19 Mar 2011 There was a disturbing clatter as my camera dropped from the van’s passenger seat onto the concrete curb below. This was followed by an intense inspection of the LCD screen on the back, noting a few minor scratches but nothing that couldn’t be lived with. This was then followed by an intense …
18 Mar 2011 13 Km on Foot Two pairs of socks. Two pairs of pants. Two shirts. Two jackets. A woolie hat and a hoodie. This is what I’m wearing while tucked inside my sleeping bag. The only incentive I have to slide myself out of this down cocoon and into the bitter cold air …
16 and 17 Mar 2011 To Strahan and On to Cradle Mountain National Park To tell by the tone of the produce manager’s voice, one would think that EVERYONE knows that the reason bananas are so outrageously priced in Australia right now is because they come from flood-ravaged Queensland. Everyone but us Yankees, I guess. …
15 Mar 2011 13 km Hike I could see my breath in the campervan this morning. This is not good. Better than saying I could see my breath in the TENT this morning. But still not ideal. Last night we were shorted again on a power site, this time not of our doing. Who knew …
14 Mar 2011 Let’s review something that happened last night before moving on to today’s activities. That would be our trip to the Scorpion House, previously known as the Ladies restroom. Now I’ve discussed in more than one blog my thoughts around campground toilets (as they are pointedly referred to here) and how they can …
13 Mar 2011 Neighbor Cynthia recently annointed Gina with a new nickname: Bamboo. “Bamboo, reach up there and hand me that frying pan.” It’s funny and it’s stuck, for we all know what a spindly tree Gina really is. She is no competition, however, for the swamp gum trees we hiked through today in Mt. …
12 Mar 2011 Can someone please tell us – is there a banana shortage? A few days ago we bought 4 bananas at a typical Sydney grocer and they came to $9.90 ($12.88/kilo, which is practically $6/lb). These were not gargantuan bananas, just four, regular old bananas. Then today, at the chain supermarket in Hobart, …