This cruise is the replacement for our Mediterranean cruise planned for our 50th wedding anniversary this year.
4pm - We are sailing !! Got away right on time and the Bay looks smooth. Will see how we go when we turn right up near Caloundra and then head South.
Boarding was very easy - took us about 10 minutes from when we arrived at the Brisbane International Cruise Terminal door at 11:00am to Read on...
Knowing I had a long drive today I was up early and on the road by seven. Unlike the night before I had fueld up before I stopped so there were no delays. The drive across the top of Superior is long. Thats true but its pretty too. Lots of rock cuts, elevation changes and of course Lake Superior popping out of the trees on occasion. This marks the third time Ive done it. Twice from the East and un Read on...
Entering Farina this trip was so different to last time. Last time it was a buzzing place with people everywhere, The Underground Bakery was operating and the volunteer rebuilding program was in full swing for its annual winter program. It was hard to find a park in the main street and the campground was overflowing. All the premium sites were taken so many like us camped amongst the bushes.
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Greetings from Quarantine! My hair is wild and crazy, my mask rash is in full bloom, Ive never looked better! Hoping you and yours are all happy and healthy.
from the Italian word quaranta (40) is Cuarentena in Spanish cuarenta (40) but here in Ecuador weve been in isolation for twice that amount of time with daily 2 pm to 5 am curfews, permission to drive a vehicle only one day a week (based on Read on...
I am getting so busy, I almost forgot to start up a new quarters worth of quotations for you. Since I get very little feedback, this particular email may go to rest at the end of 2021. Please share your favorites! I always include Robert Frost, my favorite poet.
Travel opens your heart, broadens your mind and fills your life with stories to tell. - Paula Benfeldt
Do not follow where the path may Read on...
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There were a number of choices today but we went for a visit to a local castle called Weikersheim Palace. A castle was built on this site in the 1200s but a local Count rebuilt it in Renaissance style in the late 1500s. It was rebuilt again in the 1700s by Counts grandson in a Baroque style. Unfortunately for the title, the line then died out and the palace was unoccupied for 250 years. What was b Read on...
Set off early to get to our next destination as it was a 3 hour drive. We said out goodbyes to the hosts and German guests and hit the road. The drive started out the same as it had been on all our other trips, on the wide open super nice toll roads, hearing the beep of a fare every so often. $0.60 here, $0.50 there... Beep. It then turned into a drive through the Portuguese country side on smalle Read on...
Part of the riverside site where the gardens are located was originally a botanic reserve. It was established in 1828 to provide food for the early penal colony.
Macadamia Nut - This tree planted by Walter Hill in 1858 is believed to be the worlds first cultivation of the macadamia.
F. Jemmy Morrill and the brolgas sculpture - Queenslander Lindsay Daen created this bronze sculpture. It is on pe Read on...
We arrived back from Libaran Island at around 9.30 in the morning, walked back to our car that we had parked in a parking garage in the nearby shopping mall, and headed off towards Sukau. We were got g to spend two nights in a lodge by the river Kinabatangan to see the wildlife in the area: different types of monkeys, birds, maybe even pygmy elephants or a clouded leopard. The distance is only aro Read on...