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The Sound of the Footy

The Sound of the Footy

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When we were kids at primary school, we would ask each other deep and insightful questions like ‘what’s your favourite sport, footy (Australian Rules Football) or cricket?’ Other sports never featured in this most important of schoolyard inquiries. Depending on what season it was, I would answer one or the other. In summer, I would be convinced that I loved cricket the most, but in winter I would answer ‘footy’ without hesitation. As a kid growing up in Victoria, football…

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Podcast Episode 12. Searching for Kiwis, New Zealand

Podcast Episode 12. Searching for Kiwis, New Zealand

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G’day all and welcome to the Midlife Crisis Odyssey Podcast, where not all who wander are lost, but some of us definitely are. Whakatane is a little beachside town in the Bay of Plenty on New Zealand’s North Island. It’s known as the ‘Kiwi Capital of the World’, so I started walking the nearby forests tracks at night searching for kiwis. After many hours of walking in the freezing darkness, I decided that my fifth night of searching would be…

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Podcast Episode 9. The Cemeteries of Gallipoli

Podcast Episode 9. The Cemeteries of Gallipoli

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G’day all and welcome to the Midlife Crisis Odyssey Podcast, where not all who wander are lost, but some of us definitely are. The cemeteries of Gallipoli hold tens of thousands; each with their own story of tragedy that occurred here in this beautiful place. If you would like to see the post for this podcast, you can find it here If you liked this podcast, you may also like Strange Meeting, Poland; Evacuation, Ukraine Know someone who might like…

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Hangar 10

Hangar 10

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A big part of why I had traveled to Germany’s Baltic Coast was to visit the small village of Zirchow. And the entire reason I wanted to visit the small village of Zirchow was to go to Hangar 10, a museum which houses a unique collection of rare aircraft. Figuring out local public transport whilst traveling can be challenging, but I thought I had everything sorted for my short bus journey from Ahlbeck to Zirchow. Turns out I didn’t. I…

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Pocast Episode 7. Strange Meeting, Poland

Pocast Episode 7. Strange Meeting, Poland

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G’day all and welcome to the Midlife Crisis Odyssey Podcast, where not all who wander are lost, but some of us definitely are. After seeing the main areas of Birkenau Concentration Camp, and learning of the horrors that had occurred there, it was a relief to find a tranquil patch of nature. Whilst enjoying the quiet and the late afternoon sun, I had a strange meeting. If you would like to see the post for this podcast, you can find…

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Phaeton Museum of Technology, Zaporizhia, Ukraine

Phaeton Museum of Technology, Zaporizhia, Ukraine

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With no aid distribution planned, I found myself with a wintry Sunday off in Zaporizhia. Naturally favouring an indoor activity, I did a little online research and discovered there was a car museum in town. Long suffering readers will know all too well my penchant for antique autos, and won’t be surprised that I was soon winding my way through the grey city streets to Zaporizhia’s industrial area. I expected to find a small place with a handful of soviet-era…

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Walking to Poland

Walking to Poland

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It’d been ages since I’d been to the beach, so when I reached the Baltic Coast I was keen get my feet in the sand. I was staying in Ahlbeck, one of a number of small villages along the north coast of Usedom Island. Getting off the train and walking through the town to my accomodation, the place definitely had a sleepy seaside feel to it. In summer I expect the place is bulging with tourists, but it was quiet…

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‘Morgen!’

‘Morgen!’

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I spent three years trying to learn German when I was at high school, and I have to tell you, I found it pretty tough. I kept getting the feeling that I must have missed some classes, despite the fact that I hadn’t. Everyone else seemed to understand what was going on, whilst I sat there feeling overwhelmed and terrified the teacher was going to ask me a question. Apart from this I quite enjoyed the classes, as hearing the…

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Driving the Nordschleifer

Driving the Nordschleifer

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I really enjoyed my first day exploring the Nürburgring, which had included a visit to the RingWerk Museum and touring the Formula 1 track facilities. My guide had mentioned that the Nordschleifer, the Nürburgring’s spectacular and fearsome 21km circuit, was open for public driving that afternoon. He reassured me that I could take my rental car, a tiny Fiat 500, out onto the famous circuit. Without hesitation I paid my 25 euros for a lap and was issued with a…

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A Tour of the Nürburgring

A Tour of the Nürburgring

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Whilst visiting the Nürburgring, I discovered that you can do a ‘behind the scenes’ tour of the Formula 1 circuit. By now I was totally hooked on the place, so leapt at the chance. Perhaps because the weather was shithouse, no-one else turned up for the 11am tour, so I had my own private guide. Sebastian was a young bloke who clearly had a passion for motorsport, and a lot of knowledge about the legendary Nürburgring. He told me we…

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