Oh, how wrong can you be. A lot apparently. A couple of days later it was time to cover the remaining pieces of the jigsaw of trails, heading to the southern extremities on the loop trail and fording at River Oak Crossing. Knowing walking would be the only way I took a tablet to relieveContinue reading “WHEN WANDER TURNS TO WONDER – PART TWO, INTO THE DEPTHS”
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WHEN WANDER BECOMES WONDER
Slap. I was losing count. I wished there was someone else here so that I could share the burden. The rains bring plagues and, apart from the mice, mosquitoes were in the ascendancy. Slap, another bloody spot, it was time to move again. Just where I should go I wasn’t quite sure. I’d been tippedContinue reading “WHEN WANDER BECOMES WONDER”
TO BURGESS AND BACK
It hurt, I couldn’t deny that. It also caused a significant portion of my clothing and self to get wet….and a bit dirty. The pain in my left hip indicated that a rock had been involved somewhere, but it was the stick that did it. That, and my clumsiness. I couldn’t help but reflect thatContinue reading “TO BURGESS AND BACK”
LANE COVE N.P. – THE SEARCHING
I kept looking at the back fence. Just the other side of said fence is a national park, Lane Cove as it turns out, even though it’s nowhere near Lane Cove. This is because it gets its name from where the creeks end up in Sydney Harbour, a place where you can hire boats,Continue reading “LANE COVE N.P. – THE SEARCHING”
BALMAIN BUGGED
As I parted with my $25, the lady was clearly smiling. Then again, she hadn’t stopped since she first spoke. I’d arrived at the Watch House, an original sandstone gem somewhere down Darling Street, on a rare day when it’s open. I was purchasing a book on Streets, Lanes and Places because I felt aContinue reading “BALMAIN BUGGED”
POOL OF THE GODS
When people get lost they go in circles; it’s a fact. You’ve only got to go 100 metres without being sure where you are when you start to turn. I read a story of a hiker in the Appalachians who’d perished. Her husband had notified authorities when she failed to turn up, but they neverContinue reading “POOL OF THE GODS”
KNOW MY NAME
it was strange was immediately obvious. A fallen and malleable Greek Corinthian style pillar; who knows, it might have once graced the Parthenon but – just when you least expect it – it moves! Snake like, it seems to follow you, about to pounce but, fear not! Its title is “Hello”. As Friedrich Nietzsche onceContinue reading “KNOW MY NAME”
THE GLENBROOK EXPERIENCE
Leura has a reputation. Food, food and more food. One salivates just thinking about it. The streets are awash with culinary delights and tourists flock there in significant numbers. However, Leura has opposition. An almost nondescript hamlet much closer to Sydney is thriving on the same format. Glenbrook is on a roll, yet it’s notContinue reading “THE GLENBROOK EXPERIENCE”
THE ARBORETUM IS A WINNER
In 2019, the Canberra Region Tourist Attractions award went to a bunch of trees. Think about that; in Australia’s centre of government and public service, green came out a winner. Yet the whole project came from something awful – bushfires. In 2003, what was then mostly pine plantation was hit, along with manyContinue reading “THE ARBORETUM IS A WINNER”
THE SOON-TO-BE ICON
There are buildings in Australia that are inspirational. Obviously, the Sydney Opera House, MONA Gallery in Hobart, the post office in Perth, Melbourne’s historic district and a raft of others but, I would boldly suggest, none of them will retain your interest longer than the adventurous and highly imaginative National Museum of Australia in Canberra. Continue reading “THE SOON-TO-BE ICON”
Taking You To Places You've Never Been 