Again the weather gods have shone down on us as we pack up and prepare to head away from Fox Glacier for places further south.
We hadnt used a lot of petrol after the last fill in Hokitika so the Fox Glacier price for petrol at NPD at $2.45 per litre didnt bite into the credit card too much. And with the petrol station being privately owned there were no Gold Card discount.
As with most days of Read on...
Actually in a lock as I type so not expecting to be able to post for a while. From memory the gorges will feature as the predominant landscape soon and that too will preclude posting so again it may be typing time for a while and possibly posting time quickly when I can.
Its just after breakfast, its always just after some meal or just before another meal when on board. Its coolish but not cold, Read on...
This was a rude awakening to me, but makes sense. From Karen at Winespeed: Amount (in U.S.$) that a restaurant dishs price rises ($0.18) for every increase of one letter in the average length of words describing that dish. Now that restaurants are cautiously reopening, you can check it out for yourself. According to Dan Jurafsky, author of the James Beard book award finalist The Language of Food, Read on...
The Travellers celebrates Indigenous presence and the meeting of cultures through migration. ten sculptures, each approximately 7.5 metres tall and collectively incorporating 3.7 kilometres of stainless steel. Nine of the ten figures are motorised and at regular intervals move along the length of Sandridge Bridge, sited near a former Aboriginal meeting ground and near the landing point where many Read on...
On Wednesday morning I checked out of the hotel and had a couple of tasks to take care of before I left Coober Pedy. I needed fuel first, and then I had to visit the most useful vending machine in the outback. This may exist elsewhere, but its the only one I know of – a water station. For just $1.00 you can get 30 litres of water. One of my jerry cans was nearly empty so I wanted to fill it up. Read on...
Today is the last day of our trip, we fly back tomorrow morning. After last nights wonderful experience with Gaudis Park Guell, we were really looking forward to seeing Gaudis masterpiece church this afternoon, but first we have a brief excursion just outside of Barcelona to Catalonia to visit Montserrat.
Monserrat, the Serrated Mountain is the name of a series of 3 peaks of the Catalan mountain Read on...
After another uneventful drive from Alexandria we were back in Cairo and headed to the train station for the overnight train to Aswan...cool! Was looking forward to this, trains are one of my favourite modes of transportation, an easy and relaxing way to both cover ground and see the countryside...as most of the trip was at night we wouldnt see a whole lot but did have the morning fortunately to c Read on...
A town and major ferry port in Kent in southeast England, Dover faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel, just 21 miles from Cap Gris Nez. Immortalized in books, movies, and songs (remember Vera Lynn?) over the years, the White Cliffs of Dover is the region of English coastline facing the Strait. The cliff face reaches a height of 350 and owes its striking Read on...
If DC in the daytime has been eerily lacking in throngs of tourists, nighttime is downright spooky. If I believed in ghosts, my stroll along the National Mall after sunset wouldve been filled with fear or, perhaps, reverence. As it was, though, my only were the ducks at the Reflecting Pool until I got to the Lincoln Memorial. Even then, the small group of students loitering and posing at the top o Read on...
We have spent today exploring the ‘Copper Triangle made up of the towns of Wallaroo, Kadina and Moonta. We started in Wallaroo with a photo of the old town hall while we waited for Cathy and Steve to have their tyre fixed. Punctured tyres are a bit of a theme? On our last joint road trip to NSW it was our car that had a slow leak and needed a repair in Coffs Harbour.
With both vehicles good to Read on...