Category Archives: Cruising
Touring Thursday Island on a Thursday
Today is Thursday and we are in Thursday Island! Locally it is known as “TI” and is the administrative and commercialView full post »
Poverty Near Garbage in PNG
We are in cannibalism territory again in Melanesia having arrived at Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, which is widelyView full post »
A Fish Named Wally
We are in the middle of Great Barrier Reef country now…Cairns, Australia (the correct pronunciation isView full post »
The Town of Townsville
Today we arrived at the port city of Townsville in the north-eastern Australian state of Queensland about 800 milesView full post »
The Rain in Brisbane Falls Mainly on our Bus
OK, this title doesn’t really rhyme like the old saying because the locals don’t say Bris’-bain, theyView full post »
Scintillating Sydney
We entered Sydney harbor at about 5:30 am, just before sunrise. The main harbor basin is close to downtown and the skyView full post »
Kangaroos, Koalas and Aboriginal Kustoms
Today, our 2nd in Melbourne, we are going to scout out some kangaroos and koalas and get a good background onView full post »
Museum, Memorial and Monolith in Melbourne
“Well, well, well…we’re back in Melbourne, back in Australia!” (This is the opening statement from Glenn Fry on theView full post »
Tantalizing Tasmania
We arrived on solid ground this morning in Hobart, Tasmania glad that the crossing of the Tasman Sea is behind us butView full post »