"They bob in line like seabirds waiting for the fishing smack.The sun or sometimes rain lays down acrosstheir salt encrusted backs. Wild hair,so often blond, tightening into knots.Do they lie and chat? “Have you got maths today?”and do they let their mothers comb the knots,wheedling to their sons and daughtersfor that is what they are … Continue reading Sun, Surf and Sand – a Visit to the USA
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Port Douglas and the Americans
I traveled really to amazing places. I went to the Great Barrier Reef, I went to the Amazon, I went to the Andes Elizabeth Kolbert Port Douglas in northern Queensland has become a second home for us. We love the vibrant nature of the tourist town itself but more, the access to the marvellous beaches, … Continue reading Port Douglas and the Americans
The Best Under 12s in the World – (Well Australia)
Life's like a road that you travel onWhen there's one day here, and the next day goneSometimes you bend, sometimes you standSometimes you turn your back to the wind From Life is a Highway by Tom Cochrane (1991) A long way to go - lunchtime on the Stuart Highway, NT Darwin is a favourite of … Continue reading The Best Under 12s in the World – (Well Australia)
Litchfield National Park
The beast prepared to eat me up,He snapped, he snarled, he blew!But I just stood and tapped the glass,'Cause this croc is in the zoo! ©2003 Gareth Lancaster Wangi Falls - near pristine and croc free (then) We are only 400 kms from Darwin and a couple of hours out of Litchfield National Park. So … Continue reading Litchfield National Park
Last Cab(pervan) to Darwin
Dr. Farmer "You going to be a difficult patient?" Rex "More than likely" Michael Caton and Jacki Weaver from "Last Cab to Darwin" Mr Gato Jnr safely bedded down outside Miles, Qld. If you haven't seen the Australian film "Last Cab to Darwin" starring Michael Caton as a dying Broken Hill cabbie and cancer sufferer … Continue reading Last Cab(pervan) to Darwin
Some Thoughts on ANZAC Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_mBJgsaxlY Mr Gato DU is somewhere in Australia enjoying his new freedom with changed owners. If they treat him with respect he will take them to places far and wide and show them the diversity and beauty of this vast land. After a long search and lots of questions involving cost benefits, size, easy management … Continue reading Some Thoughts on ANZAC Day
Cooktown
When you see the Southern Cross for the first timeYou understand now why you came this way'Cause the truth you might be runnin' from is so smallBut it's as big as the promise, the promise of a comin' day Southern Cross - by Stephen Stills, Richard and Michael Curtis Why Crosby, Stills and Nash would … Continue reading Cooktown
Chasing Barra with a Side of Croc 1
I want to ride my bicycle I want to ride my bike I want to ride my bicycle I want to ride it where I like Written by Freddie Mercury Scout wants a new bike. She has racked up a lot of miles on her current one. We talked e-bikes. "Piss off" she said. "That … Continue reading Chasing Barra with a Side of Croc 1
The Rainy Coast and Thoughts of New Adventures
The surf and the sky and the Sunshine Coast of gold Floating on a long board, life on hold I never know the way, but you always take me there And I need it now, like the Mooloolaba air from RSL 1984 by Steve Taylor and Peter Furler of the Newsboys Since Western Australia and … Continue reading The Rainy Coast and Thoughts of New Adventures
Back in the Land of the Dead Kangaroo
Cruisin' down the centre of a two way streetWondering who is really in the driver's seatMindin' my business along comes big brotherSays, "Son you better get on one side or the other" The Eagles - On the Border We were 240kms from the border between Northern Territory and Queensland when we left our campsite at … Continue reading Back in the Land of the Dead Kangaroo
Travels With Mr Gato Downunder 