Month: June 2008

Family

A Fun Time in a Flight Simulator

Today was the final event in a series of fun birthday activities when I spent some time in a Boeing 737 flight simulator in Melbourne. The simulator is based on Microsoft Flight Simulator Software and a New Zealand designed simulated cockpit. This was a birthday present from my family – David, Cathy & Chris. It […]

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Family

My Birthday Continues at Uluru

We’ve taken a bit more time off to go to Uluru for a few days and met up with our friends Rob, Mary, Marcie, Bob and Junene and Ken who are travelling through the centre on a caravan and camping trip. We’ve stayed for a couple of days to join them as they passed through […]

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Europe

Ballooning in Cappadocia

On the final two days of this trip, we have been enjoying one of the highlights of our time away – a visit to Cappadocia and a hot air balloon ride. Cappadocia is a region in central Turkey that is famous for its fairy chimneys. It is an ancient volcanic region and the volcanoes showered […]

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