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

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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

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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

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