I spent most of December 1990 in Europe after travelling for two months in southern Africa. I arrived at Zurich, courtesy of a cheap around-the-world fare booked with a former school friend who became a travel agent. Having met some young Swiss people in Zimbabwe, I stayed with them for a few days while I [...]
Malawi tyre doctor
I enjoyed my visit to Malawi in 1990. I booked a 10-day fly-drive holiday from Harare. I flew into Lilongwe and picked up a battered old car. I stayed the first night at a good hotel in the capital. The next day I walked to a nearby post office and sent some letters home. I [...]
Carstensz Pyramid
I learnt something today. Carstensz Pyramid is the highest mountain in Oceania at 16,023 feet. It’s only four degrees south of the equator in West Papua, but has several glaciers and is the only region of Indonesia where snow falls. In Australia we don’t think enough beyond our own country when it comes to the [...]
Visiting Warrnambool
I’m currently in Warrnambool, about 200km east of Mount Gambier, for a junior soccer tournament tomorrow. I have all four of the kids with me; Juliet couldn’t make it because of work. We decided to arrive the day before the tournament and have a look around, rather than rush the trip in one day on [...]
Beachport and Tantanoola
I now like the break between sporting seasons. When I was young I used to hate it. There was no football or cricket to watch and the weekends seemed to go forever. Now we have respite from playing taxi to kids’ soccer and hockey. Today we went for a drive to Millicent, Southend and Beachport. [...]
