Rear View Microphone podcast 002
Here’s the second episode of Rear View Microphone – the weekly podcast covering Travel, and Tourism, and Cruising, and Communications, and Arts and Entertainment, and Politics and more … Enjoy!
Travel Pics Theme: B for Bridges. Invercargill Footbridge
The theme for our travel pics this week is B – for Bridges. Today, it’s a footbridge, at Invercargill, in Scotland. We spotted this bridge as we took a break in the town, heading for Inverness and Urquhart Castle (on the banks of Loch Ness) The bridge itself is quite striking – but even more striking…
Friday Travel: Writing in cattle class
I am writing this blog post on a plane, in Economy class, on a low-cost carrier. I’ve recently spent quite a few hours on flights between my home in Brisbane, and the home of my ailing mother in Cairns, 140 flying minutes away. And every time, I vow to make use of that two-hour-plus window…
Travel Pics Theme: B for Bridges. Shrewsbury, UK.
The theme for our travel pics this week is B – for Bridges. Today, it’s Welsh Bridge, at Shrewsbury in the UK. To be honest, we mainly went to this town because I am a Cadfael tragic – I’ve read all the novels about the medieval monk, and watched all the TV episodes with Derek Jacobi,…
Travel Pics Theme: A for Antigua. Farewell Wadadli!
The theme for our travel pics this week is A – for Antigua – and this was taken as we sailed away from the magnificent West Indies island. Antigua is also called Wadadli by locals – and that’s also the name of their delicious beer 🙂 Wadadli means “our own” in the local dialect, whereas Antigua…
Travel Pics Theme: A for Antigua. Catamarans ahoy.
The theme for our travel pics this week is A – for Antigua – Today, it’s sailboats skimming across the bay. One of the most popular cruise-ship excursions on the Caribbean Island of Antigua is taking a catamaran off to a reef, and then snorkelling in the crystal clear waters. And from this picture, you…
Travel Pics Theme: A for Antigua. Starfish Kayaking
The theme for our travel pics this week is A – for Antigua – and this was taken as we steered our sea-kayaks around mangroves, and over the shallow coral reefs nearby. We’d already been for a hike up the hill at Bird Island, and a snorkel amongst the coral just off shore – but…
Cruiseday Tuesday – Melbourne to get its own ship?
Melbourne is reportedly to get its own home-based cruise ship before long, according to industry insiders – but it WON’T be the latest P&O acquisition, announced last week. For many years, there have been calls to home-base a ship in the Victorian capital – but P&O, the largest operator in Australia, has instead restricted its…
Travel Pics Theme: A for Antigua. Nature always wins!
The theme for our travel pics this week is A – for Antigua – and today it’s an abandoned boat in the harbour. Like many harbours we visited, St Johns (the capital of Antigua) contains a number of vessels … some floating, and some not! This is one of the ‘not’ – and it fascinated me. I…
Travel Pics Theme: A for Antigua. Bird Island.
The theme for our travel pics this week is A – for Antigua, one of the Leeward Islands that make up the West Indies. This is the view from Bird Island – an amazing spot that separates the Caribbean and Atlantic oceans. We snorkelled on a reef down below, and swam in the crystal clear…
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