I came to see, as I wrote my memoirs, the story of my travels, that a dialectical use of experiential, historical, religious and philosophical themes and positions is the most reliable way of anchoring one's experience, one's thoughts and arguments and making them more stable and complete. Of great benefit, too, in this the longest of my pieces ...

Up to George Town for the weekend and a bit of fishing (only 300Kms from Melbourne across the sea!) You cant get fresher oysters than cutting them off the rock yourself ( well, getting Rob to obviously). We must have eaten about 20..not bad eh? I caught my first Rock Cod - a bit squishy to eat. We are based in Launceston for another week, hoping...