February 2009 – Freedom Lifestyle

Goal 37 – outback adventure.

February 26, 2009
/ 100 goals in 100 weeks

Back in 2000, after my first couple of extended travel trips to Australia, I was still living and working in the UK, and was seriously considering the possibility of moving down under to live. I had a map of Australia on the wall with the two previous trips highlighted on it. One evening I was […]

Perth progress.

February 22, 2009
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The first thing I did on Monday morning was have a quick check online for dump truck driving jobs in Western Australia, and was amazed to find that jobs at the very mine site that I wanted to work at had just gone online that very morning! My karma seems to be working overtime at […]

The Best Job In The World!

February 17, 2009
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Over the past couple of weeks I have had emails from quite a few of you, suggesting that I would be an ideal candidate for The Best Job In The World. If you haven’t heard of it, here is an outline of the job, which is being offered by Tourism Queensland: Tourism Queensland is seeking […]

Around the world in 196 days – back in Perth.

February 16, 2009
/ 100 goals in 100 weeks

On Sunday I flew to Perth from Sydney, finally finishing my first-ever complete around the world trip, 28 weeks after I set off back in August last year, which now seems so long ago. On the final approach to Perth I gazed quietly out of the window, and thought about the past six months, and […]

Whale pictures finally arrive…

February 13, 2009
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Pix finally arrived of the whale dive, awesome, read more about it a couple of blogs previously: http://ianusher.com/2009/02/goal-35-thar-she-blows.html

Sydney. Not quite as pleasant as some recent activities…

February 13, 2009
/ 100 goals in 100 weeks

The trip from Sapporo to Sydney took about 30 hours altogether, as I had to fly from Sapporo to Haneda airport, then cross Tokyo to Narita airport, and then fly from there to Cairns, arriving at 5am, and having to wait five hours for the flight down the coast to Sydney. The last leg of […]

Goal 36 – Yuki Matsuri.

February 9, 2009
/ 100 goals in 100 weeks

Two flights took me from Naha up to Haneda, Tokyo’s domestic airport, then on to Sapporo, and it was late afternoon by the time I arrived. A train into the city itself, and then another out to where my hotel was situated meant that it was early evening by the time I got settled in. […]

Goal 35 – Thar she blows!

February 7, 2009
/ 100 goals in 100 weeks

I flew back from Yonaguni via Ishigaki once again, and was picked up at the airport in Naha by Miho, Doug’s diving shop business partner. We went past the dive shop to say a quick hello to Jim, the business photographer, and then Miho dropped me off at Doug’s apartment, the spare bedroom of which […]

Goal 34 – A Life Sold!

February 6, 2009
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The start of this whole 100goals adventure has it’s roots back in my earlier project, which was to sell my “life”, in order to free myself up to travel, and make a fresh start. More information on ALife4Sale here: Unfortunately the ALife4Sale eBay auction did not go quite as I had hoped, and ultimately the […]

Goal 33 glides into view – hammerhead sharks!

February 5, 2009
/ 100 goals in 100 weeks

I once saw a documentary about the Galapagos Islands, and was amazed by the huge schools of hammerhead sharks that gather there at certain times of the year. Without knowing any more details than this I added seeing this spectacle to my list of goals, and it duly became part of my list of 100 […]

Lost In Translation.

February 1, 2009
/ 100 goals in 100 weeks

Yesterday Connie had suggested that I should join her and her family for a day out, as it was the first weekend day since I arrived here, and her husband Kazuyuki would not be working, and the kids were off school. So we all piled into their little family bus, apart from the eldest boy, […]

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