While Vilis registered for the animal movement conference being held on the first floor of the Rydges Melbourne, I headed out into the city with map in hand. Stepping onto Exhibition Street in Austral...
I crept out of bed at 6 a.m. to the sound of kookaburras’ wild laughter, and then back into bed, since darkness had not yet given up its hold on Tallangatta. An hour later, I strolled the streets ne...
Brilliant sunlight lasered through the sheer curtains of our hotel room at 8 a.m., waking Vilis and me after only four hours of rest following fitful dozing on a flight that eventually departed from T...
Today’s sky was a hodgepodge of sun, cloud, and rain as Vilis and I completed a jumble of tasks before leaving for Melbourne. Our taxi arrived at 5:30 p.m. to ferry us to the airport. Its young driv...