AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 16 May 2012 | Views [1867]
The floor of Darwin International Airport is carpeted. Giant water lilies, very Monet-esque float upon blue-green water. Attractive, yes but it doesn't make for a good mattress or a good night's sleep! We arrived at the airport and settled in for ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 12 May 2012 | Views [2091]
"Litchfield Do, Kaka Don't," is the mantra of Darwiners (or Darwinians or Darwinites or whatever they call themselves) when it comes to distant Kakadu National Park v. nearer Litchfield. Even our disappointing Rough Guide quotes the advice.... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 10 May 2012 | Views [1006]
Cooinda, Mary River and Pine Creek are prominently shown on our NT map. Like Burma Shave limericks without the punch-line, signs announcing their approach - "Pine Creek 201kms," "Mary River 90kms" - line the roadside. Signs and ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 8 May 2012 | Views [1350]
Even Nicole at the Flight Centre told us not to miss a morning boat trip on the Yellow Waters Billabong. It is home to thousands of birds, resident and transient crocodiles and huge barramundi, the Top End's most sought after gamefish. At $A99 a head ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 7 May 2012 | Views [1285]
The local indigenous people recognize six seasons but there really are only two, "The Wet" and "The Dry." April, the end of the Wet, averages one inch of rain per day, July just a few tenths for the entire month. May is somewhere ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 3 May 2012 | Views [771]
"No worries, mate. We can get a visa extension done today. But it will cost you." was the reply from the guy at the government office in Darwin. When I asked how much, he said with a smile, "$A290." Which is exactly the same ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 3 May 2012 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 1 May 2012 | Views [1005]
Travel may be good for the spirit but it is hard on the sole. Our all-purpose footwear was past its "use by" date and didn't smell too good either. Connie's were so worn that I joked I could see her socks through the soles of her boots.... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 29 Apr 2012 | Views [1071]
It must have been a terrible ordeal for the prisoners at Port Arthur. Around 1830, England was rounding up criminals and other unsavory folks and shipping them off to Australia. Perhaps 70,000 people were sentenced to "transport" for deeds ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 27 Apr 2012 | Views [1548]
The hillside between the Swansea golf course and Great Oyster Bay is cratered with mutton bird burrows and littered with headless chicks. To be precise, headless short-tailed shearwater or, more precisely, Puffinus tenuirostis chicks. The adult ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 26 Apr 2012 | Views [818]
"Rain, rain, go away," was our mantra as we drove to Freycinet National Park but the weather report wasn't overly encouraging - showers and colder for the next few days. We camped in the park despite the lack of amenities; all we really ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 24 Apr 2012 | Views [745]
Today is our anniversary, actually a double anniversary. Eighteen years ago I said, "I do." I did then, I still do, and Connie do, too. Our best friends then - Jim and Cathy, John and Marie - are still our best friends, which says something ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 21 Apr 2012 | Views [1501]
Imagine a national park with hot showers and electricity at the campsite, one where you are the only campers, where you are surrounded by a melange of marsupials; pademelons, Bennett's wallabies, Forester kangaroos and wombats. For good measure, ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 18 Apr 2012 | Views [1612]
Cradle Mountain-St. Clair Lake, Southwest National Park and Franklin-Gordon Wild River National Park are all part of the World Heritage Area. Most of Franklin-Gordon is virtually inaccessible unless you raft the Franklin River. We made the best of ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 17 Apr 2012 | Views [1078]
Tasmania is the adventure capital of Australia, a land of roaring rivers, temperate rain forests, sparkling lakes and hundreds of kilometers of hiking tracks, where rainfall is plentiful and it can snow at any time. Nearly one-third of Tassie is national ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 15 Apr 2012 | Views [1341]
Cockle Creek is at the end of the road, as far south as you can drive in Australia. The road reminded us riding our motorcycles from the Kinyara Sugar Works to our banda in Busheni, Uganda, 20 km of cratered dirt through a tunnel of trees. No wonder ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 13 Apr 2012 | Views [1476]
We are having a Tasmanian devil of a time convincing ourselves that we are still in Australia. And not, maybe, Nova Scotia. It is about 30 degrees cooler in "Tassie" than it was when we left Perth. Everything looks so green and lush after ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 11 Apr 2012 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Friday, 6 Apr 2012 | Views [1102]
For two days at Yallingup the
strong wind blew rain and salt spray into camp from the crashing surf.
The booming of the waves actually shook the van at times. So it was
a real treat to drive back to Margaret River and the Gracetown Caravan Park
under ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 3 Apr 2012 | Views [1079]
The southern coastal area from Albany to Pemberton is the most pleasant place we have seen in Western Australia. It is an area of ancient karri forests, scenic bays, lushly wooded roads, colorful parrots, vineyards and orchards. Ironically, it is ... Read more >
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