Posts by allrite
Irreverently irrelevant. Sysadmin, developer, web dude in a science research organisation. WordPress, Japan, planes, trains, Arduino, Raspberry Pi/Pico, puns, dad jokes, etc
Farewell Qantas 747: Thanks for the memories
The Qantas 747 has flown off to the desert, but the memories it leaves will last a lifetime.
The stars guide us home
Flying home from Singapore aboard QF52 to Brisbane then QF502 to Sydney.
Food, flame and phobias
Cycling, science and the Jewel in Singapore, relaxing and eating at Desaru Beach and Johor Bahru in Malaysia.
Rivers in the desert
Flying QF81 from Sydney to Singapore over the inland rivers of eastern and central Australia.
Restless Magic
Two hotels and a Harry Potter before our flight.
Part 5: Osaka and heading home
In this final instalment I rejoin my family in Osaka, visit the Kyoto Railway Museum, Toei Studio Park and Universal Studios Japan, before flying home to Sydney on Jetstar.
Part 4: West and South in Kyushu
I head off alone again down to Kyushu for Tabira Hiradoguchi and Sasebo, the westernmost stations, and Nishi Oyama, the southermost, all the way to Makurazaki and back to Osaka.
Part 3: With the family in Honshu
It’s back down from Hokkaido to Osaka to meet up with the rest of the family, then we head to Legoland and the SCMaglev and Railway Park in Nagoya, to Takayama for a birthday and to Unazuki Onsen to ride the Kurobe Gorge Scenic Railway.
Part 2: North and East in Hokkaido
An epic train ride from Shin Osaka to Wakkanai, then off to Abashiri, Kushiro and Nemuro visiting Japan’s most northern and eastern stations.
Part 1: Sydney to Osaka
I set out on a quest to visit each of the Japanese railway systems compass points of stations. The journey begins in a basic hotel and with flights on Jetstar from Sydney to Osaka via Cairns.