On Sunday I’ll be going to Melbourne. I consider reading material to be an essential part of my travel inventory, and normally, by this time I would be seriously pondering what book to bring with me for the trip. It’s a lot more difficult than you would think. The book has to be interesting enough [...]
Leaving for Aurora today. Spending tonight in Sydney at jadedlotus’s. Canberra and Thredbo tomorrow. Looking forward to meeting Kate next week. I don’t know how much blogging I’ll manage to do while I’m away, but I do intend to write when I can. We’ll see if there’s anything worth transcribing into electronic format. Five things [...]
Auckland: City has a nice feel. I was quite surprised how close New Zealand is to the east coast. The flight over only took 3 hours or so. (Sydney is closer to Auckland than it is to Perth – Perth to Sydney normally takes about 5 hours!) Hilly. Some streets are quite steep (good exercise) [...]