Category Archives: Australasia Travel

TF Flashback: New Zealand v England One Day International (2002)

Posted on February 10, 2015 by tokyofox

The ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 begins on Valentines Day with Australia and New Zealand sharing hosting duties and England play their second game against the latter in Wellington on February 20th which has brought back memories of the one and only time I … Continue reading →

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TF Flashback: Bungy Thrillogy Pt III (2002)

Posted on November 20, 2014 by tokyofox

In the third and final part of this Bungy Thrillogy series, Tokyo Fox looks back to Sunday 24th March 2002; the day of my triple bungy jump. I was travelling around New Zealand for a few months on the back of a years working holiday … Continue reading →

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TF Flashback: Bungy Thrillogy Pt II (2002)

Posted on October 26, 2014 by tokyofox

In the second of this three part series Tokyo Fox looks back to Sunday 24th March 2002; the day of my triple bungy jump. I was travelling around New Zealand for a few months on the back of a years working holiday … Continue reading →

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TF Flashback: Bungy Thrillogy Pt I (2002)

Posted on September 15, 2014 by tokyofox

Back in September 2007 I did a 22 metre bungy jump at Yomiuriland in Kanagawawa which was billed Bungy Jump #4 so what about these other three jumps I hear you say! Well, five years prior to that I was … Continue reading →

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TF Top 5……Australia Filming Locations

Posted on February 12, 2014 by tokyofox

On 12th February 2001 I stepped onto Australian soil for the first time ready to spend a years working holiday travelling around the huge island. Over the years I’ve returned for a couple more visits but it was that original … Continue reading →

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TF Flashback: Summer Bay & Meeting A Soapstar! (2002)

Posted on November 10, 2013 by tokyofox

Long before I got into tracking down movie locations on a regular basis I very much enjoyed visiting some of the principle shooting scenes for a couple of Australian soaps which were hugely popular back in Britain in the late … Continue reading →

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Australia 2012 Pt VIII: Friends Reunited in Sydney

Posted on April 28, 2012 by tokyofox

The main reason for my trip ‘Down Under’ was to see my family but no way was it going to be exclusively about them due in part to not wanting to outstay my welcome at my sisters house. As there … Continue reading →

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Australia Filming Locations #2: The Matrix (1999)

Posted on April 25, 2012 by tokyofox

Can’t say I ever cared too much for this 1999 film but it does have some great action scenes which in some ways compensate for the “as if!” moments. Even though it doesn’t reference Sydney that is where most of … Continue reading →

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Australia 2012 Pt VII: Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb

Posted on April 22, 2012 by tokyofox

Even though I spent a whole year in Australia 11 years ago there were still many things that I didn’t do for various reasons usually related to money and this trip was intended to bring almost complete closure to what … Continue reading →

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Australia Filming Locations #1 – Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)

Posted on April 19, 2012 by tokyofox

‘M:I-2‘ as it was officially titled is probably the worst of the ‘Mission: Impossible’ films but that’s not to say that it’s bad. It’s just that John Woo’s direction of the sequel grates with me a bit because of all … Continue reading →

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