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Flyaway to Open Gardens

Never let a state border get in the way of a good Open Garden, I always say. Last weekend, a group of us got together and flew down from Sydney and Bathurst to the Macedon Ranges, about an hour's drive north of Melbourne, and landed at the beautiful Kyneton airfield. Warren, CFI Mike and half…
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Snorkeling with salmon

It never ceases to amaze me how life can keep throwing up new adventures. With our Canadian flying safari over, Rossy and I are spending our last couple of days in this wonderful country on Vancouver Island. It's crazy rainy weather, low cloud down to tree-top height, and we're staying in this salty seadog town…
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Onwards through Canada … churches, castles, cannons … and pirates

The middle week of our Canadian air safari threw us so many memorable moments ... always mixed in with the thrill and challenge of flying in a foreign country. The landscapes are so very different to those of Australia - certainly to those west of our Great Dividing Range. The red dirt of our outback…
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Different day, different slice of Canada

Two days into our Canadian air safari and it's a bit hard to get a grip. I feel like I need to get this much down on the page before I forget, and before too many other experiences come along to blur the memories. Leaving Vancouver on the Rocky Mountaineer and spending two days training…
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