Nature
Hiking in a Mother City
A “mother city”, you ask? The English word “metropolitan” is derived from two Greek words, “meter” meaning “mother” and “polis” meaning “city”, a “metropolis”. It also indicates a city from which others have been colonized, a parent state of a…
Rainy Seaside Retreat
Between 2nd and 6th of October 2023, Rebecca and I had an opportunity to do what has become our yearly tradition: a holiday to a seaside town. This time we chose Lakes Entrance, and rather than drive the car we…
- Camping, Exploring, Family, Hiking, Holidays, Interesting Places, NAtional Parks, Nature, Travel, Walking
Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time
The title of this post is a quote from someone called Steven Wright. I can’t remember where I first saw it, or even who Steven Wright is, but the idea of everywhere being within walking distance if you have the…
Breaking a 20+ Year Drought
Over the Victorian Labour Day long weekend, I did my 1st overnight hiking camp in more than 20 years. A week or so before that I purchased a 65 litre hiking backpack, and some new hiking boots. What follows describes…
- Beauty, Camping, Cycling, Exercise, Exploring, Footbiking, Hiking, Holidays, Interesting Places, NAtional Parks, Nature, Travel, Walking
A Very Outdoor Month
Late March 2022 was the time of a “wife and me” holiday – the first such holiday after the last of our progeny departed the nest. The destination was Mitta Mitta, a place I had stayed at twice before. Mitta…
Merimbula Marital Moments
As parents, Rebecca and I haven’t had more than a few days at a time away together from our children that were still young enough to be living at home with us. Now that Eliana is 16 years old, and…
Out the Back of NSW
Between 19th and 28th March, I had annual leave and so I decided I would do some exploring. Due to the possibility of cross-border restrictions, travel permits for interstate travellers, and the possibility of COVID19 outbreaks in general, I decided…
Keeping Away from The Virus
Since my last travel related post, there has been a wave or two of the COVID-19 Coronavirus in Australia. And it still isn’t under control in some parts of Australia. So when I booked three weeks of annual leave for…
3 States in 3 weeks
The railway related post for this blog post is available at my Jim’s Model Trains website. In March 2020, I had 4 weeks of long service leave and as I still had a month or so left on a 6…
A Broken Hill, Low Scrub & Bush, The Hunter Valley
13-10-2019: For the start of this holiday, I arrived at the railway station in the town we live in a bit before the time the XPT train to Sydney was due to arrive at 12:21pm. I waited. And waited. And…