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Archive for June, 2008

Luxury Australia — I’m saving up for ‘Crocodiles and Canapes’

Posted on 30 June 2008 | Related Categories: News, Places to stay, Things to do, Wildlife

Browsing through my Sunday Times travel section yesterday (always the first bit of the paper I read!), I spotted this article about a new luxury ’safari lodge’ in Australia that brings you closer to the crocs, while not making you rough it ‘Mick Dundee’ style ;-)

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Hong Kong as an Australia stop-over

Posted on 29 June 2008 | Related Categories: Cities, Flights, News, Places to stay, Travel

Image of Hong Kong Island's city skyline at night from Kowloon
The fabulous Hong Kong Island’s skyline at night as seen from Kowloon

OK, so technically we stopped in Hong Kong on our way to (shh) New Zealand a couple of weeks ago, but as Virgin, Cathay and Qantas all allow you to stop in Hong Kong on your way to and from various Australian destinations, I am still going to write about it!

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Taking your baby on the long-haul flight to Australia — more survival plans!

Posted on 9 June 2008 | Related Categories: Babies, Flights, News

I received an email the other day, with lots of questions regarding flying with babies (in this case twin five-and-a-half month-old boys!) from Brisbane back to the UK. The questions touched on some subjects I have already written about in past blog postings, but they also raised some new points that I haven’t yet written about, and so I felt I should share these answers in case they help anyone else. When you’ve got a long flight on a plane with a small person to face, sometimes there can never be too much advice!

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