We’re back in Auckland, a town we visited before, so we may not post a lot of sightseeing photos. But no worries! Look back with us at the wildlife we saw in the first part of our journey. (You have to open the post first by clicking “Continue Reading.”)...
Continue reading...Mary and Kevin Travel
The End of Australia
Well, we’re back in Sydney. Since I last posted, we finally saw some whales. Video is shaky, brief, and in slow motion, but it’s whales. We also saw wallabies—on suburban homes’ lawns! But also at a beach called Potato Point. We saw more beautiful beaches and landscapes. And we...
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Continue reading...Coast to Coast, sort of
Forgive the long entry. We left Tasmania and went to Melbourne, where the first day after arriving we went to see the penguin parade at Philip Island. No photos allowed (thus the black square at top), but I got a shot of a couple at “The Nobbies,” a group...
Continue reading...Ta Ta Tasmania
Moving fast as always. After Day 1 with animals in the pastoral hills near Hobart and Day 2 along beaches on the east side of the island, Day 3 we went to the mountains inland (Mount Field), and Day 4 we went to Bruny Island off the main island...
Continue reading...Tasmania, You Devil
Tasmania has bewitched us with its animals and landscapes Please enjoy the videos below to understand why I am writing so little today–there is so much beauty to see outside! Warning: may be inappropriate for viewers too sensitive to cuteness.
Continue reading...Uluru (Ayers Rock) and Kata Tjuta (The Olgas)
We toured Uluru at sunset and Kata Tjuta at sunrise. Pictures are at the bottom of this post. We learned a lot by stopping first at the culture center for the Aṉangu (Anna-NU), the traditional “owners” (inhabitants). They looked after the land. They had practiced patch burning for years,...
Continue reading...The Red Centre
We’re at Uluru (formerly Ayers Rock). I’m posting now because we have an afternoon trip of Uluru today and a morning trip of nearby Kata Tjuta tomorrow. Australians call Uluru “The Red Centre” because the soil here is red and it’s in the middle of the country (sort of)....
Continue reading...Greetings from the future . . . and the past.
Well, it’s tomorrow here to my American friends. The U.S. is so yesterday on this side of the International Date Line. We had a fabulous day in Sydney yesterday, largely courtesy of Kevin ‘s college chum Dana and her husband Keith. We saw the Sydney Opera House Saw...
Continue reading...Moving Right Along
A day and a half ago, we flew from Hawaii to Auckland, New Zealand. Tomorrow we leave for Sydney, Australia, and within a week after that we will fly to Uluru (Ayers Rock) and Tasmania. Entries may get fewer and farther between and start to lag a little. But...
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