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One of the most glorious days in the last 8 or 9 months. The weather has been generally atrocious. Today is a 12/10!

This is the Gold Coast winter weather we “should” be having. 15° overnight and 21° and full sun to enjoy the day!

I decided not to buy a black or white car for this trip, so I went AMG Designo Hyacinth Red with gold fleck. Should be fun at 255 km/h next month in Germany!

With travel routes, visas to consider, car expenses, hotels, Airbnb, couchsurfing stays with friendly hosts, old friends, new friends and hosts, ferries, flights and random stuff that pops up all the time, a tight spreadsheet is a necessity. Just one seemingly simple thing where you need to define who is who. I have a Lena,Continue reading “A 2 year travel plan needs a big spreadsheet!”

Here we go – Crawley UK 4 nights with my great friend Andy then Princethorpe (see you soon Helen and Chris!), Conwy in Wales (some business there -see you soon Sean), Wrexham (here I come Ashley and Teds!), Manchester (see you soon Bex!), Alfreton (G’day Jordan!) , Nottingham, Milton Keynes area, Ramsgate in Kent, Dover,Continue reading “The rough plan for August and into early September 2024”

So close to death, it was not funny. See the link to photographs of the recovery operation the following Tuesday… https://photos.app.goo.gl/rJy8YKoZaUvvd87U7

I decided to look for a Mercedes I had already owned in Australia in 2016. I found, in Alfreton, a perfect CLS with full Mercedes-Benz main dealer history and only 16,000 miles. It’s on a truck this week to be delivered to my great friend Andy near Gatwick, where he will no doubt take itContinue reading “The 2024 – 2025 and beyond Mercedes-Benz”

2022, post covid and time to see some different parts of Europe, so bought this current shape CLS400d from Turo Mercedes-Benz. Again, this stunning anthracite black car with a white leather interior and full of optional equipment would have been over AUD$400 a day to rent. 16 countries later, I sold it to a happyContinue reading “The 2022 Mercedes for Europe”

Luxury cars are generally much cheaper in Scotland than London. I found this beautiful S class at Edinburgh Mercedes-Benz and decided to buy it for my 2018-2019 European journey. What a shit show. The female General Manager decided that this Australian was a scammer and refused payment because she was concerned about money laundering. IContinue reading “The big black Scottish Mercedes-Benz”