tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45278632935292530692012-02-16T18:17:30.706+10:00where i will be updating ppl on my travels.kezza01http://www.blogger.com/profile/05122662590611118281noreply@blogger.comBlogger341100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4527863293529253069.post-56118451556085735672009-02-19T19:58:00.002+10:002009-02-19T20:02:22.449+10:00

here's a few photos of the chicken dome and the greenhouse dome getting built. and paul deciding whereabouts to put the greenhouse.what you can't see yet are the plants growing already in the greenhouse - getting ready for a new crop of lettuces and other things for us to eat.

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here we are at another year, another new start, and an update from me on how things are going at satchitananda. since my last post we've (well, paul really - i just look on) have achieved such a lot.our second christmas/new year here and we now have the main shed, a separate work shed for paul, a lean-to where he does most of his work, a dome for the chickens, a dome for the greenhouse, paving to

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it is such a long time since my last post. i must be one of the worst bloggers ever. but so much has happened. not least taking leave from my studies for a while.but on the home front lots have been going on. not least the establishment of satchitananda thanks to all the gardening and bushcraft knowledge of paul. we now have a well-established veggie garden out the front of the shed and the

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well, ok, so i haven't blogged here for quite a while. that isn't to say i haven't been having adventures. if you look through the new albums in my online photo album you'll see that i have travelled yet again, and also started my retirement planning by purchasing some land with my partner paul.however, i haven't been particularly good about maintaining my blog. in fact, i'm surprised that they

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and so to the walking tour of manhattan......courtesy of al from the big apple greeters. the instructions are to meet him at 10am under the large marquee promoting the 'mary poppins' show in times square.....easy enuff *gulp*the first challenge of course was remembering that i had to travel uptown on the subway and get off at the right station.......check....now, a big marquee in the square......

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hmmmmm, i think i left you all in new york when i'd just arrived.....after a very comfortable 4 hour ride on the chinatown bus. word of advice for anyone travelling between cities where this is an option - just go for it. the bus was clean, the driver seemed safe, they let me get on the bus that left an hour earlier than the one i'd booked (just cause i'd arrived 5 minutes before it left!), it

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whew...finally home again. i've just uploaded all the photos from new york and sometime over the next couple of days will catch up the new york blog entries.....cya then....enjoy the photos

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hey all, i'm now in new york - having just arrived this afternoon (it's now 5pm new york time on monday)......new york is completely enormous and CRAZY mad with the traffic etc.....i'll be spending two nights with someone from here but not too sure whether i'll be able to get to the internet too often. so this is more in the way of a 'i'm letting you know where i am and i'm ok' post rather than

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well, this is it. my last day at harvard. i'm graduating to the big time - head off to new york tomorrow........i spent most of today just walking around - it is amazing that many of the buildings in this whole city of cambridge are owned by just the one university......although there are apparently a number of different universities here.....overall i have taken about 5 hours today just walking

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today was the last day of the meetings in harvard. we started with breakfast and then went into a full day of meetings and working on what we will be doing for the next two years.i am the only person there who is not working at a university and it is interesting listening to all these academics talking. they are very good but it is different because all the things i talk about is from the

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Ok, today was the first day of the REAL reason for my trip......this is the first of two days of meetings with the other members of the international research group that i am part of.....and if it wasn't for my involvement with this group then i probably wouldn't have made this trip at this stage.today was the first time that the whole group had got together so much of the time was spent hearing

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well, it took me a little while but now i realise that cambridge is NOT boston.......but it is just across the river.so what has happened today? mostly i walked.........and took photos. this place is full of history. and famous names.because the hotel that i am staying in doesn't have a restaurent, i had no option but to get out and find a place to eat. and have that first cup of coffee.....

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yep, here i am in harvard.......getting a bit tired now - it was a long day. and a bit sad because i had to say goodbye to ray and lily and blade.....they were starting to feel like my second family. they gave me such a great time while i was in their little town and after being 'email buddies' for nearly six years it was wonderful to be able to talk without a little thing called a time

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ok, brekky over, ray's delighted in getting me to help take blade for a walk round the block - he just wanted to see the aussie freeze - bright sunny morning but -9 degrees!!!!!so, back to the ice hockey report. well, obviously there was the traffic - but with the stadium outside the main part of town the traffic jam wasn't as noticeable as in brisbane - but still sitting in traffic is not

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day three in canada was cultural day - museum, french restaurent, art gallery and ice hockey - all topped off by meeting a fellow biker who let me sit on his bike......uuuummmmm that felt good!!!!!!!!there are pics coming of the remainder of the trip. ray was determined that none of you missed out on seeing what i was seeing, but they will probably not be posted for a couple more days.ray took me

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well not really but i do have to respond to muttly's comment about the pic of the pocket bike:at least now i know what a pocket bike is hehehehehe. i would have loved to have brought it home, but i don't know that it would have survived the kyogle run any better than the virago would have - i think it would have been more about the skills of the rider mutts.....!i have managed to do the souvenir

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if you've checked the blog since my last post you'll already have seen the photos that ray and i took on day two.the day was another amazing day in my adventure - the snow that fell on day two lasted long enough for me to enjoy a wagon ride put on by janet and her partner richard - in quebec.......where they only speak french (well, i'm sure they speak english too if they really want to). of

