Where should I go on holiday?

Ideally somewhere with either science or nature.

1 day?
2 day?
3 day?
1 week?
2 week?
3 week?
6 week?

For the second part of your question, roll a die.

mollwollfumble said:

Where should I go on holiday?

Ideally somewhere with either science or nature.

1 day?
2 day?
3 day?
1 week?
2 week?
3 week?
6 week?

What is the reason for your prejudice against 4 or 5 units of holiday length?

I suggest somewhere severely affected by fire, and spend lots of money there.

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

Where should I go on holiday?

Ideally somewhere with either science or nature.

1 day?
2 day?
3 day?
1 week?
2 week?
3 week?
6 week?

What is the reason for your prejudice against 4 or 5 units of holiday length?

I suggest somewhere severely affected by fire, and spend lots of money there.

Yep, go to Mallacoota in a month or two.

sibeen said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

Where should I go on holiday?

Ideally somewhere with either science or nature.

1 day?
2 day?
3 day?
1 week?
2 week?
3 week?
6 week?

What is the reason for your prejudice against 4 or 5 units of holiday length?

I suggest somewhere severely affected by fire, and spend lots of money there.

Yep, go to Mallacoota in a month or two.

hows the Wong?

ChrispenEvan said:

sibeen said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

What is the reason for your prejudice against 4 or 5 units of holiday length?

I suggest somewhere severely affected by fire, and spend lots of money there.

Yep, go to Mallacoota in a month or two.

hows the Wong?

Yeah, good, hasn’t been effected except for being smoky.

sibeen said:

ChrispenEvan said:

sibeen said:

Yep, go to Mallacoota in a month or two.

hows the Wong?

Yeah, good, hasn’t been effected except for being smoky.

affected.

you missed the rain in melb.

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

Where should I go on holiday?

Ideally somewhere with either science or nature.

1 day?
2 day?
3 day?
1 week?
2 week?
3 week?
6 week?

What is the reason for your prejudice against 4 or 5 units of holiday length?

I suggest somewhere severely affected by fire, and spend lots of money there.

1 day. Innot hot springs, Herberton historic village or Crystal Caves.
2 day The Reef
3 day Undara Lava Tubes
1 week The Savannahlander
2 week The Savannahlander with side tours.
3 week The Ghan with side tours or Cairns To Wewak Papua New Guinea + side trips.
6 week Europe.

ChrispenEvan said:

sibeen said:

ChrispenEvan said:

hows the Wong?

Yeah, good, hasn’t been effected except for being smoky.

affected.

you missed the rain in melb.

Never mind. It’s Melbourne, there’s sure to be more.

Blue Mts is always nice. Full of nature too.

https://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/story/6582929/tourists-encouraged-to-return-to-blue-mountains/?cs=1432

I’m told Niue is nice.

Or Tuvalu, while it’s still there….

so SCIENCE is not NATURE ¿

Surfers Paradise.

> I suggest somewhere severely affected by fire, and spend lots of money there.

Kangaroo Island. I was wondering about that.
Science project there? eg. revegetation or wildlife survival. I did a wildlife survival look after the Marysville fires.

> Blue Mts is always nice. Full of nature too.

I’ve been to the Bundanoon and Fitzroy Falls parts recently.

> I’m told Niue is nice. Or Tuvalu, while it’s still there …

Had to look up Niue, hadn’t heard of it. “Niue is a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand, and New Zealand conducts most diplomatic relations on its behalf. Niueans are citizens of New Zealand”. Or Tuvalu.

NATURE said:

so SCIENCE is not NATURE ¿

Thank you for that comment, NATURE.

> Surfers Paradise.

Only with a Seaworld pass.

Tamb said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

Where should I go on holiday?

Ideally somewhere with either science or nature.

1 day?
2 day?
3 day?
1 week?
2 week?
3 week?
6 week?

What is the reason for your prejudice against 4 or 5 units of holiday length?

I suggest somewhere severely affected by fire, and spend lots of money there.

1 day. Innot hot springs, Herberton historic village or Crystal Caves.
2 day The Reef
3 day Undara Lava Tubes
1 week The Savannahlander
2 week The Savannahlander with side tours.
3 week The Ghan with side tours or Cairns To Wewak Papua New Guinea + side trips.
6 week Europe.

Ta, Great ideas. I’d forgotten about caves. Haven’t visited one since I was in school.
Ditto PNG.
Any particular part of the reef?

I’ve been to Hepburn hot springs, does that count?

