Author Archives: tbeartravels

PART 1 of FRED and BEV’S TORRES STRAIT ENCOUNTER. The Torres Strait Encounter follows on from our Encountering the Past Odyssey  In light of the effort involved with writing our last travel Odyssey blog I have decided not to go … Continue reading →

OUR  JOURNEY TO THURSDAY ISLAND IN THE TORRES STRAIT VIA MACKAY, QUEENSLAND. This post relates to family.  Further  posts will detail the history of the Torres Strait and our experiences in this very interesting and picturesque part of Australia. The … Continue reading →

TORRES STRAIT ENCOUNTER. Following on from Fred and Bev’s Encountering the Past Odyssey. The last entry of our Encountering the Past Odyssey blog related to the day we arrived home after being on the road for ten months retracing our … Continue reading →

FINAL DAY OF OUR ENCOUNTERING THE PAST ODYSSEY.  TOTAL TIME AWAY FROM HOME: 203 DAYS. SUNDAY 20TH JANUARY 2013. GILGANDRA  to TAMWORTH. The Pilliga Forests marked on the above map was the largest arid forest in the world comprising more … Continue reading →

  SATURDAY 19TH JANUARY 2013. COCKBURN CAMP to GILGANDRA. Note the Macquarie Marshes and the Marthaguy Creek Camp where we camped on the first night of this odyssey; it seems so long ago.  It’s hard to believe we have been … Continue reading →

THURSDAY DAY 17TH JANUARY 2013. BLOWHOLE CAMP to RIP-OFF CAMP (PENONG) Last night we slept long and soundly; in fact, it was the best night’s sleep we have had in months. I’m sure it had something to do with being … Continue reading →

LEG 11 PERTH to TAMWORTH. Last leg of our Encountering the Past Odyssey.  DAY 1     TUESDAY 15TH JANUARY 2013.   Mandurah to Stormy Camp, near Esperance After consulting the Indian Ocean weather map I think we have about ten days of … Continue reading →

HONG KONG  When Hong Kong was ceded to Britain in 1841 the island was described as a rock with hardly a house upon it and on the islands to the south there were a few fishing villages  and to the … Continue reading →

After spending some additional days in Bern with our Swiss family we revisited Rebstein and St Gallen for farewells then set forth to Zurich to say hello and goodbye to the last of our Swiss friends, Rolf, Erika and their … Continue reading →

FRIDAY 28TH DECEMBER 2012. PORTO VENERE From Monterosso we caught a train to La Spezia passing through the other villages of the Cinque Terre…Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore and then a bus to Campiglia where we began our walk along … Continue reading →