August 17, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
The view from the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge is spectacular. Climbing it was an unexpected adventure on our second afternoon in Sydney. The invitation from BridgeClimb, arranged by […]
August 15, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
It’s been a while since we’ve been to a zoo. We were noodling it and we’re pretty sure the Tucson Zoo was our most recent, in 2011, with Ryan & […]
August 13, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
The sun is rising, molten pink, behind the Opera House this morning. I’ve watched a lot of sunrises, but this has to be one of my favourite backdrops. We’ve seen […]
February 17, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
So, two Belgians, a Hobbit & Ghandi walked into a bar… Sounds like the opener to a joke; instead, it was our afternoon; swap the bar for West Cape Howe […]
February 15, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
Okay, I admit it: I’m freezing. Here we are on the south coast of Western Australia at the tail end of summer and I’m freezing. Not all the time. There […]
February 14, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
The view from the top is spectacular, but it’s one heck of a climb. 75 meters straight up, in a spiral, around, and around a giant Karri tree. This particular […]
February 14, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
The scent on the morning breeze, as the sun yawns into her golden arc and warms the grey green leaves of a eucalyptus forest, is intoxicating. It’s a forest smell […]
February 13, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
Hamelin Bay is one of the perfect places in the world. White sand beaches stretch as far as the eye can see in either direction. The water is a blue […]
February 13, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
Sometimes, I just have to walk. I get this slightly claustrophobic feeling in my own head. Noises from the outside seem louder than they should. My physical space seems impinged […]
February 12, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
We knew we’d love Australia, but we couldn’t have predicted how much! We’re kind of critter collectors: amateur biologists of sorts. We’ve long kept nature notebooks as part of our […]
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