We are currently planning significant trip to United States later this year – and it’s interesting to note the differences as well as the similarities. On this trip, we are going to travel nearly 4500km by land – that’s the equivalent of a loop from my home city of Brisbane, via Sydney, down to Melbourne,…
The theme for our travel pics this week is J, for Jungles (and rainforests) – and for Friday, it’s Tivua island, in Fiji. One of the Mamanuca islands off Viti Levu, Tivua is a pretty little coral cay that is used as a day-trip for tourists from Nadi. It’s small enough to walk around in 20 minutes,…
The theme for our travel pics this week is J, for Jungles (and rainforests) – and for Thursday, we return to Innisfail in Far North Queensland. No matter what time of the year, and no matter where you look, there’s always a lush, green canopy surrounding Innisfail. This image is of a Frangipani tree (also know in…
The theme for our travel pics this week is J, for Jungles (and rainforests) – and for Wednesday, it’s Martinique, in the sunny Caribbean sea. An island in the Lesser Antilles, this is a French Overseas Department – meaning that is is a little slice of France, and locals are French citizens with the same rights…
The theme for our travel pics this week is J, for Jungles (and rainforests). For Tuesday, let’s head to Fiji, and The Garden of the Sleeping Giant. This is a botanical garden first established by Hollywood actor Raymond Burr – mostly to grow his beloved orchids. (Who knew ‘Perry Mason’ was an orchid-lover?) There are more…
“@#$%^^& cruise ships – arrive, disgorge thousands, spend next to nothing in local economy and %^&* off again.” Love cruising? It seems that not everyone loves you! I was reading an article last month (from the Guardian, on plans by Italy’s Cinque Terre ports to limit the number of tourists) .. and it was amazing how quickly the…
The theme for our travel pics this week is J, for Jungles (and rainforests) – and to start us off, Bamboo Creek at Innisfail, in Far North Queensland. Innisfail’s a small town about an hour south of the much-better-known Cairns, and is at the heart of what they call “The Great Green Way”. It is certainly worth spending a few…
Here’s the eighth episode of Rear View Microphone – the weekly podcast covering Travel, and Tourism, and Cruising, and Communications, and Arts and Entertainment, and Politics and more … This week – lots of cruise news – including saying farewell to some Aussie and Kiwi favourites; in table-top games news, we look at lying with a…
The theme for our travel pics this week (and a bit) is I, for Italy. This image is, of course, of the ruins of the Amphitheatrum Flavium – better known to us as The Colosseum. But here’s the thing – The Colossus that the Colosseum was named for no longer exists. It was a giant statue…
The theme for our travel pics this week (and a bit) is I, for Italy. Ah, St Mark’s, the home of the 18-dollar coffee 🙂 In St Mark’s Square, Venice, there are a series of cafes. If you go inside and order a coffee at the bar it will cost you around a €1…
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