Tales of a Technogypsie

Manly MarketManly Beach, Queensland, Australiahttp://www.manlyharbourvillage.com/ Every sunday the Manly Creative Markets spreads out its presence in the Little Bayside Park along the Esplanade of the beaching and boating resort of Manly Beach. It runs from 8 am to 3 pm offering a wonderful assortment of hand crafts, Australian local gifts, food, snacks, handcrafts, and farmer’s [...]

Manly HarbourManly Beach, Queensland, Australiahttp://www.manlyharbourvillage.com/ Manly Harbour is a popular resort location, especially for boating. It is also home to Manly Harbour Village which supports the community of boaters and recreationists who utilize the docks. Sheltered from harsh weather and the sea, Manly Beach and its harbour is conveniently locaed 20 minutes outside of Brisbane [...]

The Great Sand Dunes* http://www.nps.gov/grsa/index.htm * One of my favorite parts of Colorado is its great diversity in the ranges of the Rocky Mountains. One of those hotspots of “oddity” is the vast Sahara-like desert of sand dunes in the San Luis Valley. Of course California, New Mexico, and Arizona has tons of sand dunes [...]

Batesman Bay, New South Wales, Australia Just north of Narooma is the small resort town of Batemans Bay just north on the Sapphire Coast in the South Coast of New South Wales on the Princes Highway (Hwy 1), it is also one of the connecting coastal city routes to Canberra. With a population of just [...]

Bar Beach * Narooma New South Wales, Australia Just to the north of Narooma is the infamous “Bar Beach” which is a popular area for snorkelling off the rocks and beaches. It is also one of the safest beaches in Australia as it is naturally enclosed and protected near the Wagonga Inlet mouth and further [...]

Glasshouse Rocks Beach, Cemetery Road, Narooma, New South Wales, Australia * 2546 * Definitely one of my most favorite beaches on the planet, Glasshouse Rocks Beach is the integral attractant to the area for me. The beach hardly ever has anyone on it, its quiet, abandoned, and remote. Only way to it is a scramble [...]

Narooma New South Wales, Australia By far, my most favorite place in Australia, Narooma is a panoramic sensation for the beach enthusiast. Think the historic Highway 101 Coastal Oregon route meets the Bahamas and you have “Narooma”. The Aborigine suitably called this area “Clear blue waters” and nothing more could be true. Crystal clear waters. [...]

Merimbula New South Wales, Australia A popular scenic hotspot of the Sapphire Coast in Australia, Merimbula is an area and small coastal town with just under 9,000 inhabitants. The name is aborigine in origin, meaning “two lakes”. The area has world paleontological significance for its occurence of Merimbulaspis and Pambulaspis fossils with many field camps [...]

Lakes Entrance, Victoria, Australia In the Eastern part of the state of Victoria Australia lies a man-made channel that connects the Gippsland Lakes to the Bass Strait that is an abundant hotspot for tourism, fishing, and watersport recreation. A small village of just over 4,000 residents, “Lakes Entrance”, formerly “Cunnighame” was first inhabited in 1870 [...]

Campbell Cove Nude Beach * Campbells Cove * Melbourne, Victoria, Australia * GPS: S:37° 56’ 29.04″ – E:144° 44’ 24.45″ * One of Melbourne’s closest nude beaches, Campbell Cove is a quick drive from downtown Melbourne. However, it has mixed reviews. It is considered to be one of the worst beaches in the area many [...]

Pine Island Reserve* Canberra/Tuggeranong, Australian Capital Territory, Australia * Along Australia’s Murrumbidgee River that travels through Canberra and the Tuggeranong is a Nature Reserve called “Pine Island Reserve”. It isn’t really an Island persay, but a seasonal “island” during flooding and is named after the Black Cypress Pines that grow within this particular natural area [...]

Dockweiler Beach State ParkLos Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California Right alongside LAX: Los Angeles International Airport is a popular beach known as “Dockweiler State Beach”. Part of this beach is directly under the flight path of the airport and therefore has become a popular spot to watch planes land and take off. It is [...]

Sandymount Strand Beach * Sandymount D4, Ireland * 01 6617297 * County Dublin, Dublin, Ireland * Sandymount Strand a.k.a. “Dumhach Thrá” is just a short 3 km walk from downtown Dublin. It is a large strand on the east coast of Ireland adjacent to the village and suburb of Sandymount in Dublin. This is a [...]

Carrick-A-Rede Rope Bridge:Ballintoy, County Antrim, Northern Ireland One of the attractions along Northern Ireland’s Coastal Causeway that is part of the Giant’s Causeway highlights of the area, is a pedestrian suspension rope bridge that connects the mainland to the tiny Carrick island (rock) off the coast. It can’t be seen from the parking lot, and [...]

White Park Bay* Balintoy, Northern Ireland * Right off the Coastal Causeway route most infamous for the Giant’s Causeway, is a beautiful white sandy beach nestled between two headlands on the North Antrim coast forming a white arc in a very secluded location. My first visit was obsessed with ideas of coming back to this [...]

