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OT - bucket list trip - all food eaten will be shown.

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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,315
    Definitely keep the great pics coming.  And thanks for getting this thread back on track.

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    I love seeing pics and hearing of others adventures.  Although it ignites the wanderlust in my soul and makes me restless.  

    Thanks for posting!!

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
                                                                                  -Umberto Eco

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    Peachtree Corners, GA
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  • Sea2Ski
    Sea2Ski Posts: 4,131
    I am glad many of you like the updates, and yes, I will keep the updates coming.  

    Really early morning Thursday now.  Have to start out with breakfast. Sorry not so interesting. We are on the move today. 

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    Caliking said:   Meat in bung is my favorite. 
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,714
    Sea2Ski said:
    Did get this guy on a branch outside our hotel.  Later learned that it is poisonous. It feeds on the nector of a plant that has arsenic, and it stores it in their system. When it opens its wings, the color pattern is red and yellow, but I missed that shot.  



    Just about everything in Australia seems to be poisonous or able to kill you; have you seen any 14" spiders yet?
    Mucho Thanks for the pics and posts, really an adventure!  

    The average life expectancy of a (russian) soldier on the (Ukranian) front line during an assault is 20-35 minutes.  

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • Sea2Ski
    Sea2Ski Posts: 4,131
    Giddy up and let's go!  


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    Caliking said:   Meat in bung is my favorite. 
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  • Sea2Ski
    Sea2Ski Posts: 4,131
    @Botch no big spiders yet thank goodness. I did see a huge web that is really a 3D web that can get 15 feet tall and 15 feet wide and can house 100's of spiders. Think of it as an apartment for them all.  

    Everything down here is big, with the exception of spoons, glasses of water at tables when eating and egos. Everyone is super nice, helpful and laid back.  I am loving every minute of this trip! 
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    Caliking said:   Meat in bung is my favorite. 
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  • logchief
    logchief Posts: 1,432
    Hopefully you've tried the Vegemite.  Great thread.  I enjoyed the month I spent in Victoria, unfortunately it was work.
    LBGE - I like the hot stuff.  The big dry San Joaquin Valley, Clovis, CA 
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  • slovelad
    slovelad Posts: 1,742
    Really glad you are sharing ! Much more Interesting than the everyday grind
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  • Sea2Ski
    Sea2Ski Posts: 4,131
    I have been looking for vegemite, but have not seen it yet. As soon as I do, I am going to get "a bit of a taste" 
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  • Sea2Ski
    Sea2Ski Posts: 4,131

    @slovelad  no problem.  As I have said before, I like it when others do this, so I thought I would as well.  I figure if people do not want to see, they to not have to follow. Right?

    @gatraveller
    My wife who did all the planning for this trip, has a folder with all the trip information in it. On the cover, it reads: "We travel not to escape life, but for life to not escape us". It is so true.  I feel like you get much more out of the world and life if you get out there and see it and live in it, even if it is a short trip for a long weekend. 
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    Caliking said:   Meat in bung is my favorite. 
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  • Phatchris
    Phatchris Posts: 1,726
    Vegemite is awesome for a hangover....
    Meat Pies with ketchup, also good for hangover...
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    I eat Marmite daily.  Little less salty but pretty much the same thing.  "Love it or hate it" is their slogan.  I love it, everyone else I know hates it.  

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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmite
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    I love lamp..
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,938
    I bet a spoonful of that would be good mixed into a bloody mary
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    @Legume I will try that.  Thanks.
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  • Sea2Ski
    Sea2Ski Posts: 4,131
    Well, we had the easiest transfer I have had in a long time.  From Brisbane, we got on another flight, but first I needed a bite.  
    Lamb burger, lettuce, tomato chutney, whole egg mayo, New York style cheese, and hickory BBQ sauce:


    The flight:


    Good of thing I had the burger.  Air NZ is an incredible airline with a very updated fleet of planes.  The food...  well, the beef something I had was not so good. As you can see, the roll was the best part. 



    Finally at the hotel and settled in.

