NYC10 – Day 06: I’m walking on sunshine
Mardi is laid up today, her foot is getting better and should be back on the road tonight, when we have dinner planned with Bob and Cathy. I wake early...
NYC10 – Day 05: Like a blister in the sun
We venture out today for brunch to a little cafe down in Soho. It’s called Jack’s Wife Freda. We catch the subway downtown to Spring St and walk a few...
NYC10 – DAY 04: Concrete jungle where dreams are made
The awesome weather continues, 12 degrees, bright and sunny. Unfortunately Mardi has done something to a toe. It looks swollen and very sore, so she decides to put her feet...
NYC10 – Day 03: Gonna eat a lot of peaches
After a hectic first few days we took it a little easier on Monday. We do have a walking tour later in the day, so our morning was relaxed. We...
NYC10 – Day 02: The long and winding road
We are greeted with another glorious day. Cold, seven degrees when we head out at midday, but sunny. Our plan for the day is a tour on the Upper West...
NYC10 – Day 01: Now you drop away slowly, like the autumn leaves
After a very long drawn out journey, we were exhausted. But jet lag kicked in pretty hard. We had an interrupted nights sleep and got up a couple of times...
NYC10 – Day 00: Its been fours years since you looked at me
After four years our return to New York has finally arrived. Things are a bit different this time. Qantas has a new flight, QF3, which departs Sydney and goes via...
New York, here we come, finally!
Now that the calamity is over we head back to New York City, 1450 days after our last visit. This is our tenth trip together, I did sneak in a...
Day 13 – Arduous journey
Seven flights Six cities Five hotels Two train rides One long car trip Canberra - Sydney - California - Boston - NYC - Boston - Drummondville - Montreal - Toronto...
Day 12 – Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls is one of the most iconic and breathtaking natural wonders in the world, and while the falls are shared by both the United States and Canada, many argue...
Day 11 – Toronto
Another early start, another flight, another two airports. The story of this trip is travel. And I am starting to feel it. Although I test negative to COVID, I have...
Day 10 – Montreal
The next morning David, I have breakfast and then drive to the Montréal office of humanware, this office is known as the Innovation Centre. It has the technical teams, which...
Day 09 – Boston to Montreal
Another early morning, I was up and on the road by 7.30am. Today I was going to be driven to Montréal by David from Humanware. I had to get from...
Day 7/8 – A weekend in New York City
With the work of the conference now done, and a busy week, ahead of me working with humanware in Montréal and the Canadian Institute for the Blind in Toronto, I...
Day 06 – Travelling to Boston
It’s another early start on Friday morning, 5.00am and I’m up packing and getting ready to transfer to Boston for a few days. The whole day is essentially taken up...
Day 05 – CSUN Conference Day 4
Today was my last day in California, and as I woke up at around 6.00am, I finally got a good view of the sun, well sunrise. It was going to...
Day 04 – CSUN Conference Day 3
As the conference rolls on my I make more and more contacts, see ideas for new products, and then more about strategies that we could employ in Australia. First session...
Day 03 – CSUN Conference Day 2
The conference proper got underway today. But first the weather. They said, come to California, it’ll be beautiful. Hmm, well in terms of the weather, they couldn’t have been more...
Day 02 – CSUN Conference, Day 1
Today, I had the opportunity to attend the first day of the CSUN (California State University, Northridge) conference, and it was an incredibly valuable experience. The conference, which focused on...
Day 01 – A quick tour before the conference
After a jetlag fuelled night, where I tossed and turned and slept a bit, I finally got a couple of hours sleep in the wee hours of the morning. I...
Day 00 – Getting to Anaheim
Saturday, 11 March rolled around pretty quickly and before I knew it, I was in another taxi, on another flight, but this time it wasn’t Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane. It...
November 2022, Daylesford
In keeping with our recent plans, we again travelled to an Australian destination. This time, Daylesford in Victoria's high country, with good friends Michael and Kathryn. Previously we've visited Tasmania,...
September 2022: Hobart, Tasmania
Little weekends away have become the norm in a COPVID recovering world. Check out my other short blogs, Sydney, Uluru. This time it was Hobart, with my brother and his...
December 2021: Sydney…Hamilton, at last
I'm a big Hamilton fan. Have been for years. As part of our annual pilgrimage to New York City, I've tried numerous times to secure tickets to the show. I've...
April 2021: Uluru and Kata Tjuta
23 April to 25 April 2021 The world continues to grapple with COVID outbreaks as internationally governments have placed hope in a vaccine that seems to be doing little to...
2020: NYC Origins as the world stops: My COVID Chronicles.
I was originally going to post this as we started our journey to New York in November 2020, but decided to change the post given the Pandemic. We got back...
Day 24: An extended birthday
I turn 54 today. It’s a bit weird. My birthday at home is over and I’ll spend the best part of today traveling west, which means by the time today...
Day 23: Bosie, just one more time
It just won’t go away. Mardi wakes again feeling less than ideal. It’s our last full day in the Big Apple and she is determined to get out. Although we’ve...
Day 22: Back on track
Moving day again. We get up pack and play the moving game again. Our second new room isn’t ready, so we head out. Mardi is still heavily congested so we...
Day 21: The incident
Originally our last day. But the events of the last 24 hours have changed that. Mardi is showing some signs of improvement as we finish our packing. Even though our...
Day 20: Screwed up and still sick
Mardi has had another difficult night. We had planned to see Bob, so I venture out on my own. Mardi goes back to sleep. I walk to the subway. I...
Day 19: No shaking it
While the snow has given way to sun, Mardi’s illness has moved in. She’s slept for the best part of 16 hours, with intervals of coughing fits. It’s our next...