Well, here I am almost back where I started a month ago – 4000 miles by road, 4000 miles by air, 2000 miles by rail and 50 miles by sea (not counting the 20,000 miles return trip to get here). Little did I know exactly how much scenic spectacle I had planned in to the [...]
Archive for August, 2000
Australia IV – August 2000
Posted in Food & Wine, Travel, tagged Food & Wine, Travel on August 28, 2000 | Leave a Comment »
Australia III – August 2000
Posted in Art, Dance, Food & Wine, Opera, Theatre, Travel, tagged Art, Dance, Food & Wine, Opera, Theatre, Travel on August 21, 2000 | Leave a Comment »
Well, I was having far too much fun in Sydney to write from there…..
Where was I ….Melbourne, if I’m not mistaken……..
Well that ended on a high with a great play – and a wholly appropriate one to see in OZ – a sort of state-of-the-nation play called The Great Man by David Williamson (a bit [...]
Australia II – August 2000
Posted in Art, Food & Wine, Theatre, Travel, tagged Art, Food & Wine, Theatre, Travel on August 14, 2000 | Leave a Comment »
Hello possums!
This is my second day in Melbourne and I still haven’t made my pilgrimage to Moonie Ponds – largely because I can’t find it on the map! I’ve found Moonie Ponds Creek, but that looks a bit wet. No sign
of the legendary suburb though. Her Dameness is advertising Toyotas on the TV so [...]
Australia I – August 2000
Posted in Art, Food & Wine, Theatre, Travel, tagged Art, Food & Wine, Theatre, Travel on August 7, 2000 | Leave a Comment »
G’day
Well, the first ‘pit stop’ is here in Adelaide and I’ve got some more cash, put the laundry in (even persuaded the attendant to take the shirts home and iron them!) and collected the car; so its time for the first ‘postcard’.
I began with three days in Perth, a very civilized place which feels more [...]
