A few shots from our drive up the Pacific Highway today.
Along the Pacific coast
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Tag Archives: Travel
Waikato
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit
Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to eat: it was a hobbit-hole and that means comfort.
And here is a piece of prime hobbit real estate: Bag-End.
The tree on top of Bag-End is fake and was assembled by hand at the cost of around $800,000 – so we were informed:
Samwise Gamgee’s house, 1 Bagshot Row:
The Green Dragon where I had some stout:
If anyone is wondering what keeps the sheep out (there are a lot of sheep here), it is the electric fence:
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Byron Bay
Byron Bay is a sanctuary for hippies – many of them ageing. I feel quite at home.
Whales that were a long way out:
The most Easterly point of Australia:
A bluebottle jellyfish. They sting; they also pop when you step on them:
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Off to Australia
I am going to be spending some time travelling in Australia and New Zealand, visiting family, friends and Hobbits.
Photographs to follow, Wi-Fi availability permitting.
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Ottawa Day 3
The Senate Chamber:
The Welsh Dragon in the ceiling. very proper:
The library where photos are Not Allowed. I was told off:
Falun Dafa on the front lawn:
St. Patrick’s Basilica:
The Anglican Church of Canada Cathedral which looks a little dilapidated on the outside:
And the Office of the Bishop appears to have been moved to a rented container:
But to be serious for a moment – really – a giant apartment block is sandwiched between the cathedral and the diocesan offices:
Things are a little more serene inside the cathedral:
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Ottawa Day 2
Notre Dame Cathedral Basilica:
This may just look like a giant metal spider but, actually, it’s art; it must be – it cost taxpayers $3M:
Soaking in the sun:
US ambassador’s house:
A smattering of protesters and their signs:
The Museum of Canadian History with its inverted canoe shaped roof
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Madaba and Mount Nebo
Petra
Some photos from a recent trip to Petra, the ancient (around 312 BC) capital city of the Nabataeans.
More here.
There really is a Temple of Doom
Jordanian public transport:
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Jerash
Some photos of the ancient city of Jerash, from my recent trip to Jordan. More here.
Yes, they should have been in school, but peddling rubbish to tourists is more profitable, in the short term, at least:
A pagan temple; or Anglican Church of Canada parish, take your pick:
Ancient and modern (litter):
