Here's a last few miscellaneouses / honorable mentions / etc. Nubbies: Everywhere you go in Australia if you look down at your feet in an...

We have had some amazing experiences in Australia of some of the obvious targets – Uluru, The Great Barrier Reef, Kangaroo Island,...

It’s been a long time since grade 11 and 12, for me over fifty years! I had a small group of friends in high school, and the memories...

In 1908 Henry Ford started producing the Model T. During a drunken shop party on week one, as the first vehicle approached completion, a...

Fitzroy is an older neighborhood not too far from downtown Melbourne. I believe it was Kevin Jackman who pointed us in the direction of...

Evan, thanks for the suggestion. We booked a game at the MCG (Melbourne Cricket Grounds for the less footy-knowledged). This stadium...

It took a while to get the proper pronunciation of this town. As has been pointed out to me in the past, several times, a sentence means...

For anyone who's already been, Uluru (once called Ayer's Rock), you know that this is an amazing place. I have forever been curious and...

I always thought Ayer’s Rock was synonymous with Alice Springs. Kind of like, have coffee and a piece of pie at the restaurant in Alice,...

When I saw you for the first time from across the crowded bar I knew When you came back from your travels after 93 long days I knew When...

The centre of Australia is much like the countryside in Afghanistan, being hot and comprised generally of sand. In the late 1800's,...

When the pandemic hit in 2020, we all needed something to fill the extra time we had due to being cut off from our normal lives. One of...

In Grade 7 us boys wore hunting knives to school in a sheath hanging from our belts. You never know when you’d need to stop on the way to...

Wow. I'm not sure what we were expecting - probably a depersonalized boat trip, fed at the trough, rush-in/rush-out, get the tourists...

There doesn't seem to be a lot of development in the middle of Tasmania. Not too far out of Hobart, population dwindles and towns give...

Our bus driver’s name today was Darren. As bus drivers go, funny guy; none of his jokes were quite as funny as when he accidentally...

Most of you have had occasion at some point in your life to hold a gyro. We used to have them as kids. Essentially they are concentric...

Today we took a walking tour from Hyde Park to The Rocks. Along the way we were heckled by a plane spelling bad things. I'm sure the...

Not sure how many of you have flown to Australia. From Vancouver that's a 14-hour flight. If you have a chance to fly business or first...

It's been a long time coming! In February of 2020 we were one day away from sending a bucket of money to the travel agent as commitment...