ME Time: Thai Across Asia
2018 . Australia . Bangkok . Hong Kong . SydneyThis morning SS woke up, took a shower, walked out of the hotel, across the street, checked in at Cathay, had breakfast in the lounge, takes a seat up front, and then around five in the afternoon arrives in Hong Kong; he takes the airport train and a couple of stops later he checks in
A Change is Gonna Come
2018 . Australia . DESTINATIONS . Hobart . Sydney . TasmaniaGreat picture. I forgot to post that the day after MONA in Hobart. I can’t recall the artist exactly, my recollection is he was into “architectural modelism” but had no architecture training. There were beautiful modernistic renderings of towns and town centres. Nothing much to blog about today. The ginormous Celebrity Constellation and
Canadian Convicts, Tasmanian Devils and an Old Brew
2018 . Australia . DESTINATIONS . Hobart . TasmaniaI neglected to write about our ferry trip yesterday (vis-à-vis BCF). There was one ferry employee at the island on departure (it’s a pay on the mainland free return like Salt Spring Crofton). There was one deckhand directing traffic on the ferry; the captain helped (the captain helped load traffic!). The captain ran into a
Goin’ South
2018 . Australia . DESTINATIONS . Hobart . TasmaniaWe did art Sunday so it was only suitable to do nature Monday. And we did nature as far south as, I guess, we’ll ever be. Antarctica isn’t on the bucket list. Although we’ve done Argentina and Chile we took a pass on Patagonia. So, short of an exile, I think we’ve gone about
The Compulsion to Create
2018 . Australia . DESTINATIONS . Hobart . TasmaniaWe took breakfast at a really authentic bakery (in the Jim Lahey style ) called Pigeon where they made the most delicious Eccles cakes. We passed a restaurant on the pier playing contemporary jazz to keep the boarders and ne’er do wells away, and, hand on God, witnessed a seagull doing the moonwalk. Then, more
Grapes, Oranges, Walnuts. Who Says Wall Tackle?
2018 . Australia . DESTINATIONS . Hobart . TasmaniaGorgeous morning. Spectacular. Low 20s, light warm wind, just heavenly. Pic above is view from the living room deck. We had some breakfast then walked the beach barefoot for about an hour. I was going to take a full on swim but having seen blue bottles (small blue jellyfish) on the beach, did more
Wineglass Bay, the Isthmus Track, Promise Rock & Granite Mountains
2018 . Australia . DESTINATIONS . Nine Mile Beach . TasmaniaFriday morning, February 2, looked a little bleak; cloudy and mild and looking like it might rain; but we are only here for a couple of nights so it was onwards and upwards. Outside it turned out warm. And, in fact, hit 23. Plus the cloud cover probably kept us more active than if it
Two Petticoats, Courting Purposes and Other Unseemly Conduct
2018 . Australia . Nine Mile Beach . TasmaniaThursday AM, February 1, we did a little green grocer shopping and, just down the street from where we were staying was a Roman making fresh pasta, so we bought one of his lasagnas, then headed out to the east coast. We drove south first, through central Tasmania, farm after farm, cattle and sheep, mainly
No Use of Catapults. No Sign of Lance Murdock
2018 . Australia . LauncestonWe spent a big chunk of the day walking/hiking at the Launceston Gorge. The Gorge is to Launceston what Stanley Park is to Vancouver, not just spectacularly beautiful but right in the heart of the city. In the late 1800s the British took what was essentially a swamp and glorified it into a local
Pelicans, Penguins & a Links Course
2018 . Australia . DESTINATIONS . LauncestonThere is a wine route, a mere two-and-a-half-hour loop drive from Launceston, but once you factor in all the stops and deviations it’s a full day. We started out early, in the clouds; it went 39 degrees Sunday, 31 degrees Monday, then in the teens this morning hitting a high of 24. Needless to say