TASSIE RIDE #3 – Swansea and Triabunna
The view from Devil’s Corner. That’s Freycinet National Park in the background. I’ve ridden from there this morning. Well, I say ‘ridden’ but I wheeled the bike up the steepest bit. You have to earn...
View ArticleA PARADISE FOR PRISONERS AND DEVILS?
If every day could be like this, I’d almost be content to stay for the term of my natural life. Many of the first white residents could wait to get off Maria Island. Convicts transported here in 1825...
View ArticleHAPPY NEW YEAR from Sydney
For once we were close to the action on Sydney Harbour. Midnight is normally way past our bedtime. If Mevrouw T and I ever bother to celebrate the changing of the calendar, it’s usually a nice dinner...
View ArticleTASSIE’S EAST COAST – the full cycling story
The view from Devil’s Corner. That’s Freycinet National Park in the background. I’ve ridden from there. Well, I say ‘ridden’ but I wheeled the bike up the steepest bit. That long, sweeping descent...
View ArticleKURINGAI NATIONAL PARK – a new walk (for me)
Resolute Bay, Kuringai National Park. Where are all the people? ‘We do live in an amazingly beautiful city, don’t we?’ says my friend and hiking companion Duncan. How could I not agree? We’re sitting...
View ArticleVISITING ASIA – without leaving home
It could be a street scene in any south-east Asian country. Except it’s not. ‘Mr Tulloch, my students love your book and it would be great if you could come to meet them.’ It was 1988, and I’d just...
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