Day 3 started with the loss of half the tour group. It wasn’t carelessness. Under Down Under Tours operate circuit […]
Day 135: Tassie Explorer Part 2 – Where were the wineglasses?
Day 2 featured more exploring and today we were off to the Freycinet Peninsula, after an evening in Bicheno. I […]
Day 134: Tassie Explorer Part 1 – A date with the Devil
Tasmania isn’t an easy place to travel by public transport so I joined a seven day tour of the island […]
Day 133: Night Boat to Tasmania
As a title, it’s not as snappy at ‘Night Boat to Cairo’ by Madness but it does describe my evening. […]
Day 132: Bushfires and Protest
There were protests taking place in Australia’s major cities today. Melbourne’s action took place at the State Library of Victoria. […]
Day 132: Illustrated History
Federation Square, which created a public square for Melbourne finally in 2002 is the home to a number of art […]
Day 131: Keeping cool in Melbourne
Melbourne is a city of fluctuating temperatures. The Men Behaving Badly had told me about days at 41°C followed by […]
Day 130: Walks 101 and Ned Kelly
101… as in Room 101 or the basics. Today’s walking tour could have gone either way but I’ll spare you […]
Day 129: P-p-p-pick up a Penguin!
Today was a day for animal encounters after arriving into Melbourne yesterday. Arrival was smooth though it was impossible to […]
Day 128: Bye-bye, New Zealand
I arrived in Auckland the previous night to grey skies caused by the bushfires in Australia. For almost three hours […]
