Blogs from Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania

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A shorter version of this piece was featured on ABC 500 word project. url=https://open.abc.net.au/projects/500-words-one-moment-this-yr-22lz1tk/contributions/one-high-moment-27yu9fjhttps://open.abc.net.au/projects/500-words-one-moment-this-yr-22lz1tk/contributions/one-high-moment-27yu9fj We nearly miss the whole walk. The pilot’s garbled message yesterday hadn’t penetrated our holiday brains. ‘It’s a disaster, the bus has left us! Lord Howe is half an hour ahead.’ But the bus returns and we are on the trek, one of Australia’s best day walks. ‘We still need to challenge ourselves as we get older,’ Margaret, one of the walkers tells me. 'Yes, but we also need to know our limits,’ I retort as we scramble up through the forest- covered Mount Gower. Whatever made me think I could do this? Clinging to the cliff face, helmet clad. Why did I listen to a lithe twe... read more
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Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Lord Howe Island April 10th 2011

Hey, it's Terry Wiley's quote, not mine, and whilst it's mildly appropriate there is a pronounced emphasis on the Nearly Deads rather than the Newly Weds, though I'm still not exactly sure where Penny and I fit in with those categories. Newlyweds 19 years ago and hopefully about the same before nearly dead. Delve deeper and I would suppose Terry's little quote was intimating that if it's cultural immersion, pulsing nightlife or life style with edge that you seek in a destination, then perhaps you would be better off booking plane tickets to Varanasi, Paris or Ibiza. If, on the other hand, the great sub tropical outdoors is your poison then Lord, Howe have you managed to miss this place. (I bet that pun has been bandied about the odd thousand times or two). In terms ... read more
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