by Dana | May 28, 2017 | Brisbane Australia, Great Australian cities, Portland OR like cities
View of Brisbane from Mt. Coot-tha’s summit.Brisbane, Australia is more snidely nicknamed “Bris-Vegas.” Given that, we really didn’t expect to like it. Yet we did like Brisbane – a lot! Maybe because in many ways, Brisbane... by Dana | May 16, 2017 | Australian wildlife, cruising transitions, Great Australian road tripping, Reasons to leave Australia, Reasons to visit Australia, Sarah Steenland Coconut Telegraph comics
Check out Sarah Steenland’s brilliant cruising comics at www.www.sarahsteenland.com! As a cruiser traveling ’round the world with her family, her perspective is not only funny, it’s spot-on.We bought a boat in St. Lucia in 2012. We sailed... by Dana | May 6, 2017 | Great Australian road tripping, What to do in Bundaberg
Bundaberg Returned Service League (RSL). We sailed into Australia via Bundaberg, and had our first drink in Australia there. Thus we made a point of stopping back there when we completed our loop of this substantial continental island country.November 13,... by Dana | May 3, 2017 | Australian road signs, Australian road trip, driving NSW Victoria South Western Australia, funny signs, Queensland and Northern Australia
Well beyond Australia’s usual basic cow, sheep, kangaroo, emu, wombat, and camel crossing road warning signs, this one caught our attention! Indeed, we had to watch out far more for cows crossing the roads in our travels than any of the other animals...