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well, i'm posting this early in the morning on day two - cause last night i was just toooooo tired to post.....day one was amazing. woke up about 8 to wander down for breakfast with ray and lily. lovely sunny morning so we took blade (the dog - little cutie) for a walk around the neighbourhood. it was a bit cool but i had one of ray's jackets to keep me warm.every here and there were old snow

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finally, after:6 airports5 planes5 countries48 hours (or thereabouts - maths is not my strong point)and hearing the plane safety message in aussie english, kiwi english, french english, french, tahitian, spanish, canadian french and american english.....(you want me to recite - which language you want?)......i have hit ottawa........bbbbbrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrthe

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well, sorry, the update from new zealand didn't come the other night as promised to some :(but i had trouble logging into the site from the hostel so ended up giving up. i had forgotten just how 'basic' a basic youth hostel can be.....but at least it was a bed for the night.but as my family will tell you, there can't be a kerrie holiday without dramas.....the bus trip from the airport to the

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well, as the song goes, 'the bags are packed i'm ready to go'.....almost. just got the computer to pack and then i'm all ready.the bike is in bed for the next couple of weeks - although i have told my mum that since she'll have the keys, she MUST replace any fuel that she uses while i'm away.update of activities - i will be meeting up with squad in new york and sharing a sofa with her dogs (

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ok, i've made a start on packing. thanks to tegan i've got my bag packed - altho i'll probably unpack and repack again at least once before wednesday night. i still think i've got way too much gear. tegan, being younger still can't quite see how i can pack for two weeks into just ONE bag.and of course, the laptop isn't packed yet - can't quite manage with just one computer in our household for a

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yes you did - you know who you are - you wanted a run down on the full itinerary so here it is:thursday 22 march - fly from brisbane to auckland and overnight in aucklandfriday 23 march - fly from auckland to new york via tahiti (one hour stop-over in tahiti to stretch my legs saved me about $1000 on the cost of the trip), arrive in new york 2 hours and 10 minutes after leaving auckland??????????

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well, the planning for new york is now coming together nicely too.hi to Al, a local new yorker who is going to show me round his town. he has grown up in manhattan and is going to show me what he loves about new york.....lots of walking i gather so i will be sure to pack the comfy shoes....(and i might just have to do some training for all this exercise i am going to be doing - any 'rapid fitness

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well, ray has confirmed that i didn't misread the email. but it was warming up again. but as he pointed out - things can change.what an exciting schedule he's organised for me:-professional hockey game-downhill skiing-sleigh ride-museum of civilization[native exhibit]-national art gallery[native artist]-lunch with Elizabeth Richard-meal of Canadian wildlife [you won't have to kill anything]and

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ok, now i know i said i wanted it to snow in ottawa while i'm there. and i can accept that for it to snow, it has to be cold.......but really.....for an aussie girl, raised in the sunshine of queensland, cold is like anything below about 10 degree C....i've been getting regular weather updates from ray via email. i suspect he is getting some sort of sadistic pleasure out of this exercise - given

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just over two weeks to go and i still haven't sorted out my basic dilemma - what to pack?????but, i have made one step closer to the answer to that question - bought a new bag yesterday which will hopefully fit the varying airlines' definitions of 'cabin baggage'. that's one of the hassles of not having a direct through flight - i will be travelling on three different airlines on the way across

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this time next month - ottawa i'll be there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!but ray, you've disappointed me, here i was with my fantasy of living in an igloo for a week......ah well. i spose, if it's not cold enough for snow it wouldn't be cold enough for house reno's either would it?(if you aren't following the conversation, see ray's comment on my last post).....and yes, i know there are the internet and

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well, this time in a month, i'll be in auckland - on the first leg of my big trip. which means of course that i'd better start getting myself a little bit organised.fortunately i've got a few days before i fly out to do last minute packing and so forth. but i guess i should do a bit of a dry-run pack to be sure that i can actually manage to pack enough gear in a cabin-sized bag to make that plan

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woohoo, thanks ray (see comment on last post), looks like i'm goin to have a really action packed time.now i just have to continue to pray for snow hehehe.i've been thinking about what i need to pack - it is very hard (when you are not a planner) to work out just what i need to take for so many different weather patterns. and i was also thinking of the hassles of all the airport security checks

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well another day another blog post.......and in the lead up to the big adventure, i am so pleased i got my money last week. this week the aussie dollar has dropped again. now i just have to hope that the dollar strengthens again for the time that i am overseas and then drops just in time for me to change back any funny money i might bring home.preparations are going nicely and still calmly -

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aaah ok....so apparently i ticked the wrong box - meaning that ppl couldn't see how to leave a comment......all fixed now......i hope.u'll see that i've enabled comment moderating.....i know that seems really nasty - must be the bureaucrat in me coming out. i'll play around with that feature and see what i decide.of course, i KNOW u'll all be really nice to me........... :)more next time.

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ok so in order to get myself into the habit i am going to try really, really, really hard to post here every couple of days in the lead up to my trip.and to create for myself a lasting record of all the exciting and scary things leading up to my first big adventure.so on monday this week, i got my 'funny' money. why is it that money from any other country than our own just looks like monopoly

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well gee doesn't everyone say that in their first post?this is going to be the place where everyone will be able to read about and drool over my big overseas (and home-based) adventures. i promise faithfully to post regularly (well - to at least try to post regularly) and to not make u all too jealous........i will also provide a link to my photoalbum - when i can work out how to do that.......

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