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The Kaleberg Journal - November 2025

11/15 - Dungeness Dike in the Mist We took a misty day hike at the Dungeness Spit. It was a familiar trail but the mist made it mysterious. The mountains and sky were hidden. We could be anywhere.

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11/14 - Dungeness Spit By Way of the Primitive Trail There are two ways to get from the parking lot down to the Dungeness Spit. There's the regular trail which is nicely paved and relatively straight. It gets one right there. There's also the Primitive Trail which meanders through the forest before joining the regular trail at the overlook. We usually take the Primitive Trail which is much more atmospheric. In the late fall and winter, the tides for hiking the Spit are often so hide that there is no beach to walk on. Heading out means clambering over and around driftwood and taking advantage of what soft sand is available. This visit was much nicer. The tide wasn't low, but there was a fair bit of walkable beach with sand firm enough for easy walking and not all that many strips of rocks and pebbles. We only made it out to the half mile stake, but it was a treat given the time of year.

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The Kaleberg Journal - August 2025

08/27 - On To Australia - First Stop - Vancouver BC We like to fly to Australia via Vancouver. The alternative is via Los Angeles, but that means flying down to LA and dealing with LAX in both directions. YVR in Vancouver is a much smaller, calmer airport, and, for us, it's easy to get to Vancouver. We always spend an extra night so we get to eat dinner at Le Crocodile which was in top form as usual and to walk the loop along the shore in Stanley Park. One isn't really in Vancouver until one sees the bright yellow mound of sulfur across the water. It's one of the city landmarks. The featured bird on this walk was the heron. There were lots of them perched on rocks and enjoying the waterfront much as we were.	Flying in to Vancouver BC
We had no idea.	Nothing says welcome to Vancouver like its huge mound of sulfur.
One of many great blue herons	The Lion's Gate Bridge



	Return to civilization

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08/26 - Flying in to Sydney It's a fifteen hour flight from Vancouver to Sydney. Australia is pretty far away. Mostly, we slept. The scenery over the Pacific is pretty dull especially at night. Dawn, however, was something else, and we did get a nice view of the city on our approach the airport. Excuse the poor image quality. Airplane windows are not as transparent as one might like.	Dawn light
Daylight	Sydney with the harbor bridge top right

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08/25 - Sydney Taronga Zoo One of the first things we do when we get to Australia these days is go to the Taronga Zoo. Our flight arrives early in the morning, so we have the whole day. We took a ferry from Circular Quay to the zoo and wandered about. It's a great way to get ready for spotting wildlife.	Downtown Sydney
The iconic Opera House	Platypus
View from the zoo	It rained a lot in Sydney.
Echidna	Some little guy





Someone in a log	This is an iPhone night vision picture.
	Creepy creatures
Another platypus	Underwater

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08/24 - Welcome to Sydney

Sydney is having a rainy winter, the rainiest since some time in the 1850s, so rain is going to show up a fair bit in this account of our journey. We were prepared for rain with rain coats and rain pants, but we had to scramble and buy a pair of rain hats because we had forgotten to pack ours. Coming from the Pacific Northwest, we're no strangers to rain. Rain gear is a local industry, so we weren't the only ones wearing familiar brand name garb.

We had a lovely dinner with barramundi, local oysters and bay bugs among other things. There was a woman eating a plate of spaghetti at the next table. She seemed more interested in recording things with her phone than her food. That was her loss and this gull's gain.

Enjoying the left overs

The harbor bridge in the rain

The Opera House and the Bounty replica, also in the rain

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08/23 - A Rest Day in Sydney The rain held off for much of the day, so we explored Sydney a little. Jet lag may have caught us, so we didn't really explore very much.	A view of our hotel
A local	The harbor
A store window	Evening

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08/22 - Sick in Perth

We made it to Perth. That jet lag, that was an incipient cold, and it was a lulu. It was our first cold since the arrival of COVID-19 when we started wearing masks in public. We slept over 20 hours a day, felt awful, barely ate and generally crumped for days.

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