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Day 4: Armidale (Heritage Drive)

Day 4: Armidale (Heritage Drive)

Armidale 2022
Australia
Armidale
27 February 2022 at 4:00 pm

After the heritage walk, we went on a heritage drive.

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Day 5: Armidale

Day 5: Armidale

Armidale 2022
Australia
Armidale
28 February 2022 at 5:00 pm

We returned back to Armidale late in the afternoon and completed the Heritage Drive.

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Day 6: Uralla

Day 6: Uralla

Armidale 2022
Australia
Uralla
1 March 2022 at 11:00 am

Our next stop on the return journey is the historic town of Uralla.

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Day 3: Kurashiki

Day 3: Kurashiki

Japan 2017
Japan
Kurashiki
24 March 2017 at 11:00 am

We took a day trip to Kurashiki. The old merchant quarter (Bikan) contains wooden warehouses along a canal.

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Day 3: Okayama (Okayama Castle)

Day 3: Okayama (Okayama Castle)

Japan 2017
Japan
Okayama Castle
24 March 2017 at 2:00 pm

Okayama Castle (岡山城), located in Okayama Japan, was completed in 1597, destroyed during World War II, and reconstructed in 1966.

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Day 5: Hiroshima (Atomic Bomb Dome)

Day 5: Hiroshima (Atomic Bomb Dome)

Japan 2017
Japan
Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Dome
26 March 2017 at 10:00 am

The Genbaku Dome (aka Hiroshima Peace Memorial, or the Atomic Bomb Dome) is a former exhibition hall that somehow still stands as a ruin.

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Day 5: Hiroshima (Hiroshima Castle)

Day 5: Hiroshima (Hiroshima Castle)

Japan 2017
Japan
Hiroshima Castle
26 March 2017 at 8:00 am

Hiroshima Castle is yet another reconstructed castle because the original was destroyed along with most of Hiroshima by the Atomic Bomb.

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Day 4 Gunkanjima

Day 4 Gunkanjima

Japan 2018
Japan
Gunkanjima
9 March 2018 at 10:00 am

Gunkanjima (Battleship Island) was originally called Hashima with a seabed coalmine. After the mine was closed, the island fell into ruin.

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Day 4: Nagasaki (Atomic Bomb Hypocentre)

Day 4: Nagasaki (Atomic Bomb Hypocentre)

Japan 2018
Japan
Atomic Bomb Hypocentre
9 March 2018 at 2:00 pm

The Atomic Bomb Hypocentre has concentric circles marked around it like a bullseye target, next to the nearby remains of the Urakami church.

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Day 5: Nagasaki (Dejima)

Day 5: Nagasaki (Dejima)

Japan 2018
Japan
Dejima
10 March 2018 at 1:00 pm

Dejima was used to quarantine foreign traders (Portuguese, then Dutch) during the Edo period of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

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Day 5: Nagasaki (Dutch Slope)

Day 5: Nagasaki (Dutch Slope)

Japan 2018
Japan
Dutch Slope
10 March 2018 at 10:00 am

The strangely named "Dutch Slope" is a sloping road leading up to a hill where there are historical Western style houses.

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Day 5: Nagasaki (Glover Garden)

Day 5: Nagasaki (Glover Garden)

Japan 2018
Japan
Glover Garden
10 March 2018 at 8:00 am

Glover Garden is situated on the southern slope of the Minamiyamate hillside and offers a superb and extensive view of Nagasaki Harbour.

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Day 5: Nagasaki (historic quarter)

Day 5: Nagasaki (historic quarter)

Japan 2018
Japan
Nagasaki Historic Quarter
10 March 2018 at 11:00 am

We also explored various places around the Nagasaki historic quarter including Oura Machi and Minami Yamate-Machi.

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Day 5: Nagasaki (Shianbashi)

Day 5: Nagasaki (Shianbashi)

Japan 2018
Japan
Shianbashi
10 March 2018 at 6:00 pm

Shianbashi is Nagasaki's nightlife area (and former red light district). At night, it comes alive with little restaurants and snack bars.

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Day 5: Nagasaki (Spectacles Bridge)

Day 5: Nagasaki (Spectacles Bridge)

Japan 2018
Japan
Spectacles Bridge
10 March 2018 at 2:00 pm

Spectacles Bridge is Japan's first Chinese-style stone bridge and one of Japan's Top 3 most well known bridges.

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Day 2: Allan Bridge

Day 2: Allan Bridge

Muswellbrook 2022
Australia
Allan Bridge
29 December 2022 at 10:00 am

After breakfast, we took a drive to Glenbawn Dam and passed through a historic bridge along the way.

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Day 2: Muswellbrook Heritage Walk Part 1

Day 2: Muswellbrook Heritage Walk Part 1

Muswellbrook 2022
Australia
Muswellbrook
29 December 2022 at 9:00 am

Visiting the historic houses around Muswellbrook.

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Day 2: Muswellbrook Heritage Walk Part 2

Day 2: Muswellbrook Heritage Walk Part 2

Muswellbrook 2022
Australia
Muswellbrook
29 December 2022 at 4:00 pm

After lunch, we resumed our heritage walk to the south of Muswellbrook.

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Day 5: Fort Siloso

Day 5: Fort Siloso

Singapore 2017
South East Asia
Sentosa
12 November 2017 at 2:00 pm

The final attraction at Sentosa that we visited was Fort Siloso, built in the late 19th century and stands a historical site today.

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Day 6: Little India

Day 6: Little India

Singapore 2017
South East Asia
Little India
13 November 2017 at 9:00 am

Little India was originally an enclave designated by the British for Indian immigrants, and the main thoroughfare is Serangoon Road.

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Day 3: Ross

Day 3: Ross

Tasmania 2018
Australia
Ross
3 May 2018 at 2:00 pm

Ross is a historic and pretty village in the heart of Tasmania.

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Day 3: Richmond

Day 3: Richmond

Tasmania 2023
Australia
Richmond
30 March 2023 at 9:00 am

Historic town with a famous bridge and ... lots of ducks.

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Day 6: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

Day 6: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

Tasmania 2023
Australia
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
2 April 2023 at 3:00 pm

Australia's second oldest museum and featuring the collections of Australia's oldest scientific society.

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