Year: 2011

Leaving Australia

Steerage…Third Class was the default choice of many immigrants… The conditions varied by ..line and was likely to be fairly harsh… Early steerage often housed

At Last the Sydney Opera House!

We’ve seen it, and it is an magnificent building. The Sydney Opera House first attracted my attention in 1999. The very last moments of 1999,

Blue Mountains with the Botanists

We had a very restful night at our Blue Mountain hide-away, The Waldorf. After two days of being on the road by 7:30 it was

A Vacation While on Vacation

We left almost everything in Sydney and departed the city at 7:45am for a Blue Mountains field trip. Tonight we are sleeping in Leura, New

South of Sydney

The botanists were off on a full day field trip to some natural areas south of Sydney, and the boys and I went with them.

Mellow, Maritime Monday

Mark and I went out walking this morning for exercise, and also so that he could scope out the place where his Apiales meetings are

Harry Potter in Sydney

We left Melbourne this morning and flew to Sydney. We have been sort of getting the lay of the land. Since our rooms weren’t ready,

Dinner with Family!

Until this post, it has been a little known fact that I have family in Melbourne. We have been looking forward to visiting with my