Travel Diary 1989 to
2004:
1989:
13-14/3/89: Singapore.
16-23/3/89: Oxford area.
24-29/3/89: Bexhill.
30/3-31/3/89: Paris.
1/4-18/4/89: Bourges (borrowed Willems’ van to tour Brittany, then Dordogne & South of France).
19/4/89: Paris.
20/4-8/5/89: London, Oxford, Bexhill, Camber Sands Conference, Oxford, Weobley, London.
9/5/89: fly to Boston, then 10/5/89 PEI, then 14/5/89 Orlando (VIM Conference).
19/5/89: fly to LA.
20-23/5/89: Hawaii.
24-27/5/89: NZ.
28/5/89: home.
1990:
8/1/90: Alex L-side kidney stone operation.
5/7/90: Alex fly to Sydney, then bus to Hunter Valley (IT Directors meeting).
9-13/7/90: Alex in
Sydney (WCCE Conference).
14-21/7/90: trip to Rottnest.
22/7/90: bad weather so flew back with Bevan Marshall.
10/10/90: flew to Rottnest with Bevan.
14/10/90: returned by ferry.
1991:
14/1/91: Alex started as Head, Office of IT at UWA.
21/1/91: Alex R-side kidney stone operation.
29-30/3/91: fly via Singapore to San Francisco.
31/3/91: Yosemite National Park.
2/4/91: fly to St Louis (CSMS Conference 3-5/4/91).
6/4/91: fly to London.
9-11/4/91: Ashburnham Conference.
12-13/4/91: Bexhill.
14-15/4/91: drove to Fishguard.
16/4/91: ferry to Rosslare.
17/4-23/4/91: tour of Ireland.
24/4/91: ferry to Fishguard.
25-26/4/91: Cambridge.
28/4-1/5/91: Oxford.
2/5-5/5/91: Bexhill.
6-7/5/91: Isle of Wight.
8- 14/5/91: Polperro, Keswick, York.
15-21/5/91: Bexhill.
22-23/5/91: Oxford.
25-29/5/91: Rome (28/5 trip to Naples & Pompeii).
30-31/5/91: fly to Hong Kong.
31/5-3/6/91: Hong Kong.
4//6/91: fly to Singapore then home.
1992:
April 92: Porongurups w Parrys & Wadleys.
26-28/7/92: Singapore.
29/7-2/8/92: Oxford.
3/8-9/8/92: boat on Thames from Benson (with Grace from 8/8).
10-14/8/92: Bethania Cottage, Upper Chapel, near Brecon.
15-16/8/92: Bexhill.
17/8/92: Oxford.
18-22/8/92: drove North via Derbyshire, York, North Yorkshire, Loch Lomond, to Skye.
23-25/8/92: Skye.
26-28/8/92: Lumphanen.
29/8/92: Edinburgh (Tattoo).
30/8/92: Oxford.
31/8-3/9/92: Bexhill (attend OECD IMHE Workshop in Eastbourne).
4/9/92: drove via London (visit Q Mary & Westfield College, Virtual Reality demo) to Oxford.
5/9/92: Oxford & London.
6-7/9/92: fly via Singapore to Perth.
27/9/92: ALIA Conference, Albury.
28/9/92: Melbourne.
29/9-2/10/92: CAUDIT Conference, Akaroa, NZ.
1993:
18-22/4/93: Porongurups & Stirlings w Parrys (22/4 climbed Bluff Knoll).
17-29/5/93: Hong Kong (consultancy @ HK Baptist College)
30/5/93: fly to London (via Copenhagen).
31/5-2/6/93: Bexhill.
3-9/6/93: Oxford (interview for OUCS Director on 4/6).
10/6/93: fly to Copenhagen.
12-13/6/93: fly via Hong Kong & Singapore to Perth.
24/9/93: fly to London (1/10/93 start at OUCS).
20/12/93: moved into 2A The Blowings, Freeland
1994:
20-21/1/94: fly to Perth.
29/1/94: Tim & Chris wedding.
30/1/94: Alex flew back to London.
12/2/94: Helen flew back to London.
11/5-27/6/94: Roz Wilson stayed with us.
17/6-20/6/94: toured with Roz & ChrisW up North.
27/7-12/9/94: Trevor & Liz Parry stayed with us.
12-13/8/94: Shropshire.
