Point to Pinnacle: D-day
322 days ago, on 31 December 2017, I posted a photo of kunanyi from near the bottom of the university with the caption, “One day, Mountain, I will walk to your summit”. Today, I did it. I didn’t specifically have the Point to Pinnacle in mind when I posted...
Southwest Tasmania day 2 (part 1)
This morning’s plan was to wake up early—well, as early as I’d need to when the sun rises close to 8 am—and take some sunrise photos over the lake. This plan was somewhat thwarted by the fact that everywhere was enveloped in fog and the sun was nowhere to...
Kensington Road runs straight for a while
Kensington Road runs straight for a while Adelaide, Australia Adelaide, Australia The weather was no better this morning than it had been yesterday. In fact, it was probably worse. The wind is horrible and we’ve seen reports of some severe damage having been done across the state. I’m beginning...
Don’t pay the ferryman
Don’t pay the ferryman Victor Harbor, Australia Victor Harbor, Australia And so the predicted bad weather came upon us like torrential rain and gale-force winds, and we were safely tucked up in a cabin at the caravan park feeling not the least bit sorry for the people in campers....
Don’t go chasing waterfalls
Don’t go chasing waterfalls Apollo Bay, Australia Apollo Bay, Australia Today the road trip began. We said goodbye to the in-laws after breakfast and hit the road for the start of the Great Ocean Road: Torquay, surfer town. We stopped at Soul Fuel Cafe for coffee and, after a...
Walk in her shoes – 2 days to go
The Walk In Her Shoes challenge starts on Tuesday. I thought that Tuesday was a strange day to start, and it’s taken me several weeks to realise that Tuesday is International Women’s Day. Because the focus of the challenge is on helping to fund projects that “help reduce the...
12 of 12 November 2015
Thursday. Work day. Early start day, though it seems like there have been more early start days than not lately. 1 of 12 – Showers were forecast. They arrived. 2 of 12 – Yesterday’s haul of letters seeking further donations from charities I have donated to. Now attempting to...
Day 12: Dunedin days
Day 12: Dunedin days Dunedin, New Zealand Dunedin, New Zealand Dunedin. I love it. I’m currently sitting here drinking my very last Wanaka Beerworks Cardrona working out how I can stay here and not go home. OK I know that’s not going to happen. We had a great day....
Day 10: No time no place to talk about the weather
Day 10: No time no place to talk about the weather Te Anau, New Zealand Te Anau, New Zealand Everything was go for our trip to Milford Sound this morning. We’d been checking the weather for this day ever since we’d arrived and it was going to be the...
Day 9: Driving rain
Day 9: Driving rain Te Anau, New Zealand Te Anau, New Zealand We left Queenstown this morning heading to Te Anau, where tomorrow (weather and roads permitting) we will be taking a day trip to Milford Sound. It was a great day for driving, with strong winds battering much...