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Photos - Adelaide. Underrated, Chilled, and packing some awesome wine.

Tracey and I took a short trip in September 2010 to Adelaide for our Anniversary. Only now just getting round to sorting photos, but over five days we went around several wineries (hic), ate out around the many excellent places in the city centre, and m'lady got to go to the the zoo to see Pandas. Adelaide is a great place, and still amongst the top ten cities in the world for quality of living, with some great shops and restaurants, and is definetly a five out of ten on the busy scale when compared to Melbournes mental eleven out of ten.

Don't let that put you off, a more relaxed pace is just what were after at the time, and Adelaide really is a great place to chill out, take your time and savour that wine : P

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Fortified with real Kittens... Kellogg's Hello Kitty Loops

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Photos - Whitehaven Beach, Queensland Australia

Whilst on holiday recently, we stopped off at Whitsunday Island. It reportedly has 6km of the finest sand in the world. Reason being it consists of nearly 100% pure Silica which gives it a truly bright white colour. Apparently it was used in the construction of the Hubble telescope it's just that good.

Sadly the videos I shot are just unbareable to watch due to the reflection, so picture slide show is all I have below, but even they don't do this beautiful beach justice.

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Photos - Whitsundays; Hamilton Island. (Aka Fantasy Island!)

So we've been in Melbourne nearly three years, and we never truly went away on a real holiday, as coming here was one big expensive holiday lets face it. However, we were long overdue a break, knackered, pale and unbelievably tired, so my wife (T) and I hopped on a plane early one morning from Melbourne, and literally two hours later, were landing in, and on, Australia's answer in my mind to Hawaii, (only less commercial), Hamilton Island.

Smothered in palm trees, luxury apartments, cool blue water, coral reefs and a perfect 25° (in July!), it's paradise, and a great gateway to the Great Barrier Reef.

Just the thing T & I needed to unwind and get work stresses off our minds, and soon enough we began to relax, unwind and rest, aided by a plethora it seemed of ever present cocktails, awesome food, tons to do, and golf carts to usher our fat asses around this ultra cool paradise. Spent the best part of a week here and I loved it. More photos to come of our further adventures through the Whitsunday's soon.

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Photos: Grampian National Park, Australia

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A recent day trip out to one of the most stunning pieces of scenery I've seen in Australia. Add in the Mckenzie waterfalls and Th Grampian National park is a great day out.
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Photos - Queen Vic Market, Melbourne

Over 130 years old, Melbourne's Queen Victoria Market has been a cemetery, a livestock and a wholesale fruit and vegetable market. During the summer the market turns into one huge bar, with music and food from all around the globe showcasing Melbourne's diverse culture.

Were very fortunate to have this mammoth selection of fine food and entertainment on our doorstep, so always wanted to share some images of what it's like within. Click on the slideshow below or this posts title to view the album, or find out more about it's history and see some amazing old photos of it's development.

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Photos - Puffing Billy & Yarra Valley Winerys.

A much needed quick break led us to head up to Melbournes Mt. Dandenong and see the Puffing Billy steam train, then a spit roast lunch at a Yarra Valley winery and finally on to Healsville wildlife sanctuary. A really great day out as you'll hopefully get to see by the video and photos below.

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Brisbane

A recent business trip to Brisbane game me a spare day at the weekend to see the city and what it had to offer. Using the local city sights tour was straightforward and is highly reccomended if only just to see the view of Brisbane and beyond from the amazing Mt. Coot-Tha summit. Short video below does not do it justice.

You can also click the elements in the Google Map below to view more information on each location or if planning to visit Brisbane copy the map to your own Google Maps account in one go, and have all the info in hand on your mobile.

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And just in case you don't think I'm quite using the web's abilities to the max, click this posts title or the link below to see the individual photos.

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Photos - Mount Hotham Snowboarding

Finally managed to get a short weekend holiday, our first in Australia, and first in well over a year and a half, and where do we go? Only the coldest place there is here...

Mount Hotham is a pretty cool place, [no pun intended] about 4 hrs drive from the city with a full on resort, bars, shops, restaurants, hotels and plenty of interesting and varied slopes for skiers and boarders alike. An awesome time had by all, no thanks to two friends who made the whole weekend a blast for all. Cheers Dave & Gav!

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Rooftop Cinema, Melbourne

One of the best experiences I've had since coming to Melbourne has been to enjoy a movie outside, high up amongst the city's skyscrapers. The Rooftop Cinema is only accessible by a heart attack inducing amount of stairs, or via the wobbly, and decidely dodgy, tiny, polly pocket sized elevator.

The views at the top however are well worth it, as is the great sound, screen, and bar. With faux grass and deck chairs for seating, this is one unique experience.

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Photos - Adelaide. Underrated, Chilled, and packing some awesome wine.

Fortified with real Kittens... Kellogg's Hello Kitty Loops

Photos - Whitehaven Beach, Queensland Australia

Photos - Whitsundays; Hamilton Island. (Aka Fantasy Island!)

Photos: Grampian National Park, Australia

Photos - Queen Vic Market, Melbourne

Photos - Puffing Billy & Yarra Valley Winerys.

Brisbane

Photos - Mount Hotham Snowboarding

Rooftop Cinema, Melbourne