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...
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...
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...
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,...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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,...
March 2006 The real purpose for our visit came around after some great learning experiences in San Diego. In LA, we were attending the Humane Society's annual animal welfare conference....
June 2004 After playing cricket for almost 25 years and retiring I wanted to get back into sport. I’d loved ten pin bowling my whole life, in fact I’ve bowled...
I was born in Sydney. So when the announcement came in the 1990s that Sydney would be an Olympic City, I was thrilled. I love my sport. See "It's more...
14 November to 30 November 1998, World Cup Blind Cricket After two years of planning and a career spanning 20 years, finally, a world cup of blind cricket. The team...
As part of our trip to England, South Africa and India we had an opportunity to take a day trip to Salisbury, Bath and Stonehenge. Stone henge is mindbogglingly surreal....
15 August 1997 As part of the trip to Stonehenge, we also stopped off in Bath. The highlight of the day was a visit to the Roman Baths. Still standing...
July 30 to August 24 1997 We arrived in London to bleak overcast skies. Everyone told me the weather was always miserable. We'd pre arranged accomodation with a couple of...
During our stay we are stationed at Timour Hall, the international police association in Cape Town. They say its for our own protection. In a country that has recently supposedly...