NEW ZEALAND | Friday, 9 Oct 2015 | Views [602]
Today I was a tour guide to, believe or not, my sister's best friend from kindergarten. Dannielle and Danielle (notice the spelling difference) were inseparable as little girls and we always knew the latter as "Danielle R." A few weeks ago I successfully ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Friday, 9 Oct 2015 | Photo Gallery
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NEW ZEALAND | Wednesday, 16 Sep 2015 | Views [742]
"Hitchhiking is like fishing: sometimes you get a big catch, sometimes you get a small catch, yet sometimes you get no catch." Those were the words of a Maori fella who picked me up outside of Napier last year. There couldn't be a better analogy because ... Read more >
NORFOLK ISLAND | Sunday, 6 Sep 2015 | Views [725]
Up extra early I was again. Except for my first day I've been up far earlier than normal because I want to make the most of each day. Sadly I'm leaving Norfolk Island for the third time today. The only places I've ever left crying are Norfolk Island ... Read more >
NORFOLK ISLAND | Friday, 4 Sep 2015 | Views [824]
Three times on Norfolk and three radio interviews. Not bad, eh? Like always I was up early. You can't spend only a week somewhere and sleep in until noon. A cuppa is always good with toast and avocado. After three days of gorgeous weather, it would turn ... Read more >
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NORFOLK ISLAND | Tuesday, 1 Sep 2015 | Views [712]
Roosters woke me early. It was a good thing because I wanted to be up early and go geocaching. 36 geocaches on a small island doesn’t sound like many but it’s quite a few, and I’ve barely found half of them after today. It was still ... Read more >
NORFOLK ISLAND | Monday, 31 Aug 2015 | Views [669]
The rain came down like thunder on the tin roof this morning, so much I woke up at one point and nearly had a heart attack. At 9 AM I knew this rain wouldn’t be going anywhere for the better part of the day so I decided to go about my business ... Read more >
NORFOLK ISLAND | Sunday, 30 Aug 2015 | Views [764]
If Norfolk Island were a lady, I would have placed a ring on her finger a long time ago! As the Airbus 320 swooped in straight from the sea and sky we flew in from a different direction. I’m so used to seeing Phillip and Nepean Islands first though ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Monday, 24 Aug 2015 | Views [1825]
Greetings in orange! That's because I'm in Ohakune: NZ's "carrot capital." A giant carrot greets people as you enter the town, and large bags of carrots are for sale at dairies and petrol station. These past few visits to New Zealand I've mostly been ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Monday, 24 Aug 2015 | Photo Gallery
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NEW ZEALAND | Wednesday, 24 Jun 2015 | Views [774]
Queenstown can get really hectic after awhile, both on the streets and in your mind. Thankfully there's a plethora of easy escapes from New Zealand's most popular tourist town. Clyde, as well as the various tramping tracks near Glenorchy are my favourites ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Wednesday, 10 Jun 2015 | Views [676]
Christchurch to Queenstown that is! I've done the journey a million times yet I never get tired of it as the drive is considered one of the world's most beautiful. Yesterday I caught up with a good friend, Doug Jacques. Six years ago I met him in Queenstown ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Monday, 8 Jun 2015 | Views [648]
It seems that no matter where I go in this world, I always end up back in New Zealand. I'm back now for what could be an annual winter sojourn to Queenstown. This time I flew from Melbourne to Christchurch. In all the time I've been in Australia and ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 4 May 2015 | Views [808]
I've been in Victoria for nearly seven months and I've done hardly anything other than busking and geocaching. In fact, I haven't even left the Melbourne area since I arrived here in late November! Today I would go out and explore. Whilst I was contemplating ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 25 Apr 2015 | Views [618]
Last year I was in NZ for Anzac Day and I missed the dawn service. Now I'm in Australia and I made it! Anzac Day isn't a celebration or a time to party, and you'll never hear "Happy Anzac Day" coming from the mouth of an Aussie are a Kiwi. 25 April 1915 ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 13 Apr 2015 | Views [909]
To say "Jo is a great cook" is a vast understatement. She's brilliant in the kitchen! With the likes of carbonara, spaghetti bolognaise, Indian curry, chicken parmagiana, beef stew, and so forth, I've never had anything of Jo's that I didn't like (even ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 26 Mar 2015 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 10 Feb 2015 | Views [946]
It was more like 103 Geocaches we found in Woodlands Historic Park. There is a series of Geocaches called "Woodlands 100" in the park, and it would be the first Geocaching "series" I'd complete. Over the past several weeks Jo and I have visited the park ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 7 Feb 2015 | Views [607]
