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Kapiti Island Nature Reserve
This is my final post from our second trip to New Zealand in February and March, 2026. It features a day trip to Kapiti Island Nature Reserve which is one of the islands off New Zealand that has been cleansed of non-native predators such as cats and rats. It is one of the few places […]
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Ministers Island – St. Andrews Must Visit Estate
This is another in my continuing series on Canadian National Historic Sites and this time it’s coming from one of my favourite places in all of Canada, the beautiful seaside town of St. Andrews-by-the-Sea, New Brunswick. I’ve already featured St. Andrews in three previous posts – a walking tour of the town, a hole by […]
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Laval-sur-le-Lac Blue – Hole by Hole
In a recent visit to Quebec I was fortunate enough to play both the courses at the Laval-sur-le-Lac club. In my first post from there I gave a hole by hole description of the green course along with a history of the club. In this post I’ll give a hole by hole description of the […]
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Melbourne Redux – Outside the Central Business District
This is my second post from the great city of Melbourne and please forgive the title Melbourne Redux, but Google throws a fit if you use the same keyword twice, thus the addition of redux. I’ll try not to overuse it. In that first post I gave a history of Melbourne and then embarked on […]
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Hamilton Gardens – A New Zealand Must Visit Attraction
In the last post from New Zealand Alison and I visited Whangarei almost by accident and found it to be a delightful place with a great riverside location. In this post we’re heading south to the city of Hamilton where we will visit New Zealand’s top botanical tourist attraction, Hamilton Gardens. I love visiting botanical […]
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Lachine Fur Trade National Historic Site
In the summer of 2025 I made a trip to Quebec for the express purpose of visiting and writing about a number of National Historic Sites that I had long wanted to see. These included Grosse Ile, Chateau Saint-Louis in the heart of old Quebec City, Fort Levis No. 1 and the very much underrated […]
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La Paz Bolivia – What an Eye Opener
Well the day has finally arrived when I must bid adios to my fellow travellers on the Adventures Abroad Kingdoms of the Andes tour. This will be my final post from that amazing February, 2026 trip that featured one highlight after another. In the penultimate post we visited the pre-Incan archaeological site of Tiahuanaco and […]
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Laval-sur-le-Lac Green Course
Laval is the third largest city in Quebec with a population of just under 450,000 and has a recorded history dating back to 1636. There were 14 different municipal units on the island that became the city of Laval when they were amalgamated in 1965. One of these was Laval-sur-le-Lac which was and remains one […]
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National Field of Honour
Sometimes you stumble upon a place in the course of your travels that you can’t believe you didn’t know about before. Such was the case yesterday with my visit to the National Field of Honour in Pointe Claire, Quebec. Here’s how that came about. My son Bruce and his family live in Beaconsfield and I […]
From the road
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April 20th, 2023
I’ve had a bad case of writer’s block since getting back from Southeast Asia, but I did finish this post on the fan… https://t.co/HoJjP4jeha
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April 12th, 2023
One of the main reasons to visit the Galapagos is to see the giant tortoises. This latest post explains where you c… https://t.co/mQ8PWha8j3
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April 11th, 2023
Spring is very late this year so it’s nice to see the crocuses finally show up. https://t.co/7HD6wvsEJ6
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April 9th, 2023
Sunday morning is a good time to reflect back on another Sunday in Reading, England which I wrote about here:… https://t.co/EJ4Is2NSqz