Melbourne Museum
A day at the Melbourne Museum, learning a little more about the history of Melbourne and the Aboriginals who have lived here much longer.
Written on December 3, 2009 | Posted in Peregrination | No comment
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Star Wars: A Musical Journey
Star Wars: A Musical Journey arrived for its world premier at the O2 Arena in London on Friday night. This is my review of that fateful night.
Written on April 10, 2009 | Posted in Peregrination | No comment
Battle of Wilderness and Battle of Spotsylvania
The May 5-6, 1864 battle began a six week campaign that began the bloodiest campaign in American history. The Battle of Wilderness and Battle of Spotsylvania led to the beginning of the end of the Confederate uprising.
Written on February 9, 2009 | Posted in Peregrination | No comment
Battle of Fredericksburg and Battle of Chancellorsville
Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania – more than 85,000 men wounded; 15,000 killed. No place more vividly reflects the Civil War’s tragic cost, in all its forms. These places reveal the trials of a community and nation at war.
Written on February 3, 2009 | Posted in Peregrination | No comment
Alexandria, VA
In the days before the town was called Alexandria, the area was bought by Scotsman John Alexander from an English ship captain in exchange for tobacco and cask. The location by the Potomac River meant growth from tobacco exports. In 1748 local landowners, led by William Ramsey and John Carlyle, petitioned the Virginia General Assembly to establish the town and, named in honour of John Alexander, Alexandria was born.
Written on November 14, 2007 | Posted in Peregrination | No comment
National Railway Museum
The National Railway Museum in York is one of the world’s finest museums and is the world’s largest railway museum. The museum features trains from around the world and covers 300 years of rail travel. The current National Railway Museum (NRM) began in 1975 and now features over 100 locomotives and close to 200 items of rolling stock and items of significant interest.
Written on October 7, 2007 | Posted in Peregrination | No comment
V&A Museum of Childhood
The museum caters for both the child and the adult. Exhibitions and displays are a mix of the permanent and some temporary. There are heaps of free activities for the kids to enjoy though, which may keep them quiet for a few minutes.
Written on August 5, 2007 | Posted in Peregrination | No comment
All-New Wembley Stadium
The best part of seven years later, where Sven Goran Eriksson has come and gone, where England have failed to succeed in two World Cup tournaments while taking a tour of England’s other football stadia, where 6 FA Cup Finals have been played in Wales, where something like ?800m have been spent and the new Wembley Stadium has been finished.
Written on March 10, 2007 | Posted in Peregrination | No comment
Who is Matthew Flinders?
One of the the most popular names in Australia, given to streets, parks, a mountain range, a university and an island. Matthew Flinders is synonymous with the country. He was first to circumnavigate the whole country and survived imprisonment by the French. A great explorer and map maker, Matthew Flinders and his cat, Trim, are remembered all over Australia.
Written on July 4, 2006 | Posted in Peregrination | No comment
Danger of Drop Bears in Australia
The Drop Bear is a rare and often unseen animal living in the edges of woodland and forests of Australia. The Drop Bear, or phascolarctos arboricola, is an old genus of the Koala family and has been given the common name Drop Bear because of it’s habits being closer to a bear than the eucalyptus eating marsupial cousin. Drop Bears are known to eat meat, living off whatever animals it can find.
Written on June 25, 2006 | Posted in Peregrination | No comment