Each summer Seattle holds the Seafair festival that culminates in a big air show and hyperboat races. Leading up to that final weekend they always hold Fleet Week and the Parade of Ships (starts August 1st). This year ships from the US Navy, US Coast Guard and Canadian Navy participated in Fleet Week (many of which you…
Category: Festival
July 4th fireworks at Lake Union
July 4th, 2012 Independence Day brings a spectacular fireworks display to Seattle’s Lake Union. People surround the lake and take to boats on the water in huge numbers to see this great show.
Seattle Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural Festival
April 15th, 2012 – Seattle Centre An annual event for the past 35 years this weekend was time for the Seattle Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival: A Next 50 Festál Celebration at the Seattle Centre. Taiko Drummers – this was fantastic, the beat of those drums was very impressive. These little kids could really drum to the…
Leavenworth – Bavarian Christmas fun right here in the USA!
December 3rd, 2011 A friend from Australia, Scotty is visiting at the moment, so we took a day trip up to Leavenworth in the Cascade Mountains here in Washington state. The main purpose of the trip was to enjoy the Bavarian fun, but also this was the first weekend for the famous Christmas lights festival. The trip…
Seattle Christmas lights are go!
November 25th, 2011 Seattle Center Christmas Lights How quickly a year goes by! There is only one month to go before Santa Claus pays a visit and tonight the Christmas lights started to go on in Seattle. I had planned to watch the tree and star lighting and fireworks downtown, but there were thousands of people there, and crowd movement…
City Icons: Seattle’s Space Needle
When I travel I always like to take a look at the landmarks that make a city instantly recognizable around the world. Some of the more famous ones that spring to mind include the Sydney Opera House (constructed 1959-1973) and Harbour Bridge (1928-1932), Berlins Brandenburg Gate (1788-1791), London’s Big Ben (the tower 1843-1858), the Eiffel Tower in Paris (1887-1889 for…
11-11-11 Black Sabbath Reunion Announced!!!! \m/(>.<)\m/
November 11th, 2011 On this day at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles, California a press conference announced a 2012 reunion of the original line-up of the legendary British heavy metal band Black Sabbath (Ozzy Osbourne – vocals, Toni Iommi – lead guitar and only continuous band member, Geezer Butler – bass and Bill Ward – drums)! The venue was…
UFO’s and Aliens: welcome to Roswell New Mexico!
November 3rd, 2011 Roswell a name that immediately brings to mind the ultimate conspiracy theory, the UFO Incident of 1947. Located in Eastern New Mexico up until that time it was probably mainly recognised for its nearby Walker Army Air Field (closed in 1967) and not much else other than ranch farming, but on July 4th, 1947 everything changed for Roswell….
Seafair……Seattle’s festival of ships, hyperboats and aircraft!
August 2nd to 5th, 2011 Seafair Fleet Week What an awesome week! Navy ships sailing about the bay, tours on the ships, climbing about armoured vehicles and helicopters, whilst historic and current military aircraft flying overhead, never a dull moment! A true “boys own adventure” week for sure! The first day involved watching some of the…
The day I almost met Buzz Aldrin……
August 1st, 2011 Space Adventures Today the Space Needle announced a Space Race 2012 competition with the grand prize to win a sub orbital space flight with a company called Space Adventures (valued at $110,000 USD)! The contest is to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Space Needle in April 2012. I of course immediately entered (you have to…
The Red, White and Blue
JULY 4th, 2011 Independence Day A day to celebrate US independence from the British in 1776. July 4th was the day the Declaration of Independence was approved, but legally the separation of the US colonies actually happened on July 2nd! The day is a public holiday and traditionally is celebrated with BBQ’s and fireworks. All these…
Florida – my temporary home with diversions to Kentucky and Alabama
March 2011 Melbourne, Florida After a great week in Arizona I made my way to Orlando and then Melbourne, Florida (Indian Harbour Beach to be specific) – my temporary home for a couple of months (thanks cousin Bronni & Shane!). Kind of ironic to move across the world and end up in the same named…
Deano In America 