Author Archives: David Dice

A busy day

We stayed in Narrabeen today. This morning we packed up our cabin (except for the refrigerator) and loaded it into a truck which the dealer loaned us for the morning. We then drove to the dealership and got our RV … Continue reading

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Sydney Harbour and Botanic Gardens

After a stop at the RV dealers to give them final instructions on the height we want the table cut off to, and to check when we can pick up our motorhome tomorrow morning, we drove the rental car into … Continue reading

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Barrenjoey Lighthouse

It was a very nice day today, sunny and warm in the mid 20’s, with a light breeze most of the day.  After picking up some groceries for the next two days (since we won’t have a car after tomorrow, … Continue reading

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Narrabeen Beach

It was very wet during the night, and very cold in our room. I awoke not long after going to bed, and got another blanket to put over us. That helped, but I was still cold through much of the … Continue reading

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Our Motorhome

Our Motorhome We have just made our first foreign investment, our new-to-us motorhome.  We came up north today to Sydney RV Centre where we purchased a Mazda “Leisure Seeker” motorhome.  It was built in 2001, but only has 26000 km … Continue reading

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Arrival in Sydney

We touched down right on schedule this morning at 9:30 Sydney time. It was somewhat overcast, and the temperature was about 15 º C. Later on it rained a bit while we were in the central business district and right … Continue reading

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We’re on our way

From Saskatoon to Vancouver, via Calgary, today is the start to our adventure in Australia.  It was great weather all the way, with just light cloud as we passed over the Rocky Mountains.  Now we’re just killing hours in the Vancouver … Continue reading

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Leaving on a jet plane

This is our last weekend at home.  We didn’t avoid all the winter snow, as we had our first snow of the winter this past week.  Ice has started to form on the river, and the geese are now flocking … Continue reading

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Spruce River Highlands

It was a gorgeous Sunday morning as we drove north to Prince Albert National Park to hike the Spruce River Highlands trail.  The colors of fall are almost finished for the poplar, the major tree species, have almost all lost their … Continue reading

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Home at last

We’re back and now there is only the mundane task of unpacking and cleaning up.  It is exactly two months ago today that we left on our trip.  It has been an incredibly enjoyable time, though yes it was also … Continue reading

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