A few days away from Sydney in an effort keep warm – Perth is the transit stop to Broome, which is a two hour flight north of Perth. I can’t blame Perth for its coolness of weather nor could I complain about our hotel – Novotel. Using Accor points we secured a large corner room […]
Welcome to an early morning arrival in Melbourne on Good Friday. Had a feel of the Enterprise from Star Treck. Rain and drizzle on a very dull day. with The Sprit of Tasmania ferry boat along side the next wharf. The beach started at the passenger ship wharf, but even this gave the place a […]
The drive from Adelaide was fine until we came to a stretch of road that had salt bush trees and bushes on both sides.The trees hung over the road, which gave the impression that we were driving down a tunnel, similar to Alice falling down the rabbit hole in Alice in Wonderland. The road was straight and […]
We entered the Suez Canal at first light, and with camera in hand I started photographing our transit. The canal had been built by Ferdinand de Lesseps between 1859 and 1869, and was opened in 1869. The Egyptian / French plan for the opening was to allow the Imperial Yacht L’Aigle, with the French Empress, […]
While in South Australia we visited Victor Harbor, which is about eighty kilometres south of Adelaide. Note the missing ‘u’ in Harbor due to a spelling error by an earlier Surveyor General (he was not an American). Oddly enough the current railway station at Victor Harbor is spelled Victor Harbour. The town has a history […]
The sun is behind us as it chases us in to Wellington Harbour. We are aiming for the gap. We were fortunate in Wellington because an old friend from my Conway days lives in Wellington and he had ‘volunteered’ to show us around. We’d both joined Conway on the same day, and had been in […]
Broken Hill’s airport is also the Royal Flying Doctor Service headquarters. Entrance to the HQ On entering we were invited to watch a short film about the service, which included real incidents where sick and injured people were picked up by a flying ‘hospital’ and flown to a major population centres. It is thanks to the Rev John Flynn […]
The sun is behind us as it chases us in to Wellington Harbour. We are aiming for the gap. We were fortunate in Wellington because an old friend from my Conway days lives in Wellington and he had ‘volunteered’ to show us around. We’d both joined Conway on the same day, and had been in […]
While in South Australia we visited Victor Harbor, which is about eighty kilometres south of Adelaide. Note the missing ‘u’ in Harbor due to a spelling error by an earlier Surveyor General (he was not an American). Oddly enough the current railway station at Victor Harbor is spelled Victor Harbour. The town has a history […]
We entered the Suez Canal at first light, and with camera in hand I started photographing our transit. The canal had been built by Ferdinand de Lesseps between 1859 and 1869, and was opened in 1869. The Egyptian / French plan for the opening was to allow the Imperial Yacht L’Aigle, with the French Empress, […]
London on a Spring day a few years ago. London Pride written by Noel Coward after a bombing raid in 1941. He was sitting in a damaged railway station and apparently he felt a wave of sentimental pride. Tulips Soldiers of the Queen On duty at Horse Guards Big Ben Tower Bridge ANZAC war memorial […]
London on a Spring day a few years ago. London Pride written by Noel Coward after a bombing raid in 1941. He was sitting in a damaged railway station and apparently he felt a wave of sentimental pride. Tulips Soldiers of the Queen On duty at Horse Guards Big Ben Tower Bridge ANZAC war memorial […]
We entered the Suez Canal at first light, and with camera in hand I started photographing our transit. The canal had been built by Ferdinand de Lesseps between 1859 and 1869, and was opened in 1869. The Egyptian / French plan for the opening was to allow the Imperial Yacht L’Aigle, with the French Empress, […]
We entered the Suez Canal at first light, and with camera in hand I started photographing our transit. The canal had been built by Ferdinand de Lesseps between 1859 and 1869, and was opened in 1869. The Egyptian / French plan for the opening was to allow the Imperial Yacht L’Aigle, with the French Empress, […]