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wow... i haven't been on here for a long time...

Just got home from a touristy drive in north QLD (doing the sht we never did when we lived there :yes: ). And yep, kinda got caught up by the cyclone, Townsville copped alot of rain as did most places up the coast, and as usual Ingham flooded and the Bruce was cut. But got back upto Cairns for the flight home on time, just went the long way round via Gregory Development Road.

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Undara was a relaxing place though we got lucky being near the end of their green (off) season.

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Also spotted a record fuel price

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I haven't posted for a little while, but I've been travelling for the past month. I thought I would share a few photos from my time in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Absolutely loved travelling around both these cities. If you would like to see more, check out my Flickr page. If anyone is travelling to these two cities, I have two hot tips:


1. To enjoy Los Angeles you must hire a car. If you don't, you will hate it. We hired a Camaro which made it even better :)

2. San Francisco caters for tourists better than any city I've been to. Make use of the hop on hop off bus tours and get all day passes for public transport. The cable cars, trains and buses are excellent.


San Francisco


14030013012_c49fb72038_c.jpgSailing Ship by RDWilson1984, on Flickr


















Los Angeles


14047444913_af9fa6bec8_c.jpgWalk of Fame by RDWilson1984, on Flickr












14027943794_eed6ef1552_c.jpgVenice Beach by RDWilson1984, on Flickr














It's been ages since I've thought any photos I've taken have been worthy of showing, and these two aren't that great either, but meh...

14064514545_5ac5941e48_c.jpgIMG_5094-Edit by GoldZilla, on Flickr

14061349452_efd63a4549_c.jpgIMG_5092-Edit by GoldZilla, on Flickr

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I haven't posted for a little while, but I've been travelling for the past month. I thought I would share a few photos from my time in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Absolutely loved travelling around both these cities. If you would like to see more, check out my Flickr page. If anyone is travelling to these two cities, I have two hot tips:
1. To enjoy Los Angeles you must hire a car. If you don't, you will hate it. We hired a Camaro which made it even better :)
2. San Francisco caters for tourists better than any city I've been to. Make use of the hop on hop off bus tours and get all day passes for public transport. The cable cars, trains and buses are excellent.
San Francisco

Dont a fkn hate dirty image sensors!!!! I spent a good hour on a nice Hawaii sunset image removing spots from my old DSLR.

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