Tuesday Travel: From California to Cestus III

“… where Kirk fought Gorn to decide the fate of both their races.”

Watts this tower doing here, then?

“.. what he called Nuestro Pueblo, our town. Everyone else called it “that eyesore”, or “that lunatic’s junkyard”

Making the most of what’s on offer

“Then there was the couple who had signed a lease on their new ‘gourmet hot dog and donut shoppe’ in the heart of a tourist town – just 2 weeks before the Covid-19 shutdowns began.”

Weekly Featured Travel Pic – Harley Cafe, Las Vegas

19 years is a long life for a ‘theme restaurant’ – especially for a place as transient as Las Vegas. So the closure in 2016 of the Harley Davidson Cafe on the Las Vegas strip shouldn’t be surprising – especially after the NY version of the cafe shut down a few years earlier – reportedly…

Thursday Travel – Saddle up, it’s Tenterfield

I don’t know about you, but I sometimes can’t resist taking a break while driving, just to snap some random shots in a town or place I am passing. Tenterfield, in Northern NSW, was one such place. We had been at a conference in Tamworth and were driving home to Brisbane. As the half-way point…

Weekly Featured Travel Pic – Crockfords Tower, Sentosa Island

There’s a proverb that goes back as far as the ancient Greeks which suggests that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” (*) – and that is particularly true of architecture. Buildings that some of us see as stunning, others see as a waste of space – or worse, a blight on the…

Thursday Travel – Funiculars and Cable Cars

A few days ago, there was some discussion on a Cruise Ship forum I participate in, and the question was asked “When our ship docks in Wellington, what things should we do?” The most consistent answers were the Te Papa museum, and the Wellington Cable Car. Strictly speaking, however, Wellington doesn’t have a cable car…

Travel Thursday – A ‘back-breaking’ bridge in Vietnam’s Hoi An

A monster that causes earthquakes across Asia, a bridge the snaps the back of the mythical creature, a temple to say sorry, and a covered walkway to bring together two cultures – Hoi An’s Japanese Bridge has it all! Hoi An is in the centre of Vietnam – in the Quang Nam province – it was, for…

Friday Featured Travel Pic: Jewel Cave, Western Australia

The Margaret River – Augusta region of Western Australia is home to some of the country’s best wineries, some of the most rugged coastlines (including Cape Leeuwin with its century-old lighthouse), some of the most amazing trees (Karri pines – mighty eucalyptus that can grow up to 90 metres tall) – and some of the…

Thursday Travel – A snapshot of the Australian cruise market

There’s little doubt that travelling for pleasure on cruise ships is one of the fastest growing sectors of the tourist market both in Australia and overseas. According to the Cruise Lines International Association, more than 1 in 20 Aussies have taken a cruise – and 1.3 million cruises were taken by Australians in 2017, according…