Our last couple days in Tassie were in Hobart. One of these was our Anniversary (#27). It has been something of a tradition, on our anniversary, to do several things: To enjoy it in a faraway place To wish friend and former partner Steve Sawatski happy B-Day (since Feb 23 is that, as well) To
Month: February 2018
Getting our “Quirk” On
After a few days in most places, the “quirk” comes out. In the old days (aka the 60’s, or Haight Asbury today) this might be called letting the Freak Flag fly. Or maybe the “Quirk” is always there but we need to absorb the rhythm of a place before it becomes apparent. In any case,
Seafood, Roadkill and the Brotherhood of Broken Buses
Our last several days in Tassie included quite a bit more travel. Not especially far, because Tassie is not that big. Just travel in the sense that after a day of wandering, we stopped at new places instead of returning to Launceston. Our first next stop was in a small town on the East coast
Wandering Around the End of the World
Quite a powerful storm system went thru Tasmania. It was predicted, and we adjusted our hiking trip to Cradle Mountain accordingly. Good thing, too. We learned from some backpackers as we hiked that the Snow Line was expected at 1,300 meters…which was the BASE of our hike. Instead, we waited out the storm at our
Tasmania – Far-and-Away-Fascinating
Thot for the Day (Click Here) We have a bit of a quandry as we make our way to Tasmania. We have been told many times that “2 weeks is plenty” for touring and experiencing. Thus, we organized our visit around this. HOWEVER, every Aussie we talk to sez something like, “Oooh. You are going
Melbourne Wind-up
We met friends/Stalkers Nancy and Sid shortly after they arrived at their hotel. Our mission was to help them stay awake until early evening on their first day here because crashing once and solidly helps mitigate jetlag’s effect on subsequent days. So, we walked, Trammed, ate, drank plenty of coffee, had Gelato, etc. At the
Speaking of Barby, and of Mumbling…
Norman’s friend Sarah ‘splained the Aussie Language for us. “All words are shortened as much as possible, then “Y” (or “ie”) is added to the end.“ SO, Barbeque==Barby. Breakfast==Breky. Laptop==Lappy. Tasmania==Tassie. Australian==Aussie. And my favorite: Sparky, which means “Electrician.” OK, it’s ENGLISH (well, Strayne, anyway) so rules have exceptions! Here is the video, courtesy of
Do You Believe in Coincidence?
In a previous post, I may have disclosed that we are being stalked down-under by friends from Magnolia Street in Chicago. Nancy and Syd “just happen” to be in Melbourne and then in Tasmania at the same cosmic moment(s) as Los Harris. Maybe they aren’t actually stalking us, but you can see why we