I will be flying with Air New Zealand and United Airlines.\u00c2\u00a0 While in the USA i will be doing two Contiki tours.\u00c2\u00a0 First will be the Grand Southern departing LA on the 1st of September.\u00c2\u00a0 Along the way I will visit Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Dallas, New Orleans, Orlando, Washington DC and then finally arriving into New York on the 24th of September.\u00c2\u00a0 On the 25th of September i start my Big Apple Explorer tour and that will take me till the 28th of September before i start my long journey home from New York’s JFK Airport.\u00c2\u00a0 I am hoping to get a chance to do some spotting while I’m away.\u00c2\u00a0 Hopefully at either JFK or LAX.<\/p>\n
On the topic of spotting went out today to the airport and got some spotting done.\u00c2\u00a0 It had been a while since I had been out so needed to get out.\u00c2\u00a0 Wasn’t that great for shots.\u00c2\u00a0 About the only good thing about the day was getting a shot of the HeavyLift Belfast.\u00c2\u00a0 I have been chasing that beast for so long and finally got a shot.\u00c2\u00a0 Gave my new Tripod a work out on Saturday night by taking it up to Mt Cootha.\u00c2\u00a0 Been testing out shooting in RAW format and the conversion process but we will see how things go.\u00c2\u00a0 I want to end up entering a photo of mine into the Ekka next year but who knows if that is going to happen.<\/p>\n
Its late im outta here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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