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Luf at Large 18
During the recent air show at Avalon, near Melbourne in Australia, the pilot of a C27, a modernised G222 troop transport aircraft designed in Italy, did a low level barrel roll. Just as well... |
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Circumnavigating an Insane Planet
Say what you will about traveling light, it is a sound theory, and one which I usually adhere to, but if you happen to be on an around the world journey, traveling lets say, from Perth on the West Coast of Australia to the United Kingdom up into northern Scotland, then flying across the Atlantic to Toronto and from there down to San Francisco, over to Sydney and finally back home to Perth again, as my wife and I did last year, you will no doubt find that the notion of traveling light is simply not a feasible plan. |
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The Day the world Quaked
On December 26th 2004 an area of the seabed off the coast of Sumatra, near Banda Aceh, Indonesia, rumbled and heaved to life, as along a 1000 km stretch of the bottom of the Indian Ocean the junction between the India and Burma’s tectonic Plates literally unjammed, allowing the India Plate to slide under the Burma Plate, this sudden release of pent up energy resulted in a massive quake, registering 9.0 on the scale, producing a shelf 6 meters high along the length of the tear along the sea bottom, this was no ordinary quake and no ordinary release of stress, it would continue a full 10 minutes before subsiding, alter the shape of the earth and leave thousands dead with the massive tsunami created by the movement of the seabed and the sea water that movement displaced. |
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The Oz Journals Entry 8 - Winters of Discontent
Unlike a great many Canadian folk who have not only accepted the long winters, but actually look forward to them, (for reasons a hibernating homo sapiens like myself cannot begin to understand) the people here in Western Australia view their particular version of winter with a mixture of loathing and contempt. |
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Oz Journals Entry Number Seven - Bali High
When I was last in an airport my baggage was overweight by maybe half a kilo. I am the type of traveler who rarely packs my bags no earlier than ten minutes before the taxi is due to arrive and whisk me to the airport. On that occasion, they overlooked my extra weight and told me to pack more carefully in future. On one flight I took, I was not so lucky. |
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The Oz Journals VI
To my way of thinking, a surf culture, be it in Bondi or Big Sur, would be lost without the automobile ( just try getting to the beach with your surfboard on a ten-speed, because it ain't happening, Moondoggie!). |
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The Oz Journals - Entry Two
Killer animals, foreign royal families, honest politicians and strange spellings - the magical Land of Oz, as in 'Australia', is proving to be a very strange place indeed for ex-pat Canadian Tom Nicholson. |
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Travel Vs Backpacking
TRAVELLING isnt quite what it used to be. Going off into the big wide world is the opportunity of a lifetime. It gives us the chance to step outside our comfort zones and learn to expect the unexpected. It helps us dig deeper into our own personalities and return home enlightened. Im afraid to say I disagree. |
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