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

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 [...]

Reddacliff PlaceBrisbane, Queensland, Australia Also known as Brisbane Square. A great little market square located between the Victoria Bridge and Queen Street Mall, at the base of Brisbane Square across from the Treasury Casino. Wednesdays it is home to a farmer’s and crafter’s market, and other days of the week have various other activities taking [...]

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 [...]

Brisbane SquareBrisbane, Queensland, Australia One of my favorite little hotspots in Brisbane’s City Center was the Brisbane Square, as it was often frequented by markets and sales. Brisbane Square is a small city block square at the foot of a high-rise building called “Brisbane Square” which rises 151 meters tall with over 38 floors which [...]

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. [...]

Tuggeranong Homestead * Tuggeranong, Canberra, Australia Capital Territory, Australia * http://www.tuggeranonghomestead.com.au/ * My last day in Tuggeranong just outside of Canberra, before packing up for the plane to Brisbane, we ventured down the street to get a peek at the Tuggeranong Homestead. Unfortunately, due to being Easter weekend, I didn’t get a chance to visit [...]

Tidbinbilla Nature reserve*Canberra, Australia Capital Territory, Australia * A place of mythic tales, folklore, and legend …. the Australian Bush is a hallmark of its own accord. Coming from the descriptor “The bush”, usually relates to a “rural, undeveloped land”. It’s not unique to Australia alone, as many countries have their own “bush” land. But [...]

Gibraltar Falls * Canberra, Australia Capital Territory, Australia * Gibraltar Falls * Corin Road * Namadgi National Park * +61 02 6207 2900 * Canberra, Australia Capital Territory, Australia * One of the first waterfalls that I had a chance to see in Australia as accompanied by my travel mate Bluey Bee Fabbo. A nice [...]

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 [...]