The view from my "office"

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QF42 office. The usually iconic view landing in SYD from the north is a bit moist this morning….

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Waves lapping the runway beach….! 😳

I should have taken a photo….
 
Was working hard last week on the slopes around Rusutsu. So a well deserved Apres Ski time talking tall tales of black runs aptly named Heavenly Spirit, and hall pipes and powder powder powder!
 

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And nice at our local beach. We can see our place from here. There’s a Greek Festival just adjacent and all we can hear is the plate smashing competition. Tide out today.

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Meanwhile the grandkids have invented a toddler version of dodgem cars.

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Son has a huge back room in his rental that I’ve told him not to furnish. Before the dodgem track it was a cricket pitch and the open boxes were fielders.
 
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I present to you the wonders of Ireland, the ............ Hill of Tara.
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Exciting stuff, eh? ;)

It was then onto Trim Castle, and I'd really recommend doing the guided tour (€5) while there, it's the only way to get inside the keep. The grounds are free to wander around. Our tour guide was very good, very chatty and knew lots of stuff about stuff. It helps there was only Mrs FB, myself and 2 other travellers.
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Trim was a nice enough little town to wander around too.
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Looks like they've updated the intercity busses.
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I present to you the wonders of Ireland, the ............ Hill of Tara.
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Exciting stuff, eh? ;)

It was then onto Trim Castle, and I'd really recommend doing the guided tour (€5) while there, it's the only way to get inside the keep. The grounds are free to wander around. Our tour guide was very good, very chatty and knew lots of stuff about stuff. It helps there was only Mrs FB, myself and 2 other travellers.
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Trim was a nice enough little town to wander around too.
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Looks like they've updated the intercity busses.
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The buses weren't that fancy when I had a bus pass for three weeks in 1982
 

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