I neglected to write about our ferry trip yesterday (vis-à-vis BCF). There was one ferry employee at the island on departure (it’s a pay on the mainland free return like Salt Spring Crofton). There was one deckhand directing traffic on…
We did art Sunday so it was only suitable to do nature Monday. And we did nature as far south as, I guess, we’ll ever be. Antarctica isn’t on the bucket list. Although we’ve done Argentina and Chile we…
We took breakfast at a really authentic bakery (in the Jim Lahey style ) called Pigeon where they made the most delicious Eccles cakes. We passed a restaurant on the pier playing contemporary jazz to keep the boarders and ne’er…
Gorgeous morning. Spectacular. Low 20s, light warm wind, just heavenly. Pic above is view from the living room deck. We had some breakfast then walked the beach barefoot for about an hour. I was going to take a full…
Friday morning, February 2, looked a little bleak; cloudy and mild and looking like it might rain; but we are only here for a couple of nights so it was onwards and upwards. Outside it turned out warm. And, in…
Thursday AM, February 1, we did a little green grocer shopping and, just down the street from where we were staying was a Roman making fresh pasta, so we bought one of his lasagnas, then headed out to the east…
We spent a big chunk of the day walking/hiking at the Launceston Gorge. The Gorge is to Launceston what Stanley Park is to Vancouver, not just spectacularly beautiful but right in the heart of the city. In the late…
There is a wine route, a mere two-and-a-half-hour loop drive from Launceston, but once you factor in all the stops and deviations it’s a full day. We started out early, in the clouds; it went 39 degrees Sunday, 31 degrees…
Yesterday when I was at the tennis SS went to the National Gallery of Victoria which had a free evening at the current show titled Triennial Extra. There was art, DJs, bars, food, ideas, dance, design. He saw…
In 2017 Nadal was up a break on Federer in the AO Final. It looked like he would close the gap to one slam apart. A year later it’s a done deal; Nadal will never close that gap and it…