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Old Apr 23rd 2012 | 12:01 am
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Originally Posted by Clematis
That question implies that I have a plan, most of this I am winging, maybe a week in Newfoundland, will be arriving by sea ( I think...).
Do you arrive in Argentia or Port Aux Basques? That'll define what you can do in a week. For example, it's 12hrs of driving from Port Aux Basques ferry terminal (basically the SW tip of the Island) to St. John's on the East coast. So thats a day each way.
 
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Do you arrive in Argentia or Port Aux Basques? That'll define what you can do in a week. For example, it's 12hrs of driving from Port Aux Basques ferry terminal (basically the SW tip of the Island) to St. John's on the East coast. So thats a day each way.
Ok, so I have had a look, the favourite appears to be Port Aux Basques, will be heading to Paradise...
 
Old Apr 24th 2012 | 1:21 am
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Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat
Do you arrive in Argentia or Port Aux Basques? That'll define what you can do in a week. For example, it's 12hrs of driving from Port Aux Basques ferry terminal (basically the SW tip of the Island) to St. John's on the East coast. So thats a day each way.
That's a long way. Somehow I thought NFL was about the size of the Isle of Wight.
 
Old Apr 24th 2012 | 1:39 am
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That's a long way. Somehow I thought NFL was about the size of the Isle of Wight.
More like the Size of mainland UK!
 
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Originally Posted by Clematis
Ok, so I have had a look, the favourite appears to be Port Aux Basques, will be heading to Paradise...
So that's a day each way then. Have to ask, Why Paradise?
 
Old Apr 24th 2012 | 1:41 am
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So that's a day each way then. Have to ask, Why Paradise?
Visiting a very good friend.
 
Old Apr 24th 2012 | 2:57 am
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Originally Posted by Clematis
Visiting a very good friend.
nldfc? The Tones Guy?

If you are travelling over from mid-June onwards I'd recommend taking the North Sydney to Argentia run for at least one leg of the journey. It is 900+km and a 12 hour drive from Port aux Basques to St. John's. Argentia is a couple of hours drive away.

What do you want to do/see when you are over here? How much driving do you want to do?

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Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat
More like the Size of mainland UK!
More the size of Ireland but still much bigger than I thought.
 
Old Apr 24th 2012 | 3:42 am
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Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat
nldfc? The Tones Guy?

If you are travelling over from mid-June onwards I'd recommend taking the North Sydney to Argentia run for at least one leg of the journey. It is 900+km and a 12 hour drive from Port aux Basques to St. John's. Argentia is a couple of hours drive away.

What do you want to do/see when you are over here? How much driving do you want to do?
You know I have forgotten his BE name, but yes could be The Tones Guy, or more specifically his wife. Going to be arriving at the beginning of June, driving is fine, want to see as much as I can (mostly nature) and get screeched in.
 
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Originally Posted by Oink
More the size of Ireland but still much bigger than I thought.
Nova Scotia is the size of Ireland, Newfoundland is much bigger
 
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Originally Posted by Howefamily
Nova Scotia is the size of Ireland, Newfoundland is much bigger
Its a little bigger but roughly the same size of Iceland.
 
Old Apr 29th 2012 | 4:34 pm
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You know you have to visit sunny Saskatchewan.
 
Old Apr 29th 2012 | 10:09 pm
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Originally Posted by Lorna_D
You know you have to visit sunny Saskatchewan.
You know I am!
 

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