Day 06: From Chelsea to Grace
We’ve arranged a tour of Chelsea Markets today. We’ve never visited, we hear its busy and the best way to get a good understanding is to undertake a guided tour,...
Day 05: Rock of Ages
We stay pretty local today and do a little bit of shopping in and around Times Square. There are a multitude of shops, both name brands and designer brands as...
Day 04: From here to eternity
We head out again, generally we have a plan, but sometimes we just head out and walk, we might have a destination in mind, or we might just be walking....
Day 03: A cruisey cruise
Today we cruised New York, with a delightful cruise up and down the Hudson River. We were treated to a delightful lunch on board and enjoyed a wonderful lesson associated...
Day 02: Just wandering
The sky is heavy and full of ominous grey overhead, it seems these storms will be with us for a few days. Although this morning the rain holds off and...
Day 01: The MoMA
An autumnal storm sweeps through New York in the morning. We are caught right in the middle of it as we venture to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MoMAet). Thankfully we have...
Day 00: Good things come in threes…
Who would have believed that for the third year in a row we would get an opportunity to visit the Big Apple. This time though it was a deliberate choice...
Day 08: So long and thanks…
Time to go home. We pack and ready ourselves for the 30 odd hour journey back to Canberra. I visit Times Square one last time and soak in the vibe, the...
Day 07: Central Park to Intrepid
Our last full day on this second chance at New York City. We’ve had a ball, despite the weather. Note to self: don’t visit New York in August! We’ve fallen in love...
Day 06: The village
Today we hit the streets. Walking, shopping, and the façade of the building used in the TV series Friends! Mardi did a great job mapping some walks and some places to...
Day 05: Different views
We enjoy a water based tour and circumnavigate Manhattan, heading up the East River, uptown, and back down the Hudson River, downtown. It’s great to get out on the water...
Day 04: The Park, still searching, hunting
We head off early again, to both beat the heat and pack in as much as possible. We catch the subway to Central Park and wander, enjoying the cool breeze under...
Day 03: Lady Liberty
Today we decide to head off to the Statue of Liberty. It is exactly 10 months since I saw Roger Waters in New York City, who would have thought we’d be...
Day 02: The Met and Virgil
We catch a subway up to the MET. It’s hot and the subway give us a little bit of relief from the heat. The history laid out before us is astonishing....
Day 01: The UN
Who would have thought we’d be back. We’ve only got a week, so we hit the ground running. Grand Central Terminal is our first stop. We again admire this wonderful...
Day 00: From DC to NYC
After a great week in Washington DC, we catch the AmTrak, ACELE, to NYC. The train trip allows me some time to reflect on the year behind us. RSPCA has...
2011: Washington DC
29 July 2011 - 2 August 2011 Having spent two weeks in New York some nine months ago, an opportunity presented itself to visit Washington DC. Could we squeeze in...
Day 09: Good-bye, good-bye good-bye
Our last day in New York. What a trip it has been. Today we walk to Central Park for one last visit and enjoy the beautiful surrounds and tranquility of...
Day 08: Stranger in this town
We headed down to the Flatiron district this morning. When we arrived, I looked up and saw for the first time the Flatiron building, with the dun high overhead and...
Day 07: Stop
Today we ventured downtown, to where 5rth Avenue starts, at Washington Square Arch and Park. The weather was magnificent, with the sun shining and a light cool breeze. The Park...
Day 06: Fleeting glimpse
Today architecture is high on our list. We get up close to the Empire State Building and then walk along 5th Avenue back to Pershing Square and admire Grand Central Terminal,...
Day 05: Go to the show
It’s very overcast today, there is a threat of rain, but for now the cloud cover holds its away. We head downtown to the Brooklyn Bridge and the financial district....
Day 04: Lights. Turn on the sound effects. Action
Finally, the day is here. The real reason we are in this fair city. Roger Waters. I’m excited, Mardi is not fussed. It’s just another day for her in New...
Day 03: The pain lingers on
Today we did Central Park proper. We’d read about a number of things before visiting. The Imagine memorial for John Lennon, a sneaky hidden panther statue call Still Hunt, Bethesda...
Day 02: Is there anybody out there
We decided to experience the city from up high, explore the Rockefeller Centre and after dark took the ride up. From high up you get such a different perspective. The...
2010 Washington DC
1 October 2010 For some reason we thought catching a bus at midnight to Washington DC from Manhattan was a good idea. An even better idea, we thought, was to...
Day 01: That space cadet glow
Our first day in Manhattan is a whirlwind. We wake up and have no idea what to do, where to go, or how to get to where we have no...
Day 00: So ya, thought ya, might like to, go to the show
In late 2009 Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) announced a tour of the USA where he would recreate the classic Pink Floyd shows of 1980/81 featuring the seminal album The Wall....
2009 Christchurch
May 2009 As part of my role as CEO of RSPCA ACT I was afforded an opportunity to visit Christchurch and meet with the SPCA, our international counterparts. A delegation...
2006: San Francisco
March 2006 After we finished with animal shelters, we headed back to San Francisco to fly home. We only had a stopover, but used it to its full extent, arriving...
2006: Denver
March 2006 We flew from LA to Denver to visit a couple of modern animal shelters. We'd made quite a few contacts before the conference and firmed up plans for...
2006: Hollywood
March 2006 We took a day after our conference in LA to visit Hollywood. We did all of the usual things people do with limited time. We walked the strip,...