Australia

Walk About the Bay Now that our Datelines Project has concluded, our new goal is to walk around Port Phillip, not in order nor all at once. We had no plans for the weekend so we committed to starting at one of the two furthest points. It took a 1.25 hour train, 1.45 hour bus,

Although it was supposed to be spring, the weather did not agree. The cold, gray, wind, and rain wore me down into a fine depression. An upside was that there were a couple days that weren’t face-biting cold and I did go out once without a jacket. Townhall Side Quests Northcote Town Hall – City

The longest I’ve stayed in Sydney was my 2 week quarantine in 2021, but I didn’t get to experience any of the city at that time. In the subsequent 5.5 years, we’ve visited for 2-3 days at the most since we were usually on our way somewhere else. With DH2 having 2 back-to-back conferences in

Winter suuuckkks. Datelines We completed the adventure of traveling to the end of each train line to have a date this month. The Alamein train dropped us in a suburban neighborhood and we had to walk some distance to get to the main street for our kebab and bakery sweet. It was a nice day.

Deep into winter, I was eagerly awaiting our trip to Brisbane with the hope that I would see some sunshine and feel some warmth. I was not disappointed. We stayed in a colleague’s extra apartment in the West End. One of the Queensland universities hosted us to entice DH2 to move there so while he