Posted in Sightseeing, Tasmania, Walks on Jan 16th, 2008 4 Comments »
Today I visited Freycinet National Park, off of the town of Coles Bay, about 20 minutes south of my hotel. Coles Bay has one of those vibes that screams “tremendous amounts of drugs were used here in 1970.” But today, it’s a small town with rental properties and a few businesses, boat tours, […]
Posted in Sightseeing, Tasmania on Jan 15th, 2008 1 Comment »
This morning I had planned to get up very early and beat the traffic out to Port Arthur. I’d been told that the highways would take a long time because they are narrow and winding. But when the alarm went off at 6am, the answer was a resolute no. Eventually I made it up around […]
Posted in Food and Drink, Sightseeing, Tasmania on Jan 14th, 2008 2 Comments »
After a week and a half on foot and using public transportation, it’s very different with a car. My flight landed at 8am, and by 9am I had figured out the car and driven to the city to my hotel. The Grand Chancellor is your typical small city primary businessman’s hotel. […]
Posted in Food and Drink, Melbourne, Sightseeing on Jan 13th, 2008 1 Comment »
I cannot believe that I’m already at the halfway point of the vacation. Tomorrow morning, I leave for Hobart. Today, I took a guided tour of the Great Ocean Road stretching west from Melbourne. The tour covered about 500 kilometers of driving. The bus (seats 21 in 1-2 seating, […]
Posted in Melbourne, Sightseeing on Jan 11th, 2008 No Comments »
I had a fun day trip today out to the Mornington Peninsula southeast of Melbourne. I had thought about doing a guided tour there today, but a) it wasn’t going to guarantee getting me back in time for my dinner engagement, b) they had a couple of very silly shopping side diversions, and c) they […]
Posted in Melbourne, Sightseeing on Jan 11th, 2008 2 Comments »
I’m feeling much better. I’m still not 100%, but I sound worse than I am. But what I have left can be classified as “really nasty hay fever the normal allergy medicine isn’t quite touching.” At this point, I’m basically just working on preventing a re-infection. My family has planned a dinner out tonight for […]
Posted in Melbourne, Sightseeing on Jan 11th, 2008 1 Comment »
Just before I went out for a late-afternoon round of sightseeing on Thursday, Steven called me and asked if I’d like to go out for a ride to one of the heavily-Greek suburbs called Doncaster. He had a customer out there he had to visit for about twenty minutes, and then he’d be free for […]
Posted in Melbourne, Sightseeing on Jan 10th, 2008 1 Comment »
While I knew that there would be differences between Melbourne and Sydney, I did not think they’d be so pronounced and yet so difficult to explain. The best way I can put it is that Sydney feels like a city where people work, and Melbourne feels like a city where people live. It sounds stupid, […]
Posted in Melbourne, Sightseeing on Jan 9th, 2008 1 Comment »
It’s 12:15pm Thursday in Melbourne as I start to write this. It’s also 98 degrees outside, with a high of 103 expected. You’d think that since Melbourne is further south, it’d be cooler than Sydney. Not always… it’s going to be like this today and Friday, then cool off into the low 80s for […]
Posted in Food and Drink, Sightseeing, Sydney on Jan 8th, 2008 3 Comments »
Yesterday was a great day. Except for a couple of passing drizzles, the day was perfect weather-wise: high 70s, good humidity to feel that you’re sea-side, partly cloudy. The first thing I had to do is get a new charger for my cellphone. Even though the old was was dual rated, and I’ve used it […]
