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Heading East

Posted on May 24, 2018 by murray

East is where home is and home is where we are headed. Still we have a few more days planned as stopovers to break up the long flight. Honiara is stop one. We only spent a day here on the … Continue reading →

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Chill Time at the Zipolo Habu

Posted on May 22, 2018 by murray

The Zipolo Habu Resort is on an island and as far as I can figure there is nothing else on the island. It is not a small island it is just that there are no other in inhabitants. There is … Continue reading →

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Bilikiki – Part 2

Posted on May 22, 2018 by murray

May 16 The diving here is good, real good but not to our expectations. It is hard to come to a place like this with absolutely no preconceived notions, even though we try. I expected the stuff we see here … Continue reading →

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Bilikiki – Part 1

Posted on May 21, 2018 by murray

First day full tilt diving on the Bilikiki. Similar routine as other boats. Get up eat, dive, snack, dive, lunch, dive, snack dive, dinner, dive if you want to night dive, do our log books and blog if not, sleep… … Continue reading →

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Sliding into the Darkness

Posted on May 5, 2018 by murray

Tomorrow morning we are boarding a plane for the Solomon Islands. The internet will be sketchy at best. The next day we board the live a board boat and there is NO internet at all. So, those ten days we … Continue reading →

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More Specific Gold Coast Observations

Posted on May 5, 2018 by murray

Greenspace is important here in the Gold Coast, and if I remember correctly, all over Australia. The other place I remember very clearly is Brisbane and it also has a lot of parks. In the Gold Coast you can’t drive … Continue reading →

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Australia Observations 2 (The Sequel)

Posted on May 1, 2018 by murray

The Gold Coast is the part of the country everyone comes to for a beach vacation. Surfer’s Paradise has long been the summer mecca for Australians and foreigners. I was here in 1986 and although it was not as developed … Continue reading →

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Aus Observations

Posted on April 28, 2018 by murray

I have travelled to both New Zealand and Australia. When people ask the difference I tell them NZ is more like Canada and Australia is closer to the US. It is maybe somewhere between the US and Canada. Since M … Continue reading →

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Fijian Gods are at it again…..Wait for It

Posted on April 23, 2018 by murray

It’s our last dive in Fiji, I giant stride into the water off the back of the boat and a piece breaks off my fin. The fin still works for now, but we now have another errand to run in … Continue reading →

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Bustin’ Out

Posted on April 21, 2018 by murray

Over the last two weeks we have been at two different resorts. I maintain we are not in Fiji. We are on Fijian soil but we are in a special place for tourists that is isolated from Fiji. Like any … Continue reading →

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