The Giant’s Causeway: near Bushmills, Northern IrelandTied into the legendary faerie lore with being created by Finn Mac Cool as a causeway to walk between Ireland and Scotland, the area is rich in myths and legends. A World Heritage site (UNESCO 1986), operated by the National Trust, the Giant’s Causeway consists of over 40,000 interlocking [...]

[ Home ]   [ Yesterday ]   [ Tomorrow ... ]   [ The Chronicles of Sir Thomas Rymour Leaf ]   [ Technogypsie.com ] Greenbottom/Chacewater/Truro, Cornwall, England It was depressing that today would be my last day of excavations at Saveok. I really wish I could have afforded and budgeted more time/funds to [...]

Newquay, Cornwall, England One of Cornwall’s vacation hotspots, Newquay is known for its partying, beaches, surfing, and tourism. A small town and seaside resort that is also a civil parish and a fishing port, Newquay attracts visitors from all over England and the world – especially for its surfing and beach events. With a small [...]

[ Home ]   [ Yesterday ]   [ Tomorrow ... ]   [ The Chronicles of Sir Thomas Rymour Leaf ]   [ Technogypsie.com ] I have to say I was a bit disappointed that I didn’t hear any ruckus or moving’s about in the castle last night – except for a British bicyclist [...]

Outrigger Hotel, Kona Outrigger Hotel* 78-261 Manukai Street, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, 96740 * Toll-free U.S., Canada, Guam: 800-959-5662 or local: 808-322-9625 * http://www.outrigger.com/hotels-resorts/hawaiian-islands/hawaii-big-island/outrigger-kanaloa-at-kona *A beautiful, elegant, and spacious resort located on 18 acres of ocean-front lava rock beach that overlooks stunning Keauhou Bay. The hotel and resort is encircled by well groomed gardens that create a [...]

Kealakekua Bay Historical Park across from Captain Cook, Kona Kealakekua Bay Historical Park and Beach Kona, Big Island, HawaiiA great little cove across from the ever-so-famous Captain Cook Cove and diving hotspot on the Kona coast, Big Island, Hawaii. It is located roughly 12 miles south of Kailua-Kona. The area was settled over a thousand [...]

Punalu’u Beach Punalu’u Black Sand Beach Punalu’u, Big Island, HawaiiOne of the most famous beaches on Big Island is the Punalu’u Black Sand Beach. It is the most expansive and accessible stretch of black sand beach on the island. Tourists from all over come here to see the sand, the sea turtles, and to snorkel/dive. [...]

Big Island Volcano National Park Volcano, Big Island, Hawaii One of Hawaii’s most notorious and famous National Parks, “Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park” was established in 1916 as a National Park, a International Biosphere Reserve in 1980, and a World Heritage Site in 1987 to demonstrate the history and living geological experiene of volcanism, geology, and [...]

[ Back to Chapter 28: Honolulu to Big Island ]   [ Chapter 29: Big Island ]   [ Chapter 30: Kona & Under the Sea ] Coming back from the Kehena Nude Beach, Big Island From the journal of Sir Thomas “Rymour Oisin” Leaf: Friday, The 7th of Sextilis (Julius Caesar’s “August”) in the [...]

‘Ahanalui Hot Ponda.k.a. Pu’ala’a County Park * Highway 137 * Puna district * Hawaii, Big Island, Hawaii * Located off of Highway 137 is Pu’ala’a County Park – a free park with pavillions, picnic tables, and a warm pool where the cool ocean meets the warm water from a natural hot spring. It is on [...]

Kalapana Lava Flows, Big Island, Hawaii Kalapana Lava Beds Off Highway 137, Near Hilo, Big Island, HawaiiThe Kalapana Lava Beds are part of the ever-growing newly settled part of the Big Island of Hawaii. These fields are the remains of lava flows that devestated the Puna district area in 1990. Lava is a molten rock [...]

Kehena Beach, Big Island, Hawaii Kehena Beach (Dolphin Beach)Near Mile Marker 19, Off Highway 137, Near Hilo, Big Island, Hawaii One of Big Island’s unofficial yet very private nude beaches – not well known to tourists but very popular with the locals, especially of the ‘counter-culture’ variety. Located just off Highway 137 in a residential [...]

Onomea Bay, Big Island, HawaiiEnroute from Hilo towards the infamous Akaka Falls, we stopped to admire this amazing coastline and rocky shores known as Onomea Bay on the Big Island of Hawaii. Also known as the Hamakua Coast comprising parts of North Hilo and Hamakua on the flanks of the two dormant volcanoes – Mauna [...]

Hawaiian Botanical Gardens and Beach Cove * 27-717 Old Mamalahoa Highway * P.O. Box 80, Papaikou, HI 96781 * Phone: 808-964-5233 FAX: 808-964-1338 * http://htbg.com/ While travelling along the coast near Hilo with my friend Kawika, we dropped into a beautiful hidden scenic cove that lies next to the Hawaiian Botanical Gardens. While the Botanical [...]

Wakiki, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii Wakiki, Honolulu, Oahu, HawaiiI had the pleasure of spending my first night in Waikīkī which is a neighborhood of Honolulu, on the south shore of the island of Oʻahu, Hawaii. I spent my time there on the beach and in the Wakiki-HI youth hostel. Wakiki means “spouting fresh water” in Hawaiian, [...]