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Beaches and Waterfalls Around Cairns and the Tablelands

Posted on January 21, 2023

The Beaches On our recent visit to our friends Ralph and KC in the Cairns suburb of Goldsborough, they took us far and wide to show us some of the magnificent scenery to be found in the region. North of Cairns to Port Douglas is a Mecca for tourists with gorgeous sandy beaches hugging the…

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Cane Trains and Brumbies! Oh My!

Posted on January 14, 2023January 14, 2023

When my wife and I decided to visit my old friend Ralph and his wife KC in Cairns for a week, I had no idea what this Northern Queensland city was all about. I thought it was some remote town whose only claim to fame was its proximity to the Great Barrier Reef. Boy, did…

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Photo Gallery: Cane Trains and Brumbies

Posted on January 14, 2023January 14, 2023

Here are some additional photos from our visit. This is just a sample as I took over 600 while we were there. |Others will be included with subsequent posts. Above: The community of Goldsborough as seen from the top of Ralph and KC’s driveway. The empty lot next to them still has some sugar cane…

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Niagara Falls

Posted on July 17, 2022July 18, 2022

Niagara Falls! The name alone stirs up images of thundering water rolling over a vast cliff and plunging 160 feet to the gorge below. The falls were formed during the Wisconsin Glaciation, the last North American ice age which happened from 75,000 to 11,000 years ago. The receding ice carved out the Great Lakes and…

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Niagara Falls Photo Gallery

Posted on July 17, 2022July 22, 2022

Here are some additional photos and videos of Niagara Falls. And that ends our visit to Niagara Falls, truly one of the great natural wonders of the world.

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A Man’s Home is his Castle

Posted on April 24, 2021December 5, 2021

They say a man’s home is his castle but it is rare that a home really is a castle. We generally think of European royalty, but there is a distinctive group of wealthy industrialists who built homes that resembled castles. The Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California is one notable example. Another is the Boldt…

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Craigdarroch Castle Photo Gallery

Posted on April 24, 2021December 5, 2021

Here are some additional photos of our visit to Craigdarroch Castle. And that concludes our tour of this unique piece of Canadiana. If you have the opportunity, do visit. It’s a beautiful piece of our heritage.  xx

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Chilliwack Sunflower Festival

Posted on September 4, 2020September 4, 2020

The owners of the Chilliwack Sunflower Festival had been hosting an annual tulip festival since 2006. Then in 2017, while on vacation in Hawaii, they saw a sunflower festival there and pondered the possibility of expanding their operation. After some investigation, they opened the Chilliwack Sunflower Festival in 2018. My wife and I along with…

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Chilliwack Sunflower Festival Photo Gallery

Posted on September 4, 2020September 4, 2020

Here are some additional photos of our visit to the Chilliwack Sunflower Festival. Chilliwack Sunflower Festival Main Article

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The Other Antigua

Posted on February 17, 2020September 5, 2020

When we think of Antigua, we usually think of the Caribbean island, but there are in fact three others. Two of them are small towns, one in Australia and one in the Canary Islands. The subject of today’s tour is the ancient city of Antigua in Guatemala. Founded in 1543 as Santiago de los Caballeros,…

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