On the convict trail

Let it go
I drove out East this morning, my goal being the Port Arthur penal settlement, or the ruins that are left of it. It’s roughly 100 kilometers, if you don’t do any detours. But detours I had planned plenty. First stop: Richmond. A tiny cute little town, basically a couple of houses along the main street. […] Read More

Tasmanian Devils

Let it go
The Tasman peninsula around Port Arthur, place of Tasmania’s convict site, is separated from the main island by a little canal. This canal is most useful today, in rescuing the Tasmanian devil from extinction. The poor little thing has cancer… in the face! It’s spread by infected cells, through bites during feeding and mating (ouch). […] Read More

Penguins at night

Let it go
The last two days we were just exploring Melbourne bit by bit. A bit of shopping, coffee, strolling, lunch, a stop in the Melbourne museum that’s showing a vast exhibition about James Bond (my friends Sue would have loved it), another stroll, another coffee… The last night of Sven&Kevin’s stay in Australia, we went down […] Read More