Australia

West Side Ceiling Mirrors Rainy Sunset Story


Dan and Nazy selfie at West Side Story

Was there a downside to choosing a rare London Black Cab for the trip from Sydney airport to Kent Street. (Hint: Dan, not Nazy, chose the taxi.) Did the taxi driver know about the normal weekend construction on Kent Street? Did the taxi meter spin faster than an accretion disk around a supermassive black hole? How often did Dan hear “I told you so” on the journey? Where were the widely scattered showers during the outdoor production of West Side Story? How did Dan score a super luxury, premium room on the 52 floor of the Meriton Hotel? And where exactly was the mirror?
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Uluru and Kata Tjuta tower over spotless sunny didgeridoo

Ayers Rock for TWL March 2019 dan and nazy

What “musical” instrument sounds, when played well, like an extremely thick rubber band being banged against stack of basalt rocks? When played badly, it sounds like cheap chalk, scrapped over a blackboard by a sadistic professor trapped in the 19th century. Where does it make sense to go halfway around the world to see a rock? (Actually, a monolith — or two.) Can it possibly be true that the Milky Way has more stars than Ayers Rock has blowflies? Hint: No. What do you see when you look at the sun through a properly filtered, but large telescope? Hint: Telescopic views may be more impressive at night, when the sun is down.

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Sugar, Sugar Rainforest tours with crocodile and cassowary


nazy on the daintree river

Who trapped the tour-guide in a time-loop? (We know that ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ makes you feel happy inside, but wasn’t that popular when we were in Junior High?) What about Classical Gas? Or Sugar, Sugar? What decade, eh, century, eh, epoch did this guy inhabit? Why would you talk incessantly about seeing something like a giant crocodile or a huge bird that ‘looks like a dinosaur’, if there is very little chance of actually seeing one? Does it matter that the most dangerous fauna is about the size of a coffee cup? Where is there a beautiful, pristine (and ‘don’t put your toe into it) beach? Read More...
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sea turtles, lorikeets and bats snorkel under hot air balloon

dan and nazy on barrier reef


Why does a ‘sunrise’ tour have to begin so far ahead of the actual sunrise? And why can’t we delay sunrise so that Nazy can sleep longer? What’s a box jellyfish? Hint: Think lethal. What’s a stinger suit? Hint: Think jellyfish repelling. How healthy is the Great Barrier Reef? How noisy is a roosting rainbow
lorikeet? How about 100,000 of them? What encloses 450,000 cubic feet of hot air even though it is not located in Washington DC? What does sunrise over Queensland look like from 1000 feet in the air? Who said “Don’t pull on my ropes?” Read More...
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Artistic Dutch Opals Salt Rainforest Lizards and Birds

dan and nazy by Kurunda scenic train


Where do the Rainbow Lorikeets roost? And why can’t they do their roosting quietly? Who booked early departures for every excursion from Cairns? Were Dan and Nazy able to avoid the lizards in the tropical rain forest? What was a Dutch immigrant doing in Kuranda? Who selected the most clueless waitress ever? E.g.: “How’s the Shiraz?” I asked. “Shiraz? That one’s red, right?” She replied.

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