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    Australian Friends of the Camino

    Seeing the number of new members on the forum, with some of them being Australian, it occurred to me that some Aussies may not know about the Australian Friends of the Camino (AFotC) which was founded in 2011. I thought I would post some of the benefits of membership. This is not the only group...
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    TV program alert for Aussies

    Firstly - greetings Austin. I suspect you are, like me, loitering in the background of the forum these days! Secondly - @Dennis White if you want to find out the route I took through the Western Front paying attention to the Australian sites PM me. When I did the VF I detoured from Ypres...
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    Murray to Mountains Rail Trail

    Since seeing your query Bob I have done some research too. A friend and I might attempt it, if borders remain open. Having come from Adelaide we would not want to go all the way without going to Beechworth and so this is a possible itinerary including that leg. We are governed by the fact...
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    Special Days

    On my VF journey I detoured through the Western Front, visiting the many cemeteries of significance to Australia and New Zealand. I walked this path - I made my own route - with all its beauty, and often in sunshine, paddocks waiting to be sown, a mound of old shells exposed at the side...
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    Special Days

    I helped "light up the dawn" this morning. I am compelled to quote a few of the concluding words of Wing Commander Sharon Bown, a nurse, who presented the very powerful address at the National War Memorial this morning. She spoke of her ANZAC ancestor, and of her colleagues, whose names were...
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    Special Days

    That won't be happening this year!. Hard to believe that the Anzac Day game won't be happening this year. I have just been watching the 75th anniversary of D Day from June last year. That too wouldn't be happening this year. My word - what a difference to us all. It doesn't matter where in...
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    Special Days

    Jungleboy - was it Gallipoli? I made Anzac Biscuits yesterday and delivered small packets to the street residents today. When my son got married at the end of Feb (just before all this drama!) I had to find something to do for one of the young boys who had come from Germany with his Mum for...
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    Special Days

    As part of MY Anzac Day I have traditionally watched the Dawn Service first at Gallipoli, followed by the one at Villers Bretonneux, after I have played the National Anthems of both Australia and New Zealand at my local Dawn Service. As I said earlier I first attended the Dawn Service in...
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    Special Days

    While out walking this morning I was thinking about the Camino and the sounds I hear when I am walking. I NEVER walk with anything in my ears partly for safety and partly because I want to hear what is going on around me. This means that sometimes you hear (and perhaps see) unexpected things...
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    Other South Aussies?

    Hi again Kathryn, if you want to know a comparison to the small pimple, in my opinion it is no worse than Mt Lofty, though a little longer, and it is nowhere near as bad as the hill opposite the Caravan Park at Brownhill Creek. If you can climb those and then continue on for another 10kms or so...
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    Other South Aussies?

    Hi Kathryn H. You don't say where you live so some of these suggestions may not work for you. I live in the Hills (Stirling) and so I walk around the block which has plenty of ups and downs and can cover anywhere from 3km to 5km and with extra loops, if I have time. I intend to walk to Mt...
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    Australian Friends of the Camino October Conference

    What an astonishing weekend the inaugural Australian Friends of the Camino Conference turned out to be. This conference has been long in the planning and I believe it showed in the success of the weekend. I won't repeat what has already been said as the summaries of each session have already...
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    Australian Friends of the Camino October Conference

    Really looking forwards to seeing you all there. It is getting very exciting now, plans are forging ahead, and I think the whole weekend will be great. See you all soon, Janet
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    Australian Friends of the Camino October Conference

    Just for those people who have been hesitating and not yet applied for the National Conference, which we are hosting here in Adelaide, I am posting a reminder that it is on from the 11th - 13th October. Numbers have been increasing in recent weeks, but there are still beds available. This a...
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    AFotC - First National Pilgrim Conference

    I so well remember your contribution to proceedings at the Blue Mountains Festival Kanga. Thank YOU for all you do for the promotion of the Camino. Don't forget that Sydney is only a 2 hour flight - we would delight in collecting and returning you to the airport!
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    AFotC - First National Pilgrim Conference

    Well Terri B, this may be the first National Pilgrim Conference, but hopefully not the last and so maybe next time? As an aside, there have been two wonderful Camino Festivals held in the Blue Mountains in recent years and so this conference is an extension of what the good Blue Mountain Folk...
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    AFotC - First National Pilgrim Conference

    Thanks oursonpolaire. Having spent so much time in your company on my first Camino (where has that time gone?!!), you were the inspiration for me calling our very first gathering way back on St James Day on the Holy Year of 2010. From that small meeting of about 30 people our amigos group...
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    AFotC - First National Pilgrim Conference

    In case there are pilgrims viewing this forum who don't yet know of AFotC (the Australian Friends of the Camino), and haven't yet heard about the First National Pilgrim Conference we are holding in Adelaide, here is a link to our web page. This will take you to an application form and more...
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    ANZAC Day, 2019

    The Australian Friends of the Camino have had a request from a couple walking the Camino Frances in April. Sean tells us that they are planning to hold a dawn service on the 25th April (ANZAC day) and are asking any Aussies or New Zealanders on the path at this point (the bridge heading into...
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    Is there a Kiwi/Australasian Friends of the Camino Group?

    Sorry rosieect, but to my knowledge there is no amigos group in NZ. We have the Australian Friends of the Camino here in Australia, and when we began in 2011 we gave some thought to making it an Australasian group but decided to make it Australian only. We have periodically had members from...

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