Tastes Like Chicken

• Saw a carbon offset payment kiosk at SFO. How bout we set up healthcare offset kiosks for all you hippies that want to pay for other people. #
• My fart in the Pacific two days ago caused more damage than the non-tsunami. Scientists are as bad at warnings as the TSA is… Reactionary #
• I will be stuck on a cross country flight during the gold medal hockey game on Sunday. Bitter. #
• One more reason to hate Obama. He doesn't like Hummers. Of any kind. #
• People in the hotel room next door are screaming at each other. It is very entertaining. #
• Upgraded room with a view of the Opera House makes the 43 nights in a hotel last year worth it. #

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Brent and I have completely missed the Olympics this year (to give you an idea of how important the Winter Olympics is to the Aussies, the newspapers devoted less real estate to the Olympics than to cricket or rugby…).
Therefore, we have decided to award medals to venues/events on our trip that have displayed [...]

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Video highlights of some kangaroos in Victoria and our arrival in Apollo Bau:

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Written Feb 23rd…
In case you haven't noticed from our posts, this trip to Oz has centered largely around food and wine. It started out as being centered on wine, and I suppose the pairing with food has naturally followed along. Instead of "Return to Oz", perhaps I should be calling this trip "Two [...]

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Post from Feb 22nd – as usual, pics to follow…
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After two nights in the Blue Mountains, it was time to move on to the Hunter Valley, the last wine region that we will visit on this trip.
I got up early and intended to walk down to Echo Point for one last look before we hit [...]

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Here's the post from Sunday February 21st…pics to follow.
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We got a late start, and ended up walking out to Echo Point about 11:30am. Echo Point is the main lookout with views of the iconic Three Sisters. It's a two minute walk on paved roads from the bus drop off point, which means that [...]

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We've just arrived in Sydney and now have internet access for the first time in a few days. Here is the post from Saturday February 20th…
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We got up and reluctantly left Abbottsford in the Barossa very early in order to drive to Adelaide and catch a morning flight to Sydney. We tried to [...]

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Video highlights of our quick visit to Melbourne and the Yarra Valley:

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• New pics and a bunch of narrative from Christy about Victoria and South Australia: http://www.midwood.net/travel/ #
• @RosemaryAiello Did you guys book your tix to Vegas yet? in reply to RosemaryAiello #
• @bmidwood Nope – they had tasting by the glass at the Magill Estate. Was a little too pricey by the bottle. in reply to bmidwood #
• On the way back to Sydney from Adelaide. Will post some more pics and updates at some point when we have real net access. #
• Had a glass of 2003 Penfolds Grange with dinner tonight. Saying it was very good is an understatement. #
• Just hacked the hotel router. Considering changing the 2 hr lim on cont usage to 4 hrs so I can upload youtube stuff. Think they'll notice? #

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I think a bunch of the HDR sunset ones came out great, so I'll be posting those to MidwoodPhoto.com for possible print to canvas. If you are interested in purchasing, let me know for the "family discount." 72157623477453130 http://maps.google.com/?

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