New US Visa Waiver Requirements

I guess this is just a quick heads up to any Aussies out there who, like me, have to endure the less-than-desirable process of sorting out Visa waivers every time you enter the US. Whether it proves to be an improvement on the current system (the paper based, green I-94W cards) or not, as of January 2009, Aussies will be required to go online and fill out a similar form AT LEAST 72 hours before their departure. Read more

Wedding @ Banff Springs - WOW!

Attend a wedding in one of the most stunning and historic hotels, in easily one of the world's most beautiful regions - that's what I was dragged kicking and screaming to this weekend... Read more

DMB & OAR at The Gorge 2008

I think it's safe to say that I'm exhausted. The good kind of exhausted though.

In what has become somewhat of an annual tradition for me since I arrived in Canada, I just returned from a weekend across the US border in Washington where I experienced the magical combination of Of A Revolution (O.A.R.) and the incomparable Dave Matthews Band (DMB) play at the legendary "Gorge Ampitheatre" not once, but over three nights in a row! Read more

Shuswap House Boating

Close your eyes and imagine floating on a blow-up reclining armchair on a pristine, cool, clear lake under a sunny blue sky in 35 degree celsius temperatures. You're clutching an ice cold beer in your right hand and there's not a thought nor a worry in your mind or in your life...

Welcome to my Shuswap Lake house boating getaway! Read more

TNT Magazine

As if you don't already have enough to keep you occupied during your precious online time during the week, I'm about to introduce you (well my Canadian mates anyway), to a London street magazine called TNT Magazine.

Considered the closest thing to the Bible by THOUSANDS of London-based Aussies, Kiwis and South Africans, TNT Magazine is a weekly, independent travellers magazine filled with travel stories and features as well as news from home (AUS, NZ, SA) entertainment guides, and helpful information on local transport, housing and jobs. Read more

Quick Trip to Tdot

Due to some nimble Internet seat sale purchasing a couple of months ago, I've just spent the past weekend over in chilly Toronto visiting a couple of friends. I actually managed to pick up a set of flights with WestJet for just shy of $500 bones - about what it would normally cost someone to fly to one of the East Coast cities ONE WAY... so needless to say I would have been a moron not to do it. Read more

New Working Holiday Visa Rules for Australians in Canada

Wouldn't you know it - I've spent a good deal of time over my past two and half years here in Canada scrambling to find loopholes and little tricks to enable me to extend and repeat my Working Holiday VISA status here in Canada. Read more

2008 Summer of Love

Regular readers of my Blog may have noticed that a new link was added to the top of my site about a week ago titled '08 Summer of Love. It's appearance with lack of linked page behind it, prompted a few curious "please explains", and for those people I am now able to fill you in. Read more

Quick Victoria Visit

Well, I've landed safe and sound back in wet and miserable Vancouver. With a few days left up my sleeve before I head back to the grind of gainful employment, I took the opportunity to head over to the Island to catch up with Cole and Jason and hang out with them for a couple of days. Read more

Brisbane's GoMA

Made the trip into Brisbane's South Bank cultural district this afternoon to check out the new "Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA)", the new "State Library" and of course the rest of the South Bank precinct. Read more

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