Still Travelling – Faster and Faster
Posted by charles in Countries, Life Stories, Places on 21. Oct, 2011 | 0 Comments
This week Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh arrived in Australia. The Queen is 85 years of age and the Duke is 90. Travelling 10,000 miles, even with the aid of a modern jet plane, is tiring due to the jet lag. Add to that the official engagements in a hot climate. Also, I [...]
Finding Amazing People
Posted by charles in Cities, Countries, Places on 03. May, 2011 | 1 Comment
This is a picture of the city of Brisbane, Queensland Australia, near where I live. If I fly to the USA from Brisbane, I can leave on a Monday and arrive on a Sunday. It may not seem logical, but it is possible. In effect, by flying through the air I am also flying through [...]
Amazing Storms and Floods
Posted by charles in Cities, Countries on 12. Jan, 2011 | 0 Comments
I live in a place called Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia. Normally, it lives up to its name with about 300 days of sunshine each year. But, that is not the case so far this year. The Pacific Ocean has lots of water in it and a cyclonic storm has brought a lot of it ashore. [...]
Amazing Cities -Which Ones Do You Like?
Posted by charles in Cities, Countries, People, Places on 24. Feb, 2010 | 7 Comments
When I first arrived in Paris, I thought this looks an interesting city, as the gardens, buildings and monuments attracted my attention. When I arrived in New York, I was surprised by the amount of traffic and it took a long time to get from one place to another. On my first visit to Tokyo, [...]
Australia Day – Convicts and Colonials
Posted by charles in Countries, Life Stories, People, Places on 26. Jan, 2010 | 1 Comment
Early in 1788, old sailing boats arrived in Botany Bay, not far from what is now the Sydney International Airport. Fast forward to 2012.What a contrast! If only the original settlers to Australia could return today and see what has been achieved. Australia is now a thriving country of over 22 million people who, for [...]
Australia Welcomes You To 2010
Posted by charles in Cities, Countries, People, Places on 01. Jan, 2010 | 7 Comments
Fireworks, dancing in the street, champagne and wine flows, and music rings out here in Australia. We are ahead of the world, as the New Year has arrived. It is 222 years since the original colonists sailed in into Sydney Harbour. There were over 1400 of them, of which half had been sent to serve [...]
