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Not sure what you can do in your present situation, but you can go to nbn™ rollout map | nbn - Australia's new broadband access network to find out what type of NBN you are getting, and when. We've just gone live on a FTTN connection and, after a wretched month with Telstra have moved to...

Mrs Paddy also. Bit surprising as she just finished nearly identical challenge over for weeks that required spending of $175 per week (scratching my head)

Days 5 - 12 Les Ages, St Crepin-de-Richmont, Dordogne (SW of France) Just finished spending a terrific week doing a Photographic Workshop in the SW of France with French Photographic Holidays (mods: hope the free plug is OK) Run by Paul and Pam Edmunds it is a great week of some learning and...

All independent travel in France using a rental car. I believe there is a train you can take to near Giverny as well, although most people just take a tour from Paris, often with Versailles as part of the day

A photo of Mrs Paddy accidentally posted :shock:

...more from Giverny

Day 4 - Giverny With a couple of 'spare' days at the start of our trip we decided to revisit one of our favourites: Claude Monet's Garden at Giverny. I'm not a gardener at all (ask Mrs Paddy :)) however I love Impressionist Art and Monet's more than most so his garden and home are a treat to...

Day 2 & 3 - SYD - DXB - CDG (Apologies, but notes only at the moment) Day 2 SYD - DXB - QF1 D1600ish A 1230+1ish Well, for me the biggest plus about Qantas is the staff :) .. doesn't matter if on the ground, in the lounges or in the air they are just great! Always smiling, always helpful...

Day 2 - North Ryde to QF Flounge at SYD Even though we're using points we're still entitled to the Chauffeur Drive :) Chap arrived on time, very chatty, and a very quick run into SYD... of well, more time than planned in the Lounge :mrgreen: First up were the Spa treatments, alone worth the...

Day 1 - Sydney A pleasant surprise last night was the Holiday Inn Express, Macquarie Park. Stayed here on points, a modest 20,000 and found this a just 1 year old HIX with free breakfast thrown in. Miles ahead of other HIX's I've stayed in, especially in the LOTFAP It's a 'Business Hotel'...

About $1200 there and back for each of us. I will positively look at it by saying that for a fair bit less than a Y ticket, plus a truck load of points, we fly First Class. Would have spent much of the $$$ to get the points anyhow, although the knowledge on AFF showed me how to spend it for...

A Preamble # 2 - A rant about Travel Insurance Now if there's one thing I've come to get ticked off about it is getting adequate Travel Insurance! I'm 62 with Asthma and Diabetes Type II, and my wife and I carry $10K+ of Camera gear with us (our hobby and passion), plus I carry a $2k CPAP...

A Preamble # 1 Haven’t done much travel the last few years, but that’s OK (well not really :()! The last big trip Mrs Paddy and I did was Europe in mid 2015, and we finished up in Vienna. Checking in to fly back to SYD (on points in BA F) I managed to slip on the ultra-polished floor in the...

Couldn't log in using Safari, but OK with Chrome. Forgot about the delete cookies advice. Seems web development amateur hour to me Qantas that this is still a problem. :evil:

Not obscure, but a deceased airline: Braniff Flew MIA-CLO and BOG-DFW back in early 1980s

Sign... yes, love the 744 :cool:

Looks very very interesting... but not the Pan Am experience I remember :shock:

Hoping that hangs around until mid May :)

Well I have had the pleasure of riding with Jetstar and as others have said, keep your expectations low. I won't fly them if I need to be somewhere at a particular time. Flying SYD - HBA/LST it's hard to find QF flights so in a couple of flights I'm flying VA, not JQ.

Similarly a long term (1979) rabid Atlanta fan... just gutted... just gutted :(