I’ll skip Savannahlander & Ghan. I prefer Greyhound. Greyhound Cairns to Broome via Darwin could be interesting.

mollwollfumble said:

> I suggest somewhere severely affected by fire, and spend lots of money there.

Kangaroo Island. I was wondering about that.
Science project there? eg. revegetation or wildlife survival. I did a wildlife survival look after the Marysville fires.

> Blue Mts is always nice. Full of nature too.

I’ve been to the Bundanoon and Fitzroy Falls parts recently.

> I’m told Niue is nice. Or Tuvalu, while it’s still there …

Had to look up Niue, hadn’t heard of it. “Niue is a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand, and New Zealand conducts most diplomatic relations on its behalf. Niueans are citizens of New Zealand”. Or Tuvalu.

NATURE said:

so SCIENCE is not NATURE ¿

Thank you for that comment, NATURE.

> Surfers Paradise.

Only with a Seaworld pass.

Tamb said:

What is the reason for your prejudice against 4 or 5 units of holiday length?

I suggest somewhere severely affected by fire, and spend lots of money there.

1 day. Innot hot springs, Herberton historic village or Crystal Caves.
2 day The Reef
3 day Undara Lava Tubes
1 week The Savannahlander
2 week The Savannahlander with side tours.
3 week The Ghan with side tours or Cairns To Wewak Papua New Guinea + side trips.
6 week Europe.

Ta, Great ideas. I’d forgotten about caves. Haven’t visited one since I was in school.
Ditto PNG.
Any particular part of the reef?

I’ve been to Hepburn hot springs, does that count?

I’ll skip Savannahlander & Ghan. I prefer Greyhound. Greyhound Cairns to Broome via Darwin could be interesting.

The Reef is closest to shore around Cairns/ Mission Beach so travel time to & from is shorter.

> I suggest somewhere severely affected by fire, and spend lots of money there.

Thinking a bit more. The best time to do geology is straight after a bushfire.

Know anywhere with interesting metamorphic rocks (eg. marble, schist) that has been severely affected by fire, or an open access fossil bed?

Also on the science side. Perhaps the dinosaur trail, mine tours, ecotourism, bioblitz?

Actual science, or learning about science? Do museums count as science?

If so, there’s a few in London which I am told would each take a couple of days to look at everything properly. Also the same applies for the Smithsonian in Wash DC – my parents did one day there and said they didn’t see even half of it. But it only applies if museums are your thing, some science lovers disapprove of them the same way some animal lovers hate zoos.

party_pants said:

Actual science, or learning about science? Do museums count as science?

If so, there’s a few in London which I am told would each take a couple of days to look at everything properly. Also the same applies for the Smithsonian in Wash DC – my parents did one day there and said they didn’t see even half of it. But it only applies if museums are your thing, some science lovers disapprove of them the same way some animal lovers hate zoos.

The Natural History museum in London took two days for me to see it properly.

What about Dollywood

DV didn’t bother with the British Museum.

sibeen said:

DV didn’t bother with the British Museum.

They’re bastards anyway, won’t give back all the stolen artifacts.

party_pants said:

sibeen said:

DV didn’t bother with the British Museum.

They’re bastards anyway, won’t give back all the stolen artifacts.

If you leave your antiquities laying around on the ground or buried under rubble then you don’t deserve to have any…

furious said:

party_pants said:

sibeen said:

DV didn’t bother with the British Museum.

They’re bastards anyway, won’t give back all the stolen artifacts.

If you leave your antiquities laying around on the ground or buried under rubble then you don’t deserve to have any…

Nevrr pass up a Turk spruiking marbles.

furious said:

party_pants said:

sibeen said:

DV didn’t bother with the British Museum.

They’re bastards anyway, won’t give back all the stolen artifacts.

If you leave your antiquities laying around on the ground or buried under rubble then you don’t deserve to have any…

This is the reason we can’t have nice antiquities.

Tamb said:

party_pants said:

Actual science, or learning about science? Do museums count as science?

If so, there’s a few in London which I am told would each take a couple of days to look at everything properly. Also the same applies for the Smithsonian in Wash DC – my parents did one day there and said they didn’t see even half of it. But it only applies if museums are your thing, some science lovers disapprove of them the same way some animal lovers hate zoos.

The Natural History museum in London took two days for me to see it properly.
> the same applies for the Smithsonian in Wash DC

LOVE the Natural History Museum in London. I used to work at Imperial College nearby. Ditto the Victoria and Alfred. Ta for hint on Smithsonian.

> DV didn’t bother with the British Museum.

Neither did I. Choice of British Museum of Madame Tussauds, no contest really.

