Amongst the Giants on Granville Island

Granville Island is a former industrial site of factories and mills for the logging, mining and shipping industries that thrived in early 20th Century Vancouver. It’s located in the middle of False Creek, just southeast of Downtown and lies between two bridges. First is the older Art Deco Burrard Bridge (1932) with its distinctive towers, decorative…

O Canada, At Last!

It’s our annual ‘Escape the FNQ Heat’ time of year. And this year our cold destination is Canada and, more specifically, Vancouver. A first time for us, so exciting to see a new country and a city we’ve always wanted to visit. Vancouver is often compared to Sydney (I’ve heard this a lot) – for…