26/8-1/9/94: Cornwall (Portscatho).
9-12/9/94: CATH Conference, Glasgow.
26/11/94: Bexhill.
23/12-28/12/94: Tim & Chris stayed with us.
1995: (my diary is sparse for 1995)
24/3/95: fly to Perth.
8/4/95: Graeme & Melinda wedding.
16-17/4/95: fly via Bangkok to London.
25/5/95: Chelsea Flower Show.
24/6-30/6/95: Ffestiniog cottage holiday.
30/8-8/10/95: Roz Wilson stayed with us.
25-27/10/95: Alex to New York to visit IBM, Yorktown.
14/12/95: fly to Perth via Abu Dhabi & Singapore (Brittania Airways)
29/12/95: fly to London via Singapore & Abu Dhabi.
1996: (my diary
is sparse for 1996)
27-29/3/96: UCISA Conference @ Torquay.
27/5-6/7/96: Tim & Chris stayed with us for much of this time.
10/6/96: Alex to Glasgow.
13/7/96: Hampton Court Flower Show.
24-25/8/96: Helen fly to Perth via Bangkok.
1/9/96: Alex balloon flight.
14/9/96: Alex microlight flight.
14-15/9/96: Helen fly to Perth.
1997: (my diary
is sparse for 1997)
20-25/1/97: Alex to Damascus.
5-7/3/97: UCISA Conference @ Jersey.
22/3/97: Ian & Nikki wedding.
29/3/97: fly to Perth.
5/4/97: Reception for Ian & Nikki.
18/4/97: fly to London.
20/5/97: Chelsea Flower Show.
29/5-4/7/97: Bevan & Trish Marshall stayed on & off.
31/8/97: Helen to Prague.
7-10/9/97: Alex to Grenoble (by train): EUNIS Conference.
13/9/97: Alex to Beirut, then 16/9 Damascus.
20/9/97: Alex return to London.
26/9/97: Alex to Prague.
27/9-1/10/97: sightseeing, including drive to Cesky Krumlov, etc.
2/10/97: both return to London.
21-28/11/97: Alex to Palestine (via Tel Aviv), Nablus, Gaza, Ramallah, including Dead Sea, Jericho, Bethlehem, Jerusalem.
1998: (my diary is sparse for 1998)
12-14/2/98: Helen to Prague.
11-13/3/98: UCISA Conference @ Jersey.
19/3-9/4/98: fly to Perth (Mandurah, Dwellingup, Busselton, Yallingup).
16/6/98: Alex to Manchester (unveiling of Baby reconstruction).
19/6-22/6/98: Alex to Cairo (Pyramids, Sphinx, Museum) for UNESCO USEE-SM meeting.
11/8/98: lunch @ Manoir a Quat’ Saisons.
30/8/98: Helen to Birmingham for Lydia Conference.
10/9/98: Alex to Edinburgh via Birmingham.
10/9/98: brought Helen home.
13/9/98: drove Helen back to Lydia.
19-22/9/98: Alex to Prague for EUNIS Conference.
25/9-14/10/98: Graeme stayed with us on & off.
14-28/10/98: Fred & Kathleen Pitman stayed with us.
17-28/10/98: Viv Van De Graaf & Helen Trutwein stayed with us.
5/11/98: Misty died.
29/12/98-2/1/99: Grace Mountford stayed with us.
1999:
7/1-9/1/99: fly to Venice.
2-4/3/99: UCISA Conference @ Harrogate.
5-6/3/99: drove to Ripon, Ilkley, then home.
19/3/99: Alex consulting @ Brunel University.
26-27/3/99: Holland House for Enneagram.
23/4/99: fly to Perth.
27/4/99: Gwen Goddard died.
30/4/99: Amy Reid born.
2/5/99: Alex fly to London.
16/5/99: Helen fly to London.
31/5-13/6/99: Chris & Juanna stay with us.
5-8/6/99: fly to Helsinki for EUNIS Conference.
9-10/6/99: Helsinki & Tallinn.
11/6/99: fly to Stockholm.
12/6/99: fly to London.
19-21/6/99: Alex to Cairo (UNESCO-USEE-SM Meeting); visit Saqqara, Memphis, Cheops Pyramid.
8-9/7/99: fly via Singapore to Perth.
3/8/99: fly to London.
