Train From Xian to Guilin, 1991年
These dogs cried and yelped as they were rolled off the dock, end over end, onto three-wheeled bicycles -still in these cages- while the Chinese staff laughed
Mad Dash to Guangzhou, then Hong Kong
At last, we were making tracks out of the PRC, which had been grinding us down on patience. The constant response of “Mae-yo, mae-yo” (not available) had really been the main sticking point.
Journey to Yangshuo
Chapter 8 Nov. 5th, 1991 “Road to Yangshuo” Day 43: “We packed the mountain bikes and set off for 阳朔 (Yangshuo) through 65km of the most breathtaking scenery in the world. Breakfast of bananas before tracking south, skirting the Li River, through rice paddies to a travellers oasis. It was well after noon before we…
Terracotta Warriors
Wow, Xi’an is an amazing place. As we walked out of the station, we saw a huge wall that encircles the whole city*. (Of course, true to Chinese form, there was a team of workers destroying sections of the wall).
The Road Less Travelled
Mountain bike ride from Shanghai to Nanjing in 1991年, two years after the Tienanmen Square Incident (六四天安門事件).
Slow Boat to China
Before the proliferation of the World Wide Web, Google Maps and personal Global Positioning Systems (GPS), two intrepid, young travelers from Australia embarked on a journey of a lifetime from the port city of Yokohama (near Tokyo) to Shanghai in China.
NRC RD #1
The National Rugby Championship, NRC, started this weekend in Nausori with Fiji Drua hosting Melbourne Rising. In what promised to be an entertaining match it took 28 minutes for the first try to be posted when Tom English went over for Rising and only a minute later for the flying Fijians to respond. Highlights on YouTube…
The Future of Brisbanerugby.com
We have been asked by the Kyushu prefectural governments to help promote their tourist areas, cultural aspects and historical sites to the Australian rugby community ahead of the 2019 Rugby World Cup being hosted by Japan. The first promotion will be on August 18 at Stadium Australia before the Bledisloe Cup #1 between the Wallabies…
Pro14 Rugby Ramble
Source: Pro14 Rugby Ramble
SLC v Marist Brothers Ashgrove May 27th
This Saturday St. Laurence’s College will host Marist Brothers Ashgrove in their annual rugby union match at SLC sporting facilities at Runcorn. The fields there are also celebrating a half century of operation. These two proud rugby schools that have been knocking on the door of the GPS competition for decades and the level of…
World Cup 2015 Final Wrap
The script could not have been written better, after 6 weeks of international rugby the best two teams in the world meet in the final, Australia and New Zealand. It is not always the case in World Cups, but in 2015 that is the case. The final lived up to expectation in front of a…
