Worries? We don’t need no STINKIN’ worries! Almost Homeless When we last saw our intrepid traveler, he was stranded in Tennant Creek (TC) awaiting a new engine in Eve, our 1987 Ford Falcon. We were towed back to TC on Tuesday night and original estimates were that it needed a new engine and it would [...]
The Buddha's Striptease: Naked in Oz Tour 2001. Todd Traynor's travelogue about
letting go of the A-type tendancies that make him attach high importance to ...
Farewell to Yesterday’s Rain Well we made it to Perth on rainy day. And my traveling companions from the Land of Sunshine (i.e. England, for the atmospherically challenged) were complaining. Jon and Carina got an offer to stay with a woman in Perth who they met in Alice Springs. So we found out where the [...]
Mr. Buddha Soaking Wet One Tire in the Grave “Come Here. Pretty Please. Can you tell me where I am? You… Won’t you say something? I need to get my bearings. I must. And the shadows keep on changing. I’m Haunted…” “Haunted” by Poe Author’s suggestion: buy Poe’s Haunted. Great album, that is if you [...]
Mr. Buddha’s Addiction Australian Reflections ““Walking round the room singing ‘Stormy Weather’ at 57 Mount Pleasant Street. Well, it’s the same room but everything’s different; You can find the sleep but not the dream. Things ain’t cookin’ in my kitchen, Strange affliction washes over me.” “Weather With You” by Crowded House I should really change [...]
Todd swaps cars, and swaps the Outback for Adelaide and Melbourne, but his heart is still in the bush. He might stay, he might leave Oz, but no matter, no worries.