Year: 2006
Tassie – Hobart
Hobart was its usual pleasant self. We enjoyed a look at the cute galleries along Salamander Place and our dinner at Mures. This morning, we wandered around the stalls at Salamander Market and enjoyed looking at the range of goods on display – everything from woodwork to handicrafts and vegetables. We bought a couple of […]
Read MoreTassie – West Coast
On Tuesday, we sauntered down the west coast of Tasmania through the mining towns of Roseberry, Rennison Bell and Zeehan to Strahan. There was much excitement in Zeehan as the Premier was in town to lay the foundation stone for a new nickel mine. Almost everyone in the district seemed to be at the old […]
Read MoreTop of Tassie
Yesterday we ventured from Devonport to Stanley (and its Nut). We explored a lot of coastal scenery and a lighthouse at Table Cape. There Are lots of interesting crops around this area of Tasmania. One is the daisy from which Pyrethrum is made and the other a poppies. Tasmania is one of the few places […]
Read MoreTouring in Tassie
We are having a quick pre Christmas break in Tasmania this week. We have no plans other than to see the western part of Tasmania that we didn’t see on our last trip. We left Melbourne on a little Dash 8 (much to Jill’s discomfort) and arrived in Devonport tonight at 5.00 pm. WE are […]
Read MoreJill’s 60th Birthday
JIll had a significant birthday on September 8, 2006Â and she didn’t want to be around to celebrate it so we decided to spend some time away during her birthday week where no one would know her. As a result, we flew to Noosa and had four or five days at the Novotel Resort at Twin Waters. […]
Read MoreKragero
We disembarked from the ship at 9.00 am on Thursday 22nd, as it was to be turned around for another cruise starting in the afternoon. This meant waiting on the dock for an hour for our transfer to the airport and then another four hours for our flight to Oslo’s second airport at Sandefjord. Copenhagen […]
Read MoreFinal Days in the Baltic
So much has happened over the last few days and it is hard to keep this blog up to date. The basic problem is that the days are so long and as a result we are active for so many hors that it is hard to find time to record our doings. Our next port […]
Read MoreFinland & Sweden
Following our time in St Petersberg, we have made our way back to Finland & Sweden. On Saturday (14th), we spent a day in Helsinki, Sunday (15th) was in Stockholm and today (16th) we have been in Visby. Helsinki immediately struck us as a pleasant city. It was bright and sunny and the city is […]
Read MoreSt Petersburg
We arrived in St Petersburg yesterday at 6.30 am and what an interesting time the last two days have been. As we arrived into the port, we sailed down a very narrow channel and we could see a reef running only forty metres or so from the ship. We tied up at the wharf and […]
Read MoreBergen & Copenhagen
I have got a little behind with my updates as we have had long days and I just ran out of time to do any writing. Today we have a free morning while waiting to board our cruise ship at 1.00 pm this afternoon. Back to where I left off. On Thursday (June 2) we […]
Read MoreGeiranger Fjord
On Monday 5th, we drove from Lillehammer to Geiranger Fjord. It was a lovely sunny day. By lunch time we had reached the little village of Lom where we had a sandwich in the café and a look at the little stave church on the other side of the stream. Stave churches are traditional churches […]
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