Ginger Without Borders

The weater shifted to the south Thursday night in Melbourne, so we woke up to light rain and heavy winds. We checked to make sure the wind would not have any effect on our flight to Hobart. Qantas said the plane was on schedule, so we pulled our coats from the bottom of our bags…

In Australian, if the wind comes from the north, it brings the dry heart of the Australian desert. But if it comes from the south, that is the cold winds of the Antartic. Today was one of the hottest October days on record in Melbourne and got to 93 degrees Fahrenheit. While we were on…

Now that we have checked into the St. Regis Hotel (one of several historic hotels in Melbourne), I have a short reprieve from the mental drain of driving on the left side of the road. And the weather has blessed us with blue skies and 80+ degree temperatures. Melbourne has created a Free Tram Zone…

The Little Penquin is the smallest species of penquin. They are also called fairy penguins or little blue penguins (because they are the only penguins with slate blue plumage). They are very common on the southern coastline of Australia and New Zealand, and over 32,000 of them live on Phillip Island. The Phillip Island Nature…

We left the GOR with a lot of pictures. Last night was Saturday and time for the big quarter-final game between England and Australia in the World Cup of Rugby. Now that apparently means something in Queensland and New South Wales (home of Sydney). But in South Australia and Victoria, it is Australian rules football…