Tag: Australia
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Round the World Trip 2022 Complete -Costs Broken Down and Explained – Back Home in Hawaii
The trip was far too short but the fact of the matter is, it was longer and further than most people will ever travel. Â I circumnavigated the globe in 42…
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Melbourne – Winter 2022 Gallery
This has been a really short stay – but given that it’s cold and I’m not packed for cold weather – that’s okay. The truth is, regardless of weather, any…
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Where Am I? Sartori in Paris
Sartori in Paris I’d wanted to read this for many years but reading doesn’t come easy these days.  4096 miles on a budget airline in an aisle seat flying over the…
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Camper Van Road Tripping in Australia – My Vagabond Dream
A friend asked me recently what I’d like to do for my next adventure. Â A whole slew of things crossed my mind – a sailing voyage, a big game photo…
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Sydney, Australia – Last Part – Sydney to the Airport
The best part of living in Hawaii is that when your trip is over, it’s time to go home – to Hawaii. Honestly, I miss my family and am ready…
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Staying in Capsule Hotels in Australia – Capsules Down Under
I’ve always been fascinated by capsule hotels – but never really had the chance to stay in one until I came to Australia about ten days ago – for some…
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Day Trip from Sydney, Australia – The Blue Mountains on a Rainy Day
This was the only organized tour I did – and I made sure that it was an active tour so I wouldn’t be trapped in a bus with the cruise…
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Launceston, Tasmania, Australia – Part 1
Jetstar, which is the airline I’ve been using to get around Australia runs these cheap Friday Fare Frenzy sales – you have to be able to match the times they…
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Sydney, Australia Part 3
I suppose my travel mantra has become ‘wake early and walk a lot.’ In some cases I’m strolling 16 miles per day – which means that I am seeing a…
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Sydney, Australia Part 2 – Sydney Eye, Glebe, and LGBTQ Mardi Gras Sydney
My flight from Melbourne was a little bit delayed but I got back just before sunset. It was nice that I had the capsule hotel waiting for me – and…
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Melbourne, Australia – Ned Kelly’s Armor and 15,000 Steps
I’m loving these many miles of walking early each morning. The neighborhood we live in, in Hawaii isn’t a great walking neighborhood. It’s surrounded by freeways and military bases as…
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Melbourne, Australia – First Impressions and a Tiki-Bar!
I flew from Sydney into Melbourne, Avalon – which is about an hour outside of Melbourne. I didn’t know that. In any event, I took the SkyBus for $23 AUD…
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Arriving in Sydney, Australia – My New Favorite City
I used to tell people that my ideal city was if you could take Vancouver, British Columbia and combine it with Quebec City – then put it in Hawaii. That’s…
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Travel in the Time of Covid-19 – Vagobond in Australia – Back on the Road in 2020
It seems like the only times I really travel are when the world is in turmoil. September 11th, H1N1, Arab Spring, the Great Recession, and now – coronavirus. I don’t…
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Wuhan Virus and Your Travel Plans
I have to admit that this thing is starting to look pretty scary. The number of cases that have been reported in the past couple of days have grown from…
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Making Money While Traveling – A Few Ideas
Earning money while you are traveling the world isn’t as hard as you might think it is. Of course, making a lot of money…
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Ten Smartest Dog Breeds
#10 Australian Cattle Dog -The Australian Cattle Dog is a very active breed. They need to be exercised on a regular basis, both mentally and physically. As they were originally…
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Foster's..not just beer, also a battery?
While we all love breweries, we now have a reason to, other than the obvious. Foster’s is using the waste water left behind from beer to create, among other things,…
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22 towns to visit before you die! Die laughing that is….
This comes to us via Drivl.com (Thanks Jane!) cd The 22 Worst Place Names in the World by Jane Copland We looked at a map of Britain and realised that…
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X Rated Nude Carwash gets Thumbs Up from Law Enforcement
I wish I could drive to Queensland… cd CANBERRA (Reuters) – A nude car wash offering an X-rated sideshow and topless cleaning in Australia’s tropical Queensland state has been given…
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Australian Ghost Ship Mystery
Possibly the yachts passengers are now on some mysterious island… cd SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian rescuers were on Friday trying to solve the “Mary Celeste” style mystery of a yacht…
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Who has less of a life than this?
I pose the philosophical question now…who has less of a life, the man who just sold his or the person who bought it? Holt’s webpage is www.nicael.com cd SYDNEY (AFP)…
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Kim Jong Il seeks monster bunnies
But does he know how to train them? (see below a few posts) cd Kim Jong Il seeks monster bunnies | The World | The Australian NORTH Korea has given…
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10 stingrays killed since Irwin's death
I’ve always found Australians to be a little crazy. Revenge against stingrays?? SYDNEY, Australia — At least 10 stingrays have been killed since “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin was fatally injured…
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This little sucker will kill you….it did…bummer.
This story makes me sad. What a bummer that this guy spent so much time with really dangerous animals and had the bad luck to die with an animal most…
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