George learned more from the Tully Gorge Bushman in an hour of chatting than from anything he had read about Australia, it's wildlife, people and legends.
I took an afternoon bus from Rotorua to Taupo and arrived at the Action Down Under YHA around 3pm. The hostel is extremely comfortable, with two separate TV rooms, a wide selection of movies, centrally located tent sites and hammocks slung between trees with long branches to provide shade. I quickly set up my tent [...]
It’s amazing, but Rotorua is absolutely gorgeous, but at the same time stinks. I mean literally, the smell takes some getting used to. The cause is the sulfur and steam that pours out of the numerous craters and hot springs around this popular vacation spot. Since I had pushed my Australia visit as far as [...]
After a few more days of relaxation in Sydney and one more drunken night in the Quarryman’s Hotel it was time to move on to New Zealand. On my last night in Australia, Nikki’s mother cooked a Thanksgiving meal for me, since I would be missing the holiday at home with my own family. The [...]
24: Kaikoura In a town with roughly the same population as a Manhattan apartment building, the marine related activities are staggering. From crayfish to killer whales, you can have a gander at any link in the marine food chain. Seals lay out on sunny shore rocks like drunken tourists. A short boat ride away from [...]
Andre slid a plank of wood across the deep fissure and slapped me on the back. “Careful,” he said to me. “This is where we lost the last hiker.” The group laughed and teased me as I stepped up to the makeshift bridge. “Please, you must hold the rope,” Andre reminded me. He had just [...]
Lucerne and the Sunrise Lucerne, Switzerland The sunrise over Lucerne’s most acclaimed peak, the 2132 ft. Mount Pilatus, has hypnotized hikers and artists for centuries. - Lets Go: Europe 1998 So read the first sentence of the short description of Lucerne, Switzerland, that I studied as I hunkered down for the one-hour train ride from [...]
George Dunn BootsnAll Author George Dunn belting out his rendition of “When I think about you I touch myself” Born and raised on Long Island. Attended a strict, prestigious, wear a suit even in the heat of June, high school, and attended Loyola College in Baltimore. Surprisingly, one of my proudest achievements in college was [...]
