Author: awaywiththebirds
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Winter Alaska
San Francisco to Fairbanks Saw 3 great comedians at Punchline. The headline act was Ian Karmel, who talked a lot about being Jewish, being old at 39, and the mask he wears for sleep apnea (which, he says, kills his sex life because it looks like a gas mask, so he and his wife have…
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Winter Alaska
The journey begins Unlike many domestic flights, the Qantas flight to San Francisco left on time and arrived early (strong headwinds?). Alas, the customs queue was worse than at LA. In fact, it took SO long that all the luggage from the flight had been offloaded from the carousel! Something I have never seen before…
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New Years Day, 2024
A memoir… The usual suspects turned up to Sara’s place on Jan 1, 2024, and as instructed, they all wore something resembling the requested colours of 2024: namely spring green, imperial yellow, radiant red, cyber lime, elemental blue, fondant pink and nutshell. Rob voted herself the best dressed, and no one challenged this! She claimed…
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Nobby’s holiday blog
Xmas and Boxing Day I was SO exhausted from the Xmas cheer, I didn’t have the energy to do a blog yesterday…… Big day yesterday…..I had another go at a golfing adventure (because Suss told me that not many people play golf on Xmas day. ) So, I got as far as showing her the…
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Nobby’s holiday blog
Xmas time at Suss’s Today we went to Centennial Park. It was a bit muddy from the overnight rain but there were SO many bits of grass to try and dig a hole in, it was really pleasurable. Suss had company on the walk so while they jabbered away, I sneaked in the odd hole-dig.…
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Nobby’s holiday blog
Suss’s birthday Ok, so today it took us a little while to get out for a walk because Suss kept receiving phone calls and messages. Something must be going on today…. By the way, last night I dreamt that Tiger Woods had given me some golf lessons, so I was keen to see if I…
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Nobby’s holiday blog
First days: Mummy and Daddy have been talking about their holiday for some time. Mummy has been complaining that the promise of a ”glamping” experience is overstated when one has to bring their own towels. Anyway, whatever…. The day for them to leave finally came, and they told me that I was also going on…
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Lake St Clair
Farewell to Pumphouse Point No serious walking today. It’s goodbye to Pumphouse Point and the glorious weather we were lucky enough to experience. On our way to Hobart, we stopped to visit “The Wall” a magnificent sculpture craved in Huon pine. Can’t show you any photos as cameras were strictly prohibited ( and rowdy children…
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Lake St Clair
Echo point to Cynthia Bay Took a ferry to Echo Point which made you realise how big Lake St Clair is. This walk covers a small section of the Overland track and winds its way along the lake, across tree roots, lots of mud, fallen down trees. Only 10 kms but involved a lot of…
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Lake St Clair
A long walking day After a delicious buffet breakfast (they make the most superb cinnamon buns), Jon picked up us and we drove to the Visitors centre for the start of our walk to Shadow Lake. We walked through lichen-festooned rainforest, highland yellow gum forest, snow gum woodland and subalpine moorland to reach Shadow Lake.…