Category Archives: Australia, 2010-11

We left Geehi this morning and drove along the very narrow Alpine Way towards Khancoban.  There are several places along this road that go through deep rock cuts, and the road is very narrow.  It would be very difficult to get two … Continue reading →

Because it is such a nice site we stayed another day at Geehi.  We’re using the river water to drink (after filtering), to cook and to clean with.  This morning Enid washed clothes and then after that we washed the … Continue reading →

This morning I got up fairly early and shot some video of a few birds and kangaroos.  I got a bit of tape of the kookaburra laughing, and also of some kangaroos.  I wanted to get the kangaroos to jump … Continue reading →

It was cool and cloudy when we left Jindabyne Lake this morning, but as we drove farther west it became progressively nicer, until it was a beautiful warm day by the time we stopped at 11 am.  The road, called … Continue reading →

I walked in to the town of Jindabyne this morning, a walk of about 7 km return.  It was a nice warm morning, and several others were on the trail either biking or jogging.  I went to a hardware store … Continue reading →

Happy New Year! We celebrated the start of 2011 by climbing the highest mountain in continental Australia today.  At 2228 m, it’s not really much of a climb, especially given the condition of the trail.  We took the route in … Continue reading →

I had a shower this morning in the motorhome, and part way through the water pump started making strange noises.  I did get the shower finished, and fortunately before I started I’d filled the kettle with water.  It turned out … Continue reading →

We helped Conrad and Carol pick the vegetables this morning.  At first it was quite cloudy and not too hot, so we had good weather to pick parsley and beans.  We finished by around 11 am, and by then it … Continue reading →

Last night it began raining just about dark (8:30 p.m.) and it continued for much of the night.  By morning there had been about 13 mm of rain, so the ground was quite damp.  Enid and I went for a walk … Continue reading →

It cooled nicely overnight so we had a very restful sleep.  This morning we awoke and helped Conrad truss his tomatoes, before the heat of the day got too bad.  We also pulled a lot of weeds and bagged them … Continue reading →