Any good speciality museums in Australia? I used to love the mining museum in Sydney before it shut down. I used to love the Sydney Powerhouse Museum in the olden days, too, before they lowered the entry IQ. I liked the little mining museum in Mafra. There is one room in the Melbourne Museum that is fantastically good.

> What about Dollywood

That still exists?

I’m not sure about one day holidays. Walk around the neighbourhood photographing numbers on letterboxes? Drink a bottle of single malt?
try ecstasy?

Six weeks.. Around the world trip. buy some extra destinations. Move around the planet in the same direction. See lots and lots.

mollwollfumble said:

> I suggest somewhere severely affected by fire, and spend lots of money there.

Thinking a bit more. The best time to do geology is straight after a bushfire.

Know anywhere with interesting metamorphic rocks (eg. marble, schist) that has been severely affected by fire, or an open access fossil bed?

Also on the science side. Perhaps the dinosaur trail, mine tours, ecotourism, bioblitz?

I was thinking that gold may become exposed.

sarahs mum said:

I’m not sure about one day holidays. Walk around the neighbourhood photographing numbers on letterboxes? Drink a bottle of single malt?
try ecstasy?

Six weeks.. Around the world trip. buy some extra destinations. Move around the planet in the same direction. See lots and lots.

> Walk around the neighbourhood photographing numbers on letterboxes?

Did that. It’s a good occupation on a day when the electric power has cut out at home, and weather conditions make wildlife watching impossible. I call it “photojournalism”.

> I was thinking that gold may become exposed.

Where, where?

Start by looking for quartz and ironstone?

mollwollfumble said:

sarahs mum said:

I’m not sure about one day holidays. Walk around the neighbourhood photographing numbers on letterboxes? Drink a bottle of single malt?
try ecstasy?

Six weeks.. Around the world trip. buy some extra destinations. Move around the planet in the same direction. See lots and lots.

> Walk around the neighbourhood photographing numbers on letterboxes?

Did that. It’s a good occupation on a day when the electric power has cut out at home, and weather conditions make wildlife watching impossible. I call it “photojournalism”.

> I was thinking that gold may become exposed.

Where, where?

Start by looking for quartz and ironstone?

Where? Usually in areas where gold has been found would be a reasonably sane place to start?
Numerous ways. Trees come down and rip up the earth where nobody has ever looked? Areas too densely covered with forest or scrub will often be razed by fires, opening up area that has either been previously untouched or overgrown since previous mining activity. Ensuing rainfall may well open it up even more?

Budj Bim park is closed at the moment because there is a fire in there. But in the Autumn, we are thinking we will go on one of these tours. One of those things you mean to do for ages and don’t get around to when you are working.

https://www.budjbimtours.net/

buffy said:

Budj Bim park is closed at the moment because there is a fire in there. But in the Autumn, we are thinking we will go on one of these tours. One of those things you mean to do for ages and don’t get around to when you are working.

https://www.budjbimtours.net/

The introductory photo on that website is a scream. Eight people (count the feet) staring intently at a sign that is mostly underwater in an ugly frog pond during a minor flood.

“Gunditjmara” is where? Oh, the extinct tribe from Warrnambool, Port Fairy and Portland. Is this the eel traps first drawn by G.A. Robinson circa 1839 to 1849? Yes it is. Tyrendarra. My food technologist sister emailed them recently asking for information on how the eel traps worked and didn’t get a reply.

Brogas? Yes. I hadn’t known that they came so far south. “The brolga breeds between September and December in southern areas” so we’ve missed it.

Great idea for a trip. Starts from Heywood, which is, um, where, 27 km north of Portland.

mollwollfumble said:

buffy said:

Budj Bim park is closed at the moment because there is a fire in there. But in the Autumn, we are thinking we will go on one of these tours. One of those things you mean to do for ages and don’t get around to when you are working.

https://www.budjbimtours.net/

The introductory photo on that website is a scream. Eight people (count the feet) staring intently at a sign that is mostly underwater in an ugly frog pond during a minor flood.

“Gunditjmara” is where? Oh, the extinct tribe from Warrnambool, Port Fairy and Portland. Is this the eel traps first drawn by G.A. Robinson circa 1839 to 1849? Yes it is. Tyrendarra. My food technologist sister emailed them recently asking for information on how the eel traps worked and didn’t get a reply.

Brogas? Yes. I hadn’t known that they came so far south. “The brolga breeds between September and December in southern areas” so we’ve missed it.

Great idea for a trip. Starts from Heywood, which is, um, where, 27 km north of Portland.

