Cruising the Gordon River Tasmania

Tree huggers win The Gordon and Franklin Rivers have close to mythical status in Australia. They symbolise the start of the political party “the Greens” and intervention by our Federal Parliament into what had previously been considered State business. Back in the 1980’s the Tasmanian Government planned to dam the Franklin River for the purposes … Continue reading Cruising the Gordon River Tasmania →

Musings on Tourism in Edinburgh.

The interminable bagpipe playing continues unabated as you move from one corner to the other. Some pipers clearly know only one piece. If you stand in the same place long enough you hear them play it again and again. My last stop in Scotland is Edinburgh. I am glad I didn’t come here first, it … Continue reading Musings on Tourism in Edinburgh. →