I can still conjure up, without any effort, my mother expressing the view that she’d like to retire in Bundanoon. She’d extol its virtues and beauty but it was never going to happen. Even I knew that growing up. We never even went to Bundanoon as a family, but the name echoed in my brainContinue reading “THE IMPORTANCE OF BUNDANOON”
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GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY GRIND – ON THE UP AND UP
The girl looked, no, winced at me. As her eyelids thereafter rose I enquired about the lift ticket. It was around $50 AUS including tax. My original intention was to mix it with the birds and the bees. The wonderful (as per their advertising) bird show had, however, closed for the season….as had the beesContinue reading “GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY GRIND – ON THE UP AND UP”
BAY OF ISLANDS MAGIC
Urupukapuka. I looked at the word. Some part of my mind wanted to blank it out. Didn’t want to know about a word with that many “u”s in it. After years of playing Scrabble, Words With Friends, delving into cryptic crosswords and testing my etymology knowledge on anagrams, I’d decided that “u” was my leastContinue reading “BAY OF ISLANDS MAGIC”
THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACK
GOERLITZ At night it looked so different. A series of lights along the waterfront with some barely discernable buildings behind. I had no idea what it was called or what was there. The Goerlitz map showed just a few buildings beside the river and the “living house of J. Bohme”, whoever he was. I left myContinue reading “THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACK”
TOR-MEANT
I was sure Mike had said it was a reserve. When confronted later he denied all. Perhaps it was my blind enthusiasm that affected my hearing two days before. Right now I was sitting on some lichen enriched granite and contemplating some of the best views of the New England area I’d ever seen whileContinue reading “TOR-MEANT”
LUCK OF THE GODS
Arches National Park is an American icon, and rightly so. In this one park alone it is claimed there are over 2,000 such features, more than anywhere else in the world. I’d come here to see more than I did last time, a grand total of three and, on the day of my arrival IContinue reading “LUCK OF THE GODS”
MINNEHAHA, A GEM IN THE CANYON
It was raining, only raining seems an overstatement. The Blue Mountains were in a cloud, literally. It was a precursor to what was to come, according to the weather bureau. I’d considered doing something in the morning, casing Leura and trying to find out when Leura Cascades would be re-opening, but to no avail. SoContinue reading “MINNEHAHA, A GEM IN THE CANYON”
“AS CLOSE AS YOU GET TO THE EVERGLADES”
Thus spake the lady and, by the time she uttered these words, I was wondering just how good it was. Heck, judging by the number of binoculars and cameras with obscene lens, it had to be good. I’d finally found Circle B Bar Reserve after I used a street number off Trip Advisor that turnedContinue reading ““AS CLOSE AS YOU GET TO THE EVERGLADES””
BLEEDING IN BLED by Ian Smith
It’s bleeding hot, one of the hottest summers in Europe for some time. Every day is over 30 degrees and today is no different. The only positive I can find is that it’s not overly humid, which would explain the constant dryness in our throats and longing for liquids. Our goal today is Bled or,Continue reading “BLEEDING IN BLED by Ian Smith”
Taking You To Places You've Never Been 