Wilsons Prom April 14, 2002 It was a beautiful mix of mountains and sea. A geographic feature known as a promontory (like a peninsula) juts out just 3 hours…
South of the Border April 12, 2002 It was a simple overnight train ride down to Melbourne from Sydney. But now it’s a matter of getting the food and supplies organized…
HQ Fire Brigade Visit April 10, 2002 Last night was quite the partially expected adventure. While meeting with a friend at Circular Quay (Sydney’s ferry launch), a young gal sat in…
Island Hopping April 7, 2002 The trip to New Zealand was amazing. The cape at the far NW is Cape Regina which is where a small lighthouse keeps a…
Downunder Again! March 25, 2002 March 26th will never really exist for me… at first glance I would claim this to be my third day lost to the ether…
Turtle Talk November 15, 2001 In keeping with what has turned out to be somewhat of an island fetish, my trip down south to Kyushu, the southern most island…
Yea, English! November 15, 2001 A community center in Kuwana that we teach English at felt it necessary to take us English teachers out to lunch. It was a…
Sadoriffic! November 2, 2001 The island of Sadogashima, just off the coast of Niigata City in the Sea of Japan proved to be an amazing discovery, one of…
Nagoya Festival October 14, 2001 Jumping right back into things when I got back to Japan, I got word of the big festival hapening in Nagoya, and was off…
Isidori Drumming Festival August 5, 2001 I made sure to postpone my departure from Japan, because everybody said this was a festival not to be missed. How right they were….
