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  • The A-mazing Bellarine

    Can’t just sit around doing nothing on this holiday, especially after a big breakfast of delicious crepes at the Panache Cafe. We began with a game of tennis at the caravan park court and followed up with a bicycle ride all the way to Queenscliff station. A few hills but a scenic ride, mostly following…

  • The steam train and the lighthouse

    At last a warm and sunny day! I write that as our cabin sounds with the white noise of heavy showers, but it was true when we awoke, clocks turned forward by an hour with the arrival of daylight saving. We hired Alex a “go kart”, a two seat tricycle, that we pedalled around the…

  • Outlaws and old times

    We celebrate a military defeat, many call for the anthem to be replaced with a song about a sheep thief and a bank robbing bushranger is a national hero. This is a strange country. Bit of a wet country too right now. A downpour at 5.30 AM woke Alex up which meant no more sleep…

  • Cancelled America

    On days like today I look out of my office window and watch the big jets turn across the sky and head away east towards the USA. I especially like to see the biggest of them, the Qantas A380s and 747s as the roar overhead. I could have been on one of those flights in…

  • Battle of the little jets

    “Relax,” says Sempai Neil when I try to demonstrate my kata. “You’re too tense Andrew!” Too right was I tense! I shouldn’t be. The weather today was perfect. The weather tomorrow predicted to be the same. Turbulence should not be an issue. But an anxiety is not rational. It is a sense of dread, a…

  • The Olympic Spirit

    It’s the middle of the 2016 Olympics in Rio and I’ve been enjoying some high definition coverage on TV and the Internet. One of the aspects I usually enjoy about the Olympics is the music and as I watch Michael Phelps and the odd Australian and other nationality receive their medals my ears have taken…

  • Delays and final days

    Delays and Japan Railways are not usually two words you associate with each other. On our final day in Tokyo we had planned to visit the JR East Railway Museum in Saitama. But our train to Omiya was running late and going slowly. I think the excuse given was congestion. We had to return to…

  • Dinosaurs and a chain of restaurants

    As Shinjuku gradually drifts into whatever passes for sleep in this ever partying town so must I. In sadness at leaving Japan. Today was food, shopping and a dose of dinosaurs. The hunt for breakfast was a frustrating one. Alex wanted the Vie De France bakery, but that lead us wandering both East and West…

  • Wasabi and a castle

    That wasabi in a tube at home probably isn’t wasabi, but European horseradish and green colouring. How disappointing! I have had the real stuff before, grated at the table, but I never realised how hard it is to grow. Sadly, none of this knowledge was gained by visiting the Daio Wasabi Farm at Hotaka due…

  • From Lego to Gundam at Odaiba

    We slept in. It was nice, but it reduced the time available for us to explore. With various options outside of Tokyo now gone we settled on taking Alex to Odaiba. I really wish that the Tokyo Teleport was real and not just the name of a train station. Yes, I talk about teleporting to…