Archive for January, 2001
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Here’s the worst thing about Wellington: The day-and-a-half allotted for a look around isn’t nearly enough.
Although Wellington is the capital of this double dip delight in the South Pacific, the unevenly-paired North and South islands that form New Zealand, it might as well be tucked into lost-and-found as an anonymous city. That, however, would be unfair to such a vibrant, attractive town on a handsome harbor and guarded by big-brotherly hills. continue reading »
January 21 2001 | New Zealand | No Comments »
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Is Captain Cook receiving visitors today?
Alastair Shaw, standing on the deck of Cook’s glorified (nonetheless illustrious) sailboat called the Endeavour, replies, “Sorry, you’re 222 years too late. The good captain departed this earth in 1779. Actually you’ve missed him by 232 years, since the Endeavour reached New Zealand in 1769.”
Oh, I knew that. continue reading »
January 21 2001 | New Zealand | No Comments »
BARCALDINE, Queensland, Australia – If you can’t get a beer in this outback hamlet, it’s only because you’re a barefoot grammar school kid, or, as Jay says, “You ain’t having a fair go, mate.”
Beer in the outback means survival, advises Jay, a Queensland native, as we endeavor to have a fair go at surviving – in the bar of (where else?) the Globe Hotel. continue reading »
January 08 2001 | Australia and Travel | No Comments »
