Category: Travel
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How much can a Koala Bear?
Koalas are not bears. How many times have you heard this? I’m not sure if everyone knows this by now, it’s something that gets drummed into us and I’m afraid that visitors to our country are told this over and over again as well (my apologies). People will call koalas bears because they look a…
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Being AWOL
I am currently on day 8 of 14 away from home, at a conference in Lorne, Victoria. Lorne is on the Great Ocean Road, which, according to Wikipedia is an Australian National Heritage listed 243 kilometres stretch of road along the south-eastern coast of Australia between the Victorian cities of Torquay and Allansford. Built by…
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Depth of Soul
One cannot look deeply into the eyes of an animal and not see the same depth, complexity and feeling we humans lay exclusive claim to – Nan Sea Love. We were wandering around a temple in Chiang Mai this time last year, somewhat separated from our group, when we came across a little collection of ornaments…
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A Little Rehab
I have been a bit ill today and I am in need of a little rehab. Luckily, my dear Lucile at bridging lacunas, has kept the Rehab Clinic open for us Photo101’ers, so I wanted to share this photo with you here. This photo was taken as our cruise ship docked into Noumea in the…
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Happy Australia Day
January 26th is Australia Day. It marks the anniversary of settlement in 1788 – the arrival of the First Fleet from Britain into Port Jackson in New South Wales. Australia is a relatively young country. I remember visiting places like Salzburg in Europe and feeling such rich history and heritage there. We don’t have…
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Serene Contemplation
On a trip to Chiang Mai for a work conference last year, we took time out to visit a temple. This gentlemen spent some time at these lanterns, whether praying or meditating, I’m not sure. It was such a busy place with so many tourists bustling about, but the locals didn’t waver in their dedication.…
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The Devil’s Name is Dullness
Title – quote by Robert E. Miller Today’s Blogging101 assignment is to review our blog’s name and Tagline. When I first created my blog, I spent a lot of time mulling (musing) over the title. Like others have mentioned, I didn’t realise that my blog’s name and it’s URL didn’t have to be the same 😋…
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Me, Myself and MissG
I have joined Blogging101 which starts today and our first assignment is to introduce ourselves and why we are here. I have written something similar recently as a 2014 review, so my apologies to my readers if this is all old news 😉 I went back and had a look at my Twitter bio since it shortly…
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2014 Rehab and Resolutions !!
We had a quiet NYE tonight, just family. And I made it home with 45 minutes to spare. We spent the day painting two feature walls at my home and we’re all quite exhausted. We have some more painting to do tomorrow. These are the things I like to do when I’m on holidays. People…
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2014 Frequent Flyer (Rehab20)
What a big year 2014 was. I thought it would be interesting to do a quick summary of the year. It wasn’t the worst year in terms of number of trips, but it’s up there. Fingers crossed for a better average in 2015! My first work trip was on January 17th, to our nation’s capital…
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Sweet Boy (B&W3, Rehab12)
This is probably my favourite portrait from the South Pacific. I was in Vanuatu, having a tour of the village. This young boy was tasked with guiding us to the final spot, where we enjoyed some local fruits and drinks and a tribal dance. I’m submitting this for Day 3 of the B&W photo challenge (Cardinal…
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Curses (B&W2, Rehab11)
I was so excited when I took this photo. It was in Lifou (in the South Pacific). A group of dancers entertained us for about half an hour and this dancer was the most serious the whole time, even afterwards when the others were interacting with the crowd. I captured this image and I felt like…
Musings of a Frequent Flying Scientist 