Case study: making air travel things complicated
19 Aug 2024
‘Optimizing’ some flights to New Zealand.
July: A walk on the Old Ghost Road and a visit to Melbourne and Cairns, plus a workshop paper submission
14 Aug 2024
Travels continued with another tramp on the South Island and a trip to Australia. Research continues with a submission to HATRA and revisions of our paper on race freedom verification.
Trip report: Melbourne and Cairns
12 Aug 2024
Our long-delayed trip to Melbourne, plus a side-trip to Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef.
July: photos post
1 Aug 2024
Treading water: processed a lot of albums in July, but took about the same number of pictures (in 11 sets) as I processed.
Trip report: Overland Track, Tasmania—part 7 (day 4), Kia Ora with Mts Ossa and Pelion East
20 Jul 2024
‘Mountain day’ on the Overland Track, through Pelion Gap with side trips to Ossa (Tasmania highpoint) and Pelion East, before reaching Kia Ora Hut during golden hour.
Trip report: Overland Track, Tasmania—part 6 (day 3), Pelion
18 Jul 2024
Mud day on the Overland Track: down to Frog Flats and back up. Lots of fungi, a few birds at New Pelion, and two shovels.
June: an accept, two rejects, another paper submission, and a South Island walk
6 Jul 2024
Some work, though mostly waiting and advising and not paper writing. More than half the month on the road, in Tasmania and on the South Island (again, not Cascade Saddle, but we did go on a boat in Doubtful Sound.)
June: photos post
3 Jul 2024
I sure did process a lot of photos in June. Here they are.
Trip report: Overland Track, Tasmania—part 4 (day 2), Windermere
24 Jun 2024
A much easier day on the Overland Track, slightly downhill overall, with a side trip to Lake Will, no waterfalls, a platypus, a wombat, and few birds.
Trip report: Overland Track, Tasmania—part 3 (day 1), Cradle Mountain
17 Jun 2024
Our first day of actual hiking on the Overland Track, up onto the plateau and atop Cradle Mountain to Waterfall Valley Hut, our first Tasmanian Hut.