9/8/99: Helen to Prague.
20/8/99: Alex fly to Prague.
21-22/8/99: drove around, to Karlovy Vary.
23/8/99: Alex fly to London.
25-26/8/99: Alex fly to Glasgow.
3/9/99: Helen fly to London.
9/9/99: Alex fly Birmingham to Edinburgh.
18/9/99: drove to Chichester for play with Grace.
26/10-1/11/99: Alex fly to LA then San Francisco (Educause Conference in LA).
1-2/11/99: visit Stanford & UCLA.
2/11/99: fly to London.
24/11/99: drinks w Dame Diana Rigg @ St Catherine’s College.
27-29/11/98: fly to Amsterdam, stay with Harley & Marj Beck.
8/12/99: Alex to Manchester (Network Strategy Conference).
2000:
1/2-5/2/00: fly to Barcelona (Sun Conference) and some sightseeing.
25/2-28/2/00: fly to Rome, Umbria, Assisi.
3/3-5/3/00: Bexhill with ChrisW.
11/3/00: visit Bath with ChrisW.
14-16/3/00: fly to Glasgow for UCISA Conference.
25/3/00: Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race on VC’s launch.
1-2/4/00: fly to Perth via Singapore.
21-22/4/00: fly to London via Singapore.
25-27/5/00: drove to Brighton then Bexhill.
3-6/6/00: fly to Berlin for EUNIS Conference planning & sightseeing.
16-17/6/00: IT Directors Forum on board SS Aurora.
26/6/00: guests of IBM at Wimbledon opening day.
14-15/7/00: Helen to Lydia planning in Edinburgh.
10/8/00: Helen to Dublin for Lydia.
18/8/00: Alex to Dublin.
21/8/00: both return to London.
7/9/00: Alex to Edinburgh.
11-13/9/00: Alex to Manchester for ALT-C Conference.
22/9/00: Erica Reid born.
2/10/00: lunch at Manoir a Quat’ Saisons.
14-15/10/00: Waverley Abbey House & Bexhill.
24-25/10/00: fly via Singapore to Perth.
2001:
11/4/01: Apple Forum in Canberra.
11/5/01: moved into 71A Raymond Street, Yokine.
20/5/01: Isaac Reid born.
20-24/5/01: Alex to Gold Coast.
3/7/01: fly to London via Singapore.
5-6/7/01: Pontypridd for MLE/VLE Conference.
8-10/7/01: Bexhill.
11-13/7/01: London, Derbyshire, Sheffield.
14/7/01: Oxford, Bristol, Bath.
31/7/01: Helen to Prague (for Lydia), Alex to Copenhagen (for WCCC2001).
4-8/8/01: Alex to Snowmass, Colorado for SAC.
8-10/8/01: Alex fly via Denver, LA, Sydney (a few visits), Perth.
24/8/01: Helen fly Prague-London.
26-27/8/01: Helen fly via Singapore to Perth.
7-8/9/01: Margaret River.
3-5/10/01: CAUDIT @ Dunsborough.
9-11/12/01: Alex fly via Adelaide to Melbourne for Ascilite Conference..
2002:
20-21/1/02: Alex to Sydney for AAC (AARNet Advisory Committee).
19-20/2/02: Alex to Sydney for OLIE & IMS Conferences.
9/3/02: fly to London via Singapore.
10-12/3/02: Oxford.
13-15/3/02: London for UCISA Conference.
15-19/3/02: Bexhill, then Bourton, Carlisle.
20-22/3/02: IT&ILit Conference @ Glasgow.
22/3/02: Edinburgh.
23-25/3/02: Oxford area.
26-28/3/02: Networked Learning Conference @ Sheffield.
29/3-3/4/02: Oxford area.
4-5/4/02: fly back to Perth via Singapore.
7-8/4/02: Alex to Canberra (via Melbourne) for AAC Meeting.
13-14/5/02: CAUDIT @ Sydney.
2/7/02: AAC @ Gold Coast.
3-5/7/02: Questnet @ Gold Coast.
7-8/8/02: Alex to Canberra (via Adelaide) for DoCITA BAC meeting.
17/8/02: Nannup for tulip festival.
26-29/8/02: Margaret River.
4-6/9/02: Lake Macquarie for AAC then CAUDIT.