    We are currently sitting in the shadow of the Auckland sky tower having a glass of a New Zealand Shiraz, and she got a glass of white  

    And dinner just just came too!  New Zealand grass fed beef ribeye steak, with duck fat potatoes and side vegetable of the day.


    What a great day!
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  • Sea2Ski
    Sea2Ski Posts: 4,131
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    Caliking said:   Meat in bung is my favorite. 
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  • pescadorzih
    pescadorzih Posts: 926
    Enjoying seeing your trip through your eyes so far. Keep the pics coming.
    SE PA
    XL, Lg, Mini max and OKJ offset
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  • jonnymack
    jonnymack Posts: 627
    Super cool thread. Thanks for sharing the awesomeness 
    Firing up the BGE in Covington, GA

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  • cazzy
    cazzy Posts: 9,136
    Nice series of pics man!  You got some great captures!
    Just a hack that makes some $hitty BBQ....
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,938
    Agree w/everyone - keep the pics coming, fun thread to follow.  That lamb burger makes me want to just skip right to lunch today.
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    Awesome!!!  

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
                                                                                  -Umberto Eco

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  • johnl350
    johnl350 Posts: 125
    What an awesome thread!  Definitely on top of my bucket list ever since I saw Crocodile Dundee :)
    great pictures and can't wait to see more. 

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  • Sea2Ski
    Sea2Ski Posts: 4,131
    Had a fairly simple breakfast. 

    I will pass on all future vegemite and marmite.  You can see in the picture above I had a bite of each.  That was enough.  




    We we have since been touring this morning the New Zealand countryside. In a word - beautiful. 
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  • BizGreenEgg
    BizGreenEgg Posts: 301
    Love NZ.  Are you seeing the whole country or sticking to the north island?
    Large BGE & mini stepchild & a KJ Jr.
    The damp PNW 
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  • Sea2Ski
    Sea2Ski Posts: 4,131
    Lunch time now.  Had the sides first - had to wait for the beef.  

    But it the wait was worth it.  Done perfectly. 


    @BizGreenEgg  we are going to both islands.  I had to have more of the north island beef before we move on.  

    Where red we currently are:
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  • Jeremiah
    Jeremiah Posts: 6,412
    Great thread, awesome trip! 
    Slumming it in Aiken, SC. 
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,714
    I've never wanted to visit Aussie-land because of the spiders, but it's on my bucket list to visit, possibly emigrate, to New Zealand.  Thanks for the pics and posts there!  

    The average life expectancy of a (russian) soldier on the (Ukranian) front line during an assault is 20-35 minutes.  

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • Sea2Ski
    Sea2Ski Posts: 4,131
    Botch said:
    I've never wanted to visit Aussie-land because of the spiders, but it's on my bucket list to visit, possibly emigrate, to New Zealand.  Thanks for the pics and posts there!  
    Just got back from a tour. From what they said, NZ can be tough to get into. Australia however is not.  But, once an Aussie, you can then easily move to NZ.  

    As as for a few other things I have learned:

    There are few native flowering plants because there were no bees.  All plants were pollinated by birds. 

    People are typically buried on a hill - the higher On it you are buried, the more important you are. 

    Very very few flowers are imported, too far from producers and there isn't enough demand to grow them locally. 

    North island is known for beef production. The South Island is known for sheep.  

    No handguns, and police do not carry them.  They welcome hunters to get rid of pigs. 

    Most energy production is from geothermal steam.  

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  • Sea2Ski
    Sea2Ski Posts: 4,131
    edited November 2015
    • Friday night dinner:   Bucket list item 2 checked off: eat New Zealand lamb in New Zealand!!

      SILERE Alpine Origin Merino Lamb fillet & shoulder Wellington, marinated Artichokes, semi dried Tomatoes, Olive powder & Rosemary jus paired with  a Neudorf “Tom’s Block” Pinot Noir



      I will say that it was indeed the best lamb I ever had. Although each piece was 1.5 inches thick, I only used a knife to get a "clean cut" with the pastry wrapping. It was just bloody delicious. I could have easily ate 3 more pieces. 
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