I enjoy doing puzzles. I always have. I can remember doing puzzles as a kid at home and up at my grandparent’s cabin. I have fond memories of puzzles. I know puzzles aren’t for everyone. Some people don’t like the time they take to complete them. Some people don’t like being challenged by them. Some…
We Finally Made it Home.
We made it to the airport early. We dropped our rental car off, and “B” had to spend almost an hour with Hertz dealing with them. There was a crack in the windshield that happened day one. (remember that 24 hour drive from Brisbane to Cairns?). For that 24 hour period we had 100% coverage,…
One More Day – Oh Yeah!
Extra day in Melbourne! The day before we had talked about it being a lite day with little to do. We talked about a relaxing day, getting everything ready and getting to bed early since we had to get up at 5:30am the next day to get to the airport on time. Well, “B” wanted…
Heading to Melbourne and Returning to Healsville after 20 years. And then Trip Modification
Up the next morning and headed to Melbourne for our final stay. We drive a section of the great ocean road that we hadn’t done yet back to Melbourne. It was like driving highway 1 in the US in California. “B” had found a chocolaterie and ice creamery along the road and we stopped there….
Moral the Wombat and Authors – Part 3
Here is the last part, currently, in the Moral meeting Authors series. Here is the next installment of Moral with different (ok, and some of the same) authors. Here we have Mary Robinette Kowal (The Lady Astronaut series). In this picture she is typing out an original story (1 page) that she wrote for me…
The Great Ocean Road
Guess what, more driving. Yes, today we drive from Phillip Island, through Melbourne, and to part of The Great Ocean Road. This is considered one of the most scenic driving roads in Australia. Since we were going to be in the Melbourne area I wanted to do this. Because we were coming from Phillip Island…
More Penguins! This time in the wild.
This is a short one since I want the following two days on the same post. Got up the next day and headed to Phillip Island. This was a big day for “G” again. Phillip Island is known for having Fairy Penguins that visit the island every day. Fairy Penguins are the smallest variety of…
More Driving and then the Night Sky!
The next day was a drive day again. “B” had found a place in Lakes Entrance along the southern coast of Australia for us to stop at for the night on our way to Phillip Island. It allowed for a not long drive. Along the way we stopped in a small town to grab lunch….
Large Format Photography – The Why
I have mentioned here before that I worked for my father’s large format camera business for 20 years. During that time, I learned a lot about building large format cameras. Another result of me working for the company was that I was able to build a camera and use it for myself. I use a…
A Powerhouse Museum, A Miniature Garden, and Another Science Museum 2 in 3 days!
For our last day in Sydney it rained. Up to this point we had been doing pretty well in the rain department so a day of rain wasn’t too upsetting. We did end up going to a museum that day. We headed over to the Powerhouse Museum. It is a science museum (no surprise there)….