Travel experiences, memories and stories about exploring this great planet of ours

Captain Cook Memorial Museum* Grape Lane Whitby North Yorkshire, YO22 4BA, United Kingdom 01947 601900 * After having followed Captain Cook’s life from his place of death in Hawaii, and embarking on part of the 2012 circumnavigation of Australia this summer aboard the HMB Endeavour, I could think nothing better than to finish my summer [...]

The Whitby Abbey* Abbey Lane, Whitby, North Yorkshire – YO22 4JT * Always has been a draw the iconography of that Gothic Abbey atop the hills of Whitby that is vaguely interwoven as the backdrop into the gothic culture draw to this city that once housed Bram Stoker and the concept of “Dracula”. This fabulous [...]

A wonderful time living in Brisbane as a volunteer tour guide, as I was staying with couchsurfing hosts in Brisbane’s artsy West End … I would cross this bridge daily to get to work on the HMB Endeavour. This was Brisbane’s first permanent bridge and had its foundation stone laid on August 22, 1864 by [...]

Cork Butter MuseumO’ Connell Square, Shandon, Cork, Ireland+353 (0) 21 4300600 * www.corkbutter.museum One of the most intriguing and interesting museums in Cork is the Butter Museum. My fiancee was quick to take me up the hill to this unsual museum that covers the history of Ireland’s most important food export and the world’s largest [...]

Mooney Memorial Fountain a.k.a. Eagle Street Fountain>corner of Queen Street and Eagle Street, near 123 Eagle Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia As I passed by this quaint little fountain each day enroute to work as volunteer guide aboard the HMB Endeavour, i took a brief moment to admire this work of art. It was created by [...]

HMB EndeavourEagle Pier, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia It was April of this year that I decided to investigate the footprints of the intriguing Captain James Cook and his round-the-world adventures. I signed up with Australian National Maritime Museum’s volunteer program to be a tour guide for the onboard museum while the HMB Endeavour was in port [...]

If you’re travelling the globe and looking for a place for chai n’ wifi, or perhaps a cup o’ Joe in a relaxing environment that won’t charge you seating fees, get grumpy for your long hours of internet wifi browsing and infrequent purchases, Starbucks is a breath of fresh air for the global traveler, especially [...]

HMB EndeavourEagle Pier, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia HMB Endeavour * 1994 – Present * Australian Maritime Museum, Sydney, Australia * http://www.anmm.gov.au/ * In honor of one of the world’s greatest explorers, Captain James Cook, and his ship the HMS Endeavor, a replica was started in 1988 to commemorate the Australian Bicentenary of European Settlement in Australia [...]

Australian National Museum, Canberra, ACT, Australia The amazing country of “the Down Under” …. “Australia” or “Terra Australis Incognita” …. the “Great South Land” which was once believed only to belong to myths and legends, until the legendary Captain Cook sailed the HMS Endeavour to discover its shores. A mythical land of strange creatures, plentiful [...]