"I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move." RLS
Ascension Island, while a part of the British Overseas Territory of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, has its own immigration rules. Unless you hold an exemption – basically military or government personnel you must have an entry permit to enter. Continue reading “Ascension Island – Entry Requirements for Tourists”
Ascension Island is a tiny dot (88 square kilometres) in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, some seven degrees south of the equator. It is one of the most remote inhabited places on the planet. Do visit it – you won’t regret it.
(Oct 17 update – sadly the termination of flights to/from the UK and the closure of the Island’s only hotel have made a private visit to the island pretty difficult to arrange – hopefully a solution to transport problems will eventuate in the neat future). Continue reading “Ascension Island – A Dot In The Atlantic”
As indicated in my main review on Rookwood Necropolis, it is the largest cemetery in the Southern Hemisphere. It is sometimes cited as having its own post-code. While this is somewhat of an exaggeration, area-wise the cemetery does make up the majority of the Rookwood post-code area. Continue reading “Rookwood Necropolis – Mortuary Train Stations”
Sydney has a population of just less than 5 million. Rookwood Necropolis (Cemetery) has just shy of 1 million inhabitants, if I may refer to them as that. Continue reading “Rookwood Necropolis”
Accommodation in the centre of Sydney is often in short supply and has become very expensive.
Recently I have started cycling again (to and from work and the odd fun ride) and wanted to do a couple of rides in Sydney. I hasten to add that Sydney is not a good place for fun cycling given its dearth of cycle paths and its rather hilly terrain. Indeed I would sadly, in the main, recommend against cycling as a mode of transport or a way of sightseeing for the visitor to Sydney. Continue reading “Ibis Budget Enfield -Great Budget Option for Us”
This is not intended as a warning against visiting Garden Island (or that part of it you are permitted to visit) but rather advise on how to get there lest you waste time trying to access it via any way other than the ferry wharf on the northern tip of the island (which is no longer an island). Continue reading “Wrong Way to Garden Island”
Woolloomooloo (or the Loo) is an inner-city harbour-side suburb adjoining Sydney’s central business district. It has traditionally been a working class residential suburb housing waterside workers and their families – a latter days version of the Rocks, if you like. Of late, gentrification has taken place. Continue reading “Saving the Loo – Woolloomooloo Murals”
Where did Colonel Sanders, Frank Sinatra and Marlene Dietrich dine out when they came to Sydney? Well, the original Harry’s Café de Wheels in the suburb of Woolloomooloo, of course! Continue reading “Harry’s Café de Wheels: “For a Tiger Pie””
Wandering around the delightfully named suburb of Woolloomooloo I came across a small building called First Fleet House. The shingle above the entrance announced this to be the business premises of the Fellowship of First Fleeters (1788AD). Above the shingle a Union Jack proudly fluttered in the light breeze. Continue reading “The Fellowship of First Fleeters”
I have written a number of reviews on this page enticing my reader to visit the inner city suburb of Woolloomooloo.
An overseas friend expressed an interest in visiting one of the sights I have written about, along with the hope that he would not have to ask somebody the way to Woolloomooloo. Continue reading “Woolloomooloo – How do I say that?”
The Rambling Wombat 