As a native of Victoria - the real one, not that Canadian knockoff - I heartily recommend this wonderfully illustrated blog on Gippsland, in eastern Victoria: Ben Cruachan. Makes me pine for the land of mild weather and lovely wilderness.
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Makes me pine for the land of mild weather and lovely wilderness.
You mean Victoria, BC ? ; )
Pine for the land of Nelly Furtado?
'Mild' weather?
Spoken like a true Victorian.
Freeze your arse off weather, you mean.
Lovely wilderness - yes, I'll give you that one. It is absolutely lovely.
Freezing? Rubbish. Chicago in winter. Vladivostok. Anchorage - they are freezing. We barely get a light flurry of snow in winter.