"Pangastuti" means "kindness" in Javanese. She calls herself Ning, and she was my CS host in Yogyakarta. For years I'd dreamed of somebody visiting me overseas, and "Ms Pangastuti" as I call her is my first overseas visitor. Many times I've visited friends ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 26 Jan 2015 | Views [613]
Happy Australia Day! Little do people know it's not Australia's independence day, but the anniversary of the landing of the First Fleet in 1788. For Australia Day I'd be the "walking flag" in the words of fellow busker Miranda. She's a Canadian circle ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 6 Jan 2015 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Friday, 21 Nov 2014 | Views [675]
"The Track” is what the Stuart Hwy is called: a 3,000 km highway from Darwin to Adelaide. On Thursday I’d be setting out from Chris’ home headed south. He dropped me at the traffic light with all my gear and I wasn’t sure how ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 15 Nov 2014 | Views [599]
The Kimberley is one of Australia's last great wilderness frontiers. Larger than 75% of countries, it's a vast and inhospitable region. Needless to say it's hot, hot, hot (thank you Arrow) but without the "oh lay, oh lay, oh lay." I'm in Kununurra and ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 14 Nov 2014 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Friday, 7 Nov 2014 | Views [568]
Australia, I love you! Though I must say you haven't been particularly kind to me these past couple of weeks. Interviewed by the police at the airport, a broken camera, and a terrible case of heat rash have been my brutal introductions back into the ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 4 Nov 2014 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Monday, 3 Nov 2014 | Views [637] | Comments [1]
My camera has been on that kind of mode the past 12 hours or so. It's like the plane where all engines fail (too many episodes of Air Crash Investigation) and the pilots go through the restart drills again and again. My ears badly clogged after leaping ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 2 Nov 2014 | Photo Gallery
Indigenous culture, rock formations, and plunge pools
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AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 2 Nov 2014 | Views [835]
Two Taswegians, one free-spirited nomad, and no didgeridoo! Here we are in Kakadu. Chris gave me a lift to Humpty Doo this morning and I was picked up within a few minutes by Andrew and Stuart, two adventurers from Tassie (Tasmania). With this oppressive ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 30 Oct 2014 | Views [1318]
When referring to the natives I prefer the term "Indigenous" with a capital "I." It simply sounds so much better. As I stated, this is an entry about Indigenous art and my love for it.
Art has never been my forte but I sure have a deep appreciation ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 28 Oct 2014 | Views [876]
That's a quote from Fern Gully. It's the scene where Crysta tries to return Zak to normal size. The film takes place in Australia (Mt. Warning), so it's very fitting. Here I am, in Darwin. Ahhhhhh-stralia! It feels great to be back here after more than ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 28 Oct 2014 | Photo Gallery
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INDONESIA | Sunday, 26 Oct 2014 | Views [751]
Sounds like it could be in a punnet square. Tomorrow I'm leaving Indonesia and heading to Australia. I was supposed to leave today but due to a technical issue my flight was never booked, so I got one for tomorrow. Indonesia is another complex place.... Read more >
INDONESIA | Tuesday, 21 Oct 2014 | Photo Gallery
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INDONESIA | Tuesday, 21 Oct 2014 | Views [952]
After a rigourous journey through the Indonesian heart, Bali comes as a welcome surprise. Coming from relatively unvisited parts of Indonesia, Bali comes as an unpleasent surprise. Coming from well-ordered countries such as NZ and the US, Bali comes ... Read more >
INDONESIA | Saturday, 18 Oct 2014 | Views [636]
Indonesia, in my book, would likely not receive any awards for containing the world's most spectacular sights...until today. Prambanan is a series of Hindu temples dating back to the 9th century. Yesterday I debated going to Borobudur but my time is ... Read more >
INDONESIA | Saturday, 18 Oct 2014 | Photo Gallery
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INDONESIA | Saturday, 18 Oct 2014 | Photo Gallery
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INDONESIA | Friday, 17 Oct 2014 | Views [893]
With nearly no sleep on the Senja Utama Yogyakarta last night and bleary-eyed, I got off the train in Yogyakarta (often called “Jogja” by locals and the “y” is pronounced somewhere between a “j” and a “jy.”... Read more >
INDONESIA | Tuesday, 14 Oct 2014 | Photo Gallery
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