Once covid hit I felt that travel was over. Now I am ready to admit that “life is a trip” (in the vernacular of the hippies I aspired to imitate). So I shall try to post on here the travels I not only make in miles measured but in events I witness in my everyday …
Author Archives: Tamara Hock
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Olympia, Washington, USA
Dodging Bullets
It has been 15 months since I was last on this site. And I discovered I never DID publish my last entry about a trip to California with my cousin. We all know what the world dished out in these last 15 months. Covid-19. Chatting with a friend as we “mall walked” the other day …
The Great Ocean Road
I am a woman of the desert. The open spaces and dry air reach deep into my soul and hold me tight. That does not mean I don’t like the ocean. I respect the ocean, understand its place in my universe and admire its shoreline. But Australia seems to want to keep me from seeing …
Australia three
It’s difficult to realize I have been in country for three weeks. Halfway through my scheduled time here and I have yet to settle in. We were to take a leisurely holiday along the southeast coast from Sydney back to Melbourne. The bushfires had other ideas. Four of our five stops were destroyed. People who …
Observations week two Australia
I feel melancholy. And it hurts to feel this way. The reasons are many for this lack of joy. Australia is on fire. Truly being devoured by flames. The national forests of New South Wales and Victoria are being obliterated. The eucalyptus trees explode. The flames are so intense they create their own weather. Winds …
One Week In
I thought I was prepared to be relaxed about anything that might transpire in Australia. But I never expected the events that have transpired. And it bothers me. About three hours into my flight from Los Angeles to Melbourne I got ill. Nausea hit me like a truck. Along with a bit arriving from the …
Five Days to go.
I leave for an extended visit to Australia on the 18th of December. I feel prepared. And yet, I don’t. My clothes for packing are sorted (I think). This is my packing room. But it’s been a crazy week. First, my clothes dryer quit heating. I watched a YouTube video and bought the parts. On …
Australia, here I come.
In a months time I will be boarding a flight to Melbourne, Australia. This will be my third journey to the land down under. I wonder if I will ever tire of the continent. This expedition will be vastly different from my previous forays. I will be spending six weeks with primarily one person. To …
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