I’m a life-long learner with an insatiable curiosity about life. I love travel, good food, and good company. I’m happy to share what I know with others….even the interesting stuff! My outlook on life is pretty well captured in this quote from a book about the legend of King Arthur:
“The best thing for being sad,” replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, “is to learn something. That’s the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn.”
― T.H. White, The Once and Future King
So much to learn, so little time!
Day 15 of our cruise and we've arrived at Sydney - the cultural capital of Australia? Melbourne-ites will argue differently! Sydney is the site of the first British colony in...
Day 14 of our circumnavigation of Australia cruise. Eden was an enchanting little town with some wonderful white-sand beaches. With a population of only 3000 people, it provided a significant...
Day 12 of our cruise and we've arrived at Melbourne. I was looking forward to meeting Shawn Callahan and his wife Sheenagh who had kindly offered to give us a...
Day 10 of our cruise and we've arrived at the historic heritage site of Port Arthur. Port Arthur is a small town and former convict settlement on the Tasman Peninsula,...
Day 9 of our cruise, so it must be Hobart, internationally famous among the yachting community as the finish of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race which starts in Sydney...
We finally arrived in Perth, Western Australia at 5.15pm on Saturday 26th January – “Australia Day” – after a 17-hour flight. I was thankful for the Melatonin I took before...
With Christmas now a distant memory (well, 5 days can be a long time) and at least another 2 weeks before I sight my December credit card bill, I can...
Sixty years ago, the BBC filmed a train journey from London to Brighton, squeezed into just four minutes. Thirty years ago, they did it again. Now they've brought it up...
Now and again I come across something so "off the wall" and esoteric that I'm never quite sure what to do with it. As a life-long fan of Monty Python,...