I appreciate your going to all that trouble -

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Foxy, no trouble, it is other way around. I too have a passion for travel which is why I created these 3 sites, given that ACTUAL travel is a thing of the past BUT virtual travel is so very available at GoogleEarth etc.

So I am looking for inspirations all the time to add to those sites.

I mean I sit here at Daintree looking 30 klicks as the crow barks at Port Douglas and wondering if one Sunday I might just venture to Port for the markets.

But for now I have everything here at Daintree/Wonga/Mossman, so no need for that extra 10 klicks to Port.

But one day ...

Foxy, my favourite travel destination – and why:

Austraaaylia mate, coz it offers just about everything that I want in a holiday – fascinating natural environments, plants, birds and other wildlife, geology and geography… and all within a place where you know the language and the culture.

No need to go anywhere else when you can go to Tasmania, southwest WA, Kakadu, the Kimberleys, Flinders Ranges, Karijini, Boodjamulla, Girringun or hundreds of other fascinating national parks.

I get out there and travel around this great country as often as I can.

My personal favourite place, to whence I have not been for well over a decade – Hinchinbrook Island, where I was lucky enough to conduct many trips and do a thorough vegetation mapping survey back in the early 90s.
http://www.missionbeachinfo.com/Graphics/Hinchinbrook.jpg
http://www.wildrivers.org.au/rivers/island/hinchinbrook_island/image_preview
http://www.queenslandholidays.com.au/destinations/townsville/places-to-visit/hinchinbrook-island/index.cfm

Second favourite: Stirling Range, WA
http://www.westaust.net/stirlingranges/stirling_ranges_national_park.jpg
http://www.stirlingrange.com.au/images/index1.jpg
http://www.feargod.net/wspics/map-wasw.jpg

Dear Divorce Doctor,

I'm glad that I contributed in some small
way to your virtual enjoyment - as you
did so much to mine.

Happiness is a contented soul!

Happy travelling...

Dear Ludwig,

Thanks for sharing the links - and of course -
you're right. There's so much beauty in this
fair land of ours. Just making the time to see it -
is all we really need to do.