Snorkelling

This morning I'm working on a shortlist for next Saturday's Globe & Mail Travel feature (written by our very own Mr. C. Turner) on the Whitsundays. Here's Sloaner, gamely "snorkelling" on the Great Barrier Reef, June 2008.

Categories: Australia 2008 | Sloane

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Proof That Kids Don't Need Toys

All it takes is imagination. I think I heard that somewhere.



This is shower cap, filled with water and tied closed. It contains the lid of one of those teeny hotel shampoos, and an old bandaid.

The day before I found this in our Airlie Beach bathroom, we'd been touring the Brisbane Sunday riverside market. Sloane had been fascinated by the aquarium booth, and especially interested in watching the chinese fighting fish swimming around in their bags.

I'm just saying.

Categories: Australia 2008 | Sloane

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I'll Say This: I Warned Him

Well, if you go to breakfast in Australia, you'll come across Vegemite. I think they make it out of rotten oranges and dead waterfowl, doused in DEET. Apparently it's excellent for warding off scurvy.

Turner:     (spreading vegemite on a corner of his toast) ...You want some?
Ash:         Ah. No.
Turner:     A bite? For the sake of experimentation?
Ash:         Ha ha, right. No thanks. I tried it back in 1992, I have no need to try it again.
Turner:     ...It's been sixteen years and you won't try it?
Ash:         I have a very clear memory of what that tastes like and I will never put it in my mouth ever ever again. ...But you go ahead!

And he did. The result, below:



I think it's safe to say that the Canadian palate isn't "sophisticated" enough to appreciate Vegemite's charms.

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