Notes from Down Under, Chapter 5
Map for most of this post Continuing travel notes from southern Australia. First order of business if you plan to camp in OZ is to buy a printed camping manual from “Make Trax” for all campgrounds, fee or free. If...
Australia’s Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island (KI) was one goal of this trip I managed to fulfill. After R&R at Venus Bay, I headed to Port Elliot (a few miles east of Victor Harbor) showgrounds RV camp. It is close to Cape Jervis and...
Revisiting OZ, South Australia
South Australia (SA) is one of 6 states and 1 territory (plus the ACT, or Australian Capital Terr. near Canberra). Most abut SA. South Australia is widely recognized as the driest state in Australia, which is itself the driest inhabited...
Revisiting OZ, Chapter 2
Melbourne is a huge city, Australia’s second largest after Sydney. I stayed a couple of days which only gave me a quick taste of what Melbourne has to offer. From what I gathered, the city is more traditional than Sydney....
Revisiting OZ
I love Australia, fondly referred to as OZ . Although they speak English and have a similar history to the US (except they never ditched the King), everything else is different…plants, birds, animals, geology, topography, etc. Craig and I have...
Late winter in the Southwest USA
Monument Valley If you are planning a Southwestern winter get-away camping adventure, I have a few suggestions of places to include. All have practically unlimited dispersed camping options except for Organ Pipe National Monument. We went in mid-March. Valley of...
Slovenia
Map of Slovenia with neighbors noted When Tito died in 1980, Slovenian dissatisfaction with the Serb-dominated government deepened. In 1987 Yugoslavia’s new de facto leader, Serbia’s Slobodan Miloševic, resolved to put an end to any talk of independence. Slovenia rebelled...
Opatija: Historic resort town
The map for reference. Leaving Zagreb I snapped a couple shots of mundane parts of the city and surrounding area on our way to Opatija. Signs of the earthquake on outlying buildings Plastered facades suffered Lunch stop statue We...
Zagreb, Croatia
Map of northern part of the tour. Next points of interest: Zagreb, Opatija, and Ljubljana, Slovenia From the bus on our way to Zagreb in the upper north part of Croatia. Ubiquitous McDonalds. There are few, if any mosques in...
Sarajevo
Sarajevo’s history…The short version: Ruled at various periods, first by the Roman Empire and with its fall, the area became autonomous until 1463 when the Ottomans took over. When that empire fell, the region was given to Austria/Hungary which angered...