15/9/02: Alex to Sydney for DEST Information Infrastructure Advisory Committee.
9/10/02: Alex to Canberra via Adelaide for HEBAC meeting.
2-3/11/02: Alex fly to London via Singapore & Frankfurt.
6/11/02: attend Access Management Conference & various meetings.
9-10/11/02: Alex fly via Singapore to Perth.
14-16/11/02: Alex fly via Melbourne to Canberra for HEBAC meeting.
7-11/12/02: Alex fly to Auckland for Ascilite Conference.
2003:
18/1/03: fly to Singapore.
21/1/03: fly to Hong Kong.
26-27/1/03: fly to Perth via Singapore.
28-29/1/03: Alex fly to Brisbane via Melbourne for AAC meeting.
2/2-3/2/03: Alex fly to Canberra via Adelaide for AARNet Board meeting.
28/3/03: Alex to Adelaide for AAC meeting.
1-2/4/03: fly to London via Singapore.
6/4/03: Alex fly to Amsterdam for eLearning tour (Groneningen, Leeuwarden, Wageningen, Utrecht).
11/4/03: fly to London.
13-14/4/03: drive to Manchester (CETIS Pedagogy Forum).
22/4/03: fly to Zurich.
23/4/03: train via Bern to Geneva (for Pan-European Portal Conference).
26/4/03: train to Zurich then fly to London.
3-5/5/03: Ian & Nikki fly to Dublin.
10/5/03: Malvern Flower Show.
19/5/03: to Bristol for Workshop @ Uni.
21-24/5/03: Bexhill.
6-9/6/03: cottage @ Chard, Somerset.
10/6/03: Lake District.
11-13/6/03: drive to Glasgow for eLit2003 Conference.
16/6/03: JISC/UCISA Portal Forum @ Oxford.
17/6/03: HE IT IN National Context Forum @ Oxford.
26/6/03: Meeting @ Bristol Uni.
2-5/7/03: Alex to Amsterdam (for EUNIS).
7-8/7/03: fly to Perth (via Singapore).
7-8/8/03: Alex fly to Melbourne (AARNet Board Meeting).
11-12/9/03: Alex fly to Brisbane (for CAUDIT meeting).
16-17/9/03: Alex fly to Adelaide (for AAC & AARNet Board meetings).
14-16/10/03: fly to Hobart via Melbourne (for Apple Planning then CAUDIT).
18-24/10/03: car tour of Tasmania (Hobart, Strahan, Cradle Mountain, Launceston, Bicheno, White Beach, Port Arthur).
25/10/03: fly to Perth (via Melbourne).
7/11/03: Alex fly to Sydney for AARNet CEO Selection Committee.
12/11/03: Alex fly to Sydney (AARNet CEO interviews).
16-17/11/03: Alex fly to Melbourne (AARNet Board meeting).
20-21/11/03: Alex fly to Sydney (AARNet CEO interviews).
7-8/12/03: fly to London (via Tokyo).
8/12/03: Stayed at Nook.
10-11/12/03: Network Strategy Conference in Cardiff.
2004:
7-8/1/04: Visited Bexhill.
20/1/04: eLearning Conference in Birmingham.
29-30/1/04: fly home via Singapore (snow delayed London flight so missed connection, put up overnight by BA in Singapore Copthorne King’s hotel).
3-4/2/04: Alex fly to Sydney (for AAC meeting).
8/2/04: Alex fly to Canberra (AARNet Board meeting).
3/5/04: Alex fly to Sydney (AARNet Board meeting & CeBIT).
9-12/5/04: fly to Sydney (CAUDIT & AAC).
24/5/04: Alex fly to Sydney (WebCT Users meeting).
30-31/5/04: Alex fly to Hobart (via Melbourne) for UTas Forum on eLearning).
31/5-1/6/04: Alex fly to Canberra (Scholarly Information Forum).
30/6-2/7/04: fly to Uluru.
2-7/7/04: fly to Cairns (APAN & Questnet Conference).
8/7/04: Great Barrier Reef.
9/7/04: Cairns Hinterland (Kuranda).
10-12/7/04: drove to Daintree, Cape Tribulation
12/7/04: fly back to Perth.
25-26/7/04: Alex fly to Canberra via Adelaide (AARNet planning days).
29-30/7/04: Alex fly to Brisbane (AARNet Board meeting).