Birds of Prey Show

Falconry is totally badass. While watching the (awesome) birds of prey show at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Brisbane this April, I seriously considered a change in career path.

The three people handling birds were all women, and with their hardcore leather gloves, flipping these huge predatory birds around (the one in this picture EATS KANGAROOS, MAN!) they were sooooo cool! I was in awe.

Kangaroos at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary

The free-ranging kangaroos at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary were the highlight of my trip to Brisbane in April. I bought a $1 bag of kangaroo food and used it to bribe kangaroos into being photo subjects! The food was barely necessary, though--llike these ones, most of them were so relaxed around people that they didn't mind being approached by any fool with a camera, food or no food.

See flickr for many more photos. And if you're ever in Brisbane, I highly recommend Lone Pine!

Taking the "Travel" out of "Travel Blog"

I've been remiss again! You haven't heard from me in nearly a month--in fact, so much time has elapsed that you probably don't exist anymore. (Well, you do, but not as a reader of this ill-kept blog.)

But, as is often I think the case, it's the pleasant kind of busy life that really keeps one away from journaling efforts. I've had a good month, travelling to Tasmania and doing quite a few last minute tourist expeditions around Sydney. Expect photos of that, and also my not-yet-posted Brisbane pictures from April, in the next little while.

So there will still be some virtual travel going on, but officially I am now back in North America (specifically the hell known as LAX), soon to be back in Canada. I left Sydney at 13:10 on 14 June and arrived here at 13:20 the same day. Definitely the longest ten minutes of my life so far!

I'll arrive in Vancouver at 10pm this evening, and Victoria some time tomorrow; I'll be there for a week, travel back to Saskatchewan for a month, and then set up shop for the forseeable future in Victoria as of the end of July.

Now that I'm no longer travelling (or "on the prowl" as Revenue Canada would put it) I do intend to keep posting photos and the occasional rambling about reading here, so should you still be out there, dear reader, do come back some time.