On the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century Joe Biden heads into his first full day as President of the United States of America. There has been much celebration – relieved, subdued celebration – among many Americans. And no doubt disgruntled murmurings among almost as many Americans. Donald Trump has never…
Everyone has an opinion on the events at the Capitol building in Washington on 6th January.
For those of us who thought that 1st January, 2021 heralded a brave new world, perhaps we need to do a re-think. It’s Friday here in Australia and I’ve been reading about yesterday’s events in Washington with dismay. Donald Trump, ex-President of the USA, has been saying since his defeat in the November elections that…
I imagine a lot of people all around the world will be heaving a huge sigh of relief when the clock ticks over to 2021. We’ve had the trifecta – fire, flood, and plague, with a side salad of political and social unrest, especially in Europe and the USA. Moses would have been proud. Here…
The end of 2020, the Year of the Rat, is finally in sight. It has been a difficult year, but that’s for another post. Right now, Pete and I are digesting an excellent Christmas dinner for two, cooked by us. We had intended to go on a little holiday this year, driving down to Adelaide…
On our last day at Palm Cove we thought we’d head inland along the Savannah Way. We’d been out there a few years before, as part of a tour we did up to Cairns and then over to the Gulf of Carpentaria and we’d passed through some interesting little towns. The first bit of excitement…
If you’re following the trip and feel you’ve missed anything, this page has the whole journey in the right order. Sometimes, instead of driving everywhere, it’s nice to go on an organised tour where it’s all done for you. With that in mind, we went through the brochures for tours up to Mossman Gorge and…
Pete and I packed our bags, checked out, and headed for our next hotel at Palm Cove, which is really just a northern suburb of Cairns. Pete had stayed at the Grand Chancellor when he was still one of the gainfully employed, to attend a conference. Back then the hotel was surrounded by golf courses,…
That east wind kept on blowing and we decided a trip to the reef was going to be too uncomfortable. Instead, we opted for a visit to Cairns’ world class aquarium, where we could visit the reef without getting wet. The aquarium didn’t open until 10am so we spent a couple of hours wandering around…
Pete and I and our friends drove 60km south of Cairns to the little town of Babinda. It’s right on the Bruce Highway and I remembered noticing the sign that said ‘this way to the boulders’ or words to that effect as we’d passed through. We turned west from the highway and drove through a…