A Melbourne, Australia Primer
Well, well, well. Melbourne is an entirely different city from Adelaide, and that is evident firstly in its size. Melbourne has over 3.5 million people in it and reminds us of Toronto. The water, the beach proximity and their...
One Month in to a Year Full of Travel
We are moving into our first full month of travel and I must admit that I am feeling a little down. The weather in Melbourne is unusually cool for January—23° and overcast. There is rain predicted for the rest of the week, and I...
An Easy-Going, Melbourne City Routine.
We have evolved a Melbourne routine. We buy the newspaper at the 24/7 supermarket next door to the hotel, read the paper over breakfast in the hotel, then head out for the day. Today, despite predictions of rain and cool weather,...
Rainy Movie Day in Melboune, Australia
Raining and overcast, we decide to have a movie day. Classic followsummer from January 2004 I must admit there is a little guilt attached to this but John points out that “if that’s what we want to do then we should do it.” After...
Tasting the Yarra Valley.
Our day starts with the headlines telling us about the rampant and devastating flooding that has hit Melbourne yesterday in the late afternoon and overnight. We are heading out to the Yarra Valley for a day of wine tasting today...
At Home, in the Kuranda Rainforest.
S16° E145° We blow out of Melbourne relatively easily today with many wonderful memories. We are thoroughly impressed and enchanted with it, and leave wishing we could stay. Everywhere you look there are magnificent parks and...
Gone Fishin’ in Australia
Wednesday, February 4th, 2004: Cairns, Australia classic followsummer from February 2004 Greg and John are doing their scuba diving certification right now, on the Great Barrier Reef here in Australia. No kidding, we’re...
Diving the Great Barrier Reef
Although it rains heavily again last night, the sun wakes us early – a good thing as we have booked dives for today, and we need to be on the pier by 8:00. We are diving from a different boat today than our other dives: while we...
Monsoon: Driving into a Wall of Water
Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain! Just when we thought the day might turn nice, yet more rain! Torrential, teaming, monsoon downpours of rain. This is not a complaint, simply an observation. It is warm, it is t-shirt and shorts...
Good Friends, Good Wine Weekend in Prince Edward County
East Lake is rough and choppy this morning, pulling low grey clouds across its early summer shores. So too are our heads from a rowdy, raucous, wine-filled Friday night as day two of our weekend in Prince Edward County begins....