tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19268887.post115016986238297827..comments2024-03-17T18:44:03.058+11:00Comments on Lazy Luddite Log: WanderlustDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12710148812664294219noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19268887.post-1150522071910432602006-06-17T15:27:00.000+10:002006-06-17T15:27:00.000+10:00Thanks to Julie & Brendan (once more) for asking m...Thanks to Julie & Brendan (once more) for asking me to visit in Canberra. I do intend to but possibly once the weather is better (Canberra <EM>is</EM> rather chilly). Also I need to clarify that this 'active solitary' mood I have described can happen within the same day as any or all the other moods described. I can happily be in company for some of the time and then go on a long walk anytime I feel like it.<BR/><BR/>Thanks also for the Port Fairy advice. PT visits Port Fairy every day so that is much more practical than Port Campbell. And thanks Jac for the evocative descriptions of that area. I will forgo the 'carrying a fishing rod lest others think me mad' tactic. I prefer my hands to be free of anything other than an iced coffee flavoured milk drink. Course I could always walk with a wizardly staff - that will help me fit in!<BR/><BR/>Ari I have done a bit of that 'bus lotto' thing except by accident. I once got on a bus in Weimar (Germany) which was the <EM>right route</EM> but the <EM>wrong direction</EM>. That was okay as all I had to do is stay on it all the way to the end and back. Another nice thing to do was just go walking at random in the back streets of Jena (also Germany) and deliberately get lost. I never truly got lost because the whole town is surrounded by hills and has in its very centre just one big sky scraper. So between the hilly perimeter and the sky scapery centre one could always reorient.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12710148812664294219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19268887.post-1150376011976666002006-06-15T22:53:00.000+10:002006-06-15T22:53:00.000+10:00You V/Line idea sounds similar to the 'bus lotto' ...You V/Line idea sounds similar to the 'bus lotto' and 'tram lotto' that kept me occupied in the big cities of Europe.<BR/><BR/>The idea is that after a few days in any given city you've seen all the highlights and the places you're encouraged to visit, but you want to go and see the 'burbs and the slums and the places that only the locals and the adventurous get to see.<BR/><BR/>To do it, you need a bit of random luck. What I would do is head to a street with plenty of public transport (think of the Domain interchange on St Kilda Road) and jump on the first bus or tram that came along. Sometimes you end up heading to dudsville, but quite often you find yourself some place special. And you can't possibly get lost, since home is only a return journey away. Magic.Ari Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06077102567908140945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19268887.post-1150324988719077552006-06-15T08:43:00.000+10:002006-06-15T08:43:00.000+10:00For restlessness, I second the Port Fairy idea. Th...For restlessness, I second the Port Fairy idea. There is nothing quite like walking to Killarney along the sand in the rain to give you a sense of place. From the old town with it's weathered timbers and stonework, through the memorial park and onto the sheltered beach at the mouth of the Moyne. Tiny, fragile shells pop underfoot as you pick your way around seaweed and other jetsam for the first few hundred metres, then you are on the pale swath of the East Beach, walking below the million dollar holiday homes that peter out slowly, leaving you alone with the ocean, the dunes and the wind for miles and miles. Buses run along the highway just inland, so rescue is intermittently available.<BR/><BR/>I used to go there often and stand staring out to sea, walking slowly along the water's edge for hours. Of course, I carried a fishing rod, lest folk think me mad...Jachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05064250790526923038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19268887.post-1150202380591001042006-06-13T22:39:00.000+10:002006-06-13T22:39:00.000+10:00Daniel I believe there is some section of the coas...Daniel I believe there is some section of the coast walk you can do down that way, entirely public transportable. And not camping, but staying somewhere like port fairy. Brendan has done it, I haven't. <BR/><BR/>You could come and visit us in Canberra! But that would be the whole company thing that you're not into. <BR/><BR/>d'rum wandere ich froh, so lang ich kann...<BR/><BR/>julie.Brendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16025178372508288339noreply@blogger.com