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

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 [...]

Pig n’ Whistle* 123 Eagle Street * Eagle Street Pier/Riverside Center * Brisbane, Queensland, Australia * http://www.pignwhistle.com.au/content/pnw-standard.asp?name=Home_Riverside * A traditional British Pub along the scenic and famous Eagle Street Pier in the heart of downtown Brisbane that’s quite famous for its food, service, and beverages in Queensland and Brisbane. They boast a wide selection of [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Brisbane West End Brisbane, Queensland, Australia My first online Couchsurfing experience in Australia was in Southern Brisbane’s infamous inner-city suburb called “The West End”. A great alternative artsy lively area of cultural hodge-podge, the West End I found was one of the more exciting neighborhoods in the city. It is also one of Brisbane’s oldest. [...]

Couchsurfing* http://www.couchsurfing.org * Facebook * Twitter * I’ve been a member of couchsurfing.org for over 5 years now, and while I’ve done alot of couchsurfing in my life, most of it was done with friends or friends of friends. But this year, I had to try it out directly from the site when visiting 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 [...]

Kangaroo Meat During my trip to Australia, I had the unique experience of trying Kangaroo. It was interesting that Kangaroo is not commonly eaten by the white/European population as much as it is by the Australian Aborigines. I actually introduced the dish to my host at the time. The meat of the kangaroo has numerous [...]

Monitor and Merrimac Buttes Monitor and Merrimac Buttes * Canyonlands National ParkVery prominent landforms within Canyonlands National Park that tower over 600 feet above the Navajo sandstone base. These buttes were named after the civil war ironclad battleships of the same name that they deeply resemble. The Merrimac (left) was the Confederate ship called “the [...]