The bolgas were on the outskirts of Penshurst last season. Gone for now though. Too dry for them. They and the swans nest here.

There is plenty of information about how the eel traps worked.

And I’m not sure the people I was seeing as patients would consider themselves extinct, actually.

buffy said:

mollwollfumble said:

buffy said:

Budj Bim park is closed at the moment because there is a fire in there. But in the Autumn, we are thinking we will go on one of these tours. One of those things you mean to do for ages and don’t get around to when you are working.

https://www.budjbimtours.net/

The introductory photo on that website is a scream. Eight people (count the feet) staring intently at a sign that is mostly underwater in an ugly frog pond during a minor flood.

“Gunditjmara” is where? Oh, the extinct tribe from Warrnambool, Port Fairy and Portland. Is this the eel traps first drawn by G.A. Robinson circa 1839 to 1849? Yes it is. Tyrendarra. My food technologist sister emailed them recently asking for information on how the eel traps worked and didn’t get a reply.

Brogas? Yes. I hadn’t known that they came so far south. “The brolga breeds between September and December in southern areas” so we’ve missed it.

Great idea for a trip. Starts from Heywood, which is, um, where, 27 km north of Portland.

The bolgas were on the outskirts of Penshurst last season. Gone for now though. Too dry for them. They and the swans nest here.

There is plenty of information about how the eel traps worked.

And I’m not sure the people I was seeing as patients would consider themselves extinct, actually.

:-) Thanks, I was being deliberately provocative (sorry).

On last point. Agree. Did any of them still speak the native language? If so then very interested.

mollwollfumble said:

buffy said:

mollwollfumble said:

The introductory photo on that website is a scream. Eight people (count the feet) staring intently at a sign that is mostly underwater in an ugly frog pond during a minor flood.

“Gunditjmara” is where? Oh, the extinct tribe from Warrnambool, Port Fairy and Portland. Is this the eel traps first drawn by G.A. Robinson circa 1839 to 1849? Yes it is. Tyrendarra. My food technologist sister emailed them recently asking for information on how the eel traps worked and didn’t get a reply.

Brogas? Yes. I hadn’t known that they came so far south. “The brolga breeds between September and December in southern areas” so we’ve missed it.

Great idea for a trip. Starts from Heywood, which is, um, where, 27 km north of Portland.

The bolgas were on the outskirts of Penshurst last season. Gone for now though. Too dry for them. They and the swans nest here.

There is plenty of information about how the eel traps worked.

And I’m not sure the people I was seeing as patients would consider themselves extinct, actually.

:-) Thanks, I was being deliberately provocative (sorry).

On last point. Agree. Did any of them still speak the native language? If so then very interested.

There is a project in Warrnambool for language, and a nationwide one also. I think I’ve linked it here on the forum before.

You mentioned metamorphic rocks here and elsewhere.

Broken Hill region (NSW) and the adjacent Olary region (SA) have some wonderful exposures of metamorphic rocks. From low-grade metamorphic rock through to partial melting is preserved. Some places have giant garnets. Others, giant tourmalines. Many other giant metamorphic minerals occur in places Chiastolites also occur in a couple of places. They are known locally as “Priest Turds”.

If you want to see metamorphic rocks – go to the Broken Hill – Olary region.

Michael V said:

You mentioned metamorphic rocks here and elsewhere.

Broken Hill region (NSW) and the adjacent Olary region (SA) have some wonderful exposures of metamorphic rocks. From low-grade metamorphic rock through to partial melting is preserved. Some places have giant garnets. Others, giant tourmalines. Many other giant metamorphic minerals occur in places Chiastolites also occur in a couple of places. They are known locally as “Priest Turds”.

If you want to see metamorphic rocks – go to the Broken Hill – Olary region.

Also Mount Hope?

roughbarked said:

Michael V said:

You mentioned metamorphic rocks here and elsewhere.

Broken Hill region (NSW) and the adjacent Olary region (SA) have some wonderful exposures of metamorphic rocks. From low-grade metamorphic rock through to partial melting is preserved. Some places have giant garnets. Others, giant tourmalines. Many other giant metamorphic minerals occur in places Chiastolites also occur in a couple of places. They are known locally as “Priest Turds”.

If you want to see metamorphic rocks – go to the Broken Hill – Olary region.

Also Mount Hope?

I have some Broken Hill rocks at home. One I picked up while visiting, the others from a DMR engineer who worked there.
No giant garnets or tourmalines, though :-(

Which Mount Hope? The one in Vic, NSW, SA or Qld?