
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 Read More

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 Read More

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 Read More

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 Read 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 Read More