RadioRoryLeaving New Zealand is a bit like leaving Key West. To move forward, you’ve got to double-back on a lot of ground you’ve seen before. […]
Tag: Australia
Before Leaving Australia
Two quick stories before leaving the land of Midnight Oil. I swung by the Australia Zoo. It’s the place made famous by the late Crocodile […]
Schoolies Are Younger, Tamer Spring Break
Tell an Aussie you’re in Gold Coast for Schoolies and you’ll get an instant eye roll and a look of sympathy. I had no idea […]
Don’t Drink and Bridge Climb
It makes sense to want a good stiff drink before climbing to the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. After all, it’s more than 1,300 […]
Prisons, Baseball, and Mass Shootings, or “Why Tasmania is just like America”
Ok, they’re not really alike but they were the three topics I wanted to cover in this last post about Tasmania. The prison and mass […]
The Hardest Blog Post I’ll Write
This is the hardest blog post I’ll probably ever write. Not for emotional reasons, but because I’m so intent on getting it just right. This […]
Melbourne vs. Sydney. Who would you rather?
There’s an unspoken contest between Melbourne and Sydney as to which is the better city. Ok, maybe it’s not THAT unspoken. The two cities are […]
The Australian Attraction That Will Make You Fear Clowns
I don’t know if it’s a clown. I don’t know what it is, but it’s the thing of nightmares. The entrance to Luna Park in […]
Calling it the Great Ocean Road Is an Understatement
It’s all in the name, right? The 150 mile scenic highway called The Great Ocean Road certainly lives up to its name. Hugging Australia’s rugged […]
An American Driving In Australia
I didn’t go 50 feet before I hit something with my rental car in Australia. I hadn’t done any driving in more than three months […]