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Tuesday 22 January 2008
TravelBlog 2008: Australia and New Zealand
I’m in Houston and in a few hours will board a plane that will take me to Guam, then on to Cairns and points in Australia and New Zealand.
There are two concise reasons this trip is important to me:
1). 2008 marks the 20th (yes, that’s TWENTIETH) year online (bbs’s anyone?)
2). I turn 45 on the 25. It’s a rite of passage, I think.
For one month I’m going to explore Australia and New Zealand. I will post photos and ideas and inspiration.
I am also working hard, my current project: massive HTML and CSS testing for MS.
I’m very excited.
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Posted by: Molly | 12:01 am |
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:11 am
We can’t wait til you get to Perth, Molly!
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:13 am
Have a fantastic and safe trip.
Looking forward to following your adventures.
- Neil.
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:17 am
Molly look forward to catching up over the coming weeks, lets hope the weather stays good for you. 45 isn’t that old!
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:07 am
Molly,
Enjoy your time down under! And Happy Birthday in advance!
Looking forward to posts from your trip as well!
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:12 am
Hey Molly, hope to see you when (if?) you’re in Melbourne!
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:21 am
Molly you young pup you.
Hopefully you will make it to Perth, Western Australia so I can buy you a beer for your birthday. If you don’t mind drinking with an old bloke and reminisce on what the web was like when I was 45.
January 22nd, 2008 at 4:44 am
20 years online! That’s incredibly awesome.
I’ve hit my 15-year mark this year. However, it just makes me overly nostalgic for Gopher and the MUDs I used to hang out on. But 15 years ain’t bad for a girl who didn’t have her own computer until ‘99. Roll on the next 15!
January 22nd, 2008 at 9:05 am
Molly: happy birthday and hope you have a wonderful time in New Zealand and Australia. I look forward to pictures and stories…
January 22nd, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Have a great time. Sydney is great this time of year.
January 22nd, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Where abouts are you touring in Australia?
NB. Some parts of Australia are very very clique-y. So the best way of finding out what’s the best to see and do is to ask a local (you may not necessarily find out otherwise). However, it is no guarantee that the local knows either.
I love my home town!
January 22nd, 2008 at 5:45 pm
The trip sounds fun (even the testing part). Only 20 years? I just realized that I’ve been online for 25 (with friends who’ve been online even longer).
Sobering when I think of the web geeks that weren’t even born when I first fired up a modem (300 baud even!).
January 22nd, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Have fun in Australia… don’t forget our little island Tasmania on your tours
January 22nd, 2008 at 8:38 pm
You are so going to be smothered with hospitality!
January 22nd, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Molly,
Melbourne is a wonderful place to visit but even better if you know where to get the best fried dumplings in town. Drop me a line and I’ll point you there.
January 22nd, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Hi, I’m from Wellington, New Zealand. I just got your CSS book from the library and was going through the exercises when I decided to check out your website and found that you’re coming this way. How cool is that! Have a great holiday.
January 23rd, 2008 at 6:54 am
Name:jorge peres dos santos
country:Brazil (Rio de janeiro)
Training:marketing Strategic
Age:29
Now you know about me
I know that you are very busy but have as you get that contact for me (my idea)
January 23rd, 2008 at 7:17 am
Molly, happy birthday, and you have a great trip to know new friend
The sun will always back tomorrow I know
January 23rd, 2008 at 10:02 am
Hey Mols! It’s my 20 year anniversary too - what a coincidence - it seems we’ve known each other for 20 years
Hey - while you’re in New Zealand - tell your friends (seems there are people there waiting for ya) - that you have a friend who knits and crochets and would love some wool - and maybe the’ll be able to point you in the right direction
Oh - and that birthday thang - always remember - no matter what happens - I’m always going to be older than you
Have a great trip and a happy birthday!
January 23rd, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Claire - If Molly can swing by my little slice of paradise in the lower North Island, I’ll give her a bag of alpaca fleece to bring back to the states (we just sheared them a couple of weeks ago)….would love to see her getting that through airport security.
If that’s too logistically convoluted, I’ll be getting some spun soon and can ship it to you. I can also point you to suppliers of all sorts of specialty fiber down here. (phil at euphoria dot org)
January 23rd, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Hey! Glad to hear you’re taking time to visit the South Pacific! No sense coming down here and just talking at a conference. Hopefully I’ll be up to see you at Web Stock. Still trying to see if I can make the trip from the south island.
Enjoy your time in these beautiful countries!
January 24th, 2008 at 2:11 am
bbs? well .. yes, of course. Been doing, been sysop for some years, then the internet hype hit Germany in its fulls - and gone was the good ole BBS scene :-/
2008 marks the 13th year online
cu, w0lf.
January 24th, 2008 at 7:09 am
Phil -
ALPACA! My favorite! MOLS - get that fleece from him!! THANKS! I don’t spin - but I do have friends who do - so fleece is PERFECT. Mols - you have to check out the alpaca - I believe they were the basis for push-me-pull-you (Dr Dolittle) - plus - some of them have hair on their heads like Lyle Lovette .
Molly and I go way back to the GEnie days (remember them - before Al Gore invented the Internet ) - so we really have known each other for 20 years (yes - I knew her before she was famous
and yes - I am even older than she is (3 years) ). I, however, am an attorney - so I concentrate on the legal end of the ‘net - not the design end y’all know.
January 24th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
great blog!
January 24th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Happy impending birthday!I turned 54 yesterday and don’t feel old at all.I think if you have good health and a positive attitude about life the aging process doesn’t seem all that bad.Have a safe trip and do enjoy yourself.
January 24th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
[…] more information visit http://www.molly.com/2008/01/22/travelblog-2008-australia-and-new-zealand/. An evening with Molly HolzchlagLoop Bar, Melbourne (to be confirmed)February 06 — 06, 2008Other events of interest…OpenSource Open Day - linux.conf.auAmazon Web Services (AWS) Evangelist Mike Culver in MelbourneLuke Wroblewski on Designing for Web 2.0CA Expo 08- 360° VISION […]
January 25th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
“Steven Clark Says:
January 22nd, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Have fun in Australia… don’t forget our little island Tasmania on your tours
”
–agreed! i hope you get there!! You can then check a few more things off “1000 places to see before you die”
January 28th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
20 years online! Wow - this year marks my 11th full time years online.
Looking forward to catching up when you’re in Melbourne (unless you’re planning on swinging past Canberra while you’re on this side of Australia?).
Also, happy belated birthday!
January 29th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
thnak you..;)
July 17th, 2008 at 2:37 am
thanks for article
July 25th, 2008 at 6:51 am
Hi Molly, I will be in Sydney & NZ in Nov & Dec 08, any suggestions or any good spots to visit will be most appreciated. Thanks
August 5th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
Happy impending birthday!I turned 54 yesterday and don’t feel old at all.I think if you have good health and a positive attitude about life the aging process doesn’t seem all that bad.Have a safe trip and do enjoy yourself.