Do you know your local area well?

[muikabochi 208]

I thought I did - well, I thought I knew it fairly well.

 

But this last month or so I have been finding out tons more and lots of places that I just didn't know existed.

 

Two recent 'new discovery' outings in the other forum area:

 

http://www.snowjapanforums.com/ubbthread...html#Post271193

 

http://www.snowjapanforums.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/272958/Temple_Shrines_Tour_II.html#Post272958

 

All that lot within 30 minutes of my home and I never knew about them.

I've decided to study up a bit on local history and stuff and find out more and find those hard to find places.

Highly recommended.

 

 

Do you know your local area really well?

[joshnii 2]

Next time I'm down there wouldn't mind going to those places muika.

 

There's a lot of places near me that I haven't been to yet and probably even more I don't know about. Still crossing them off the list one by one.

[Yuki's Passion 1]

Since moving to my new place last year, and having very little time to actually get out and round, no, I dont. I did know my place in Ashiya and in Hiroshima very well!! Just tooooooo much within 30 minutes of here...

[happyhappy 0]

I know my local area pretty well in terms of what there is and seeing them, but I'm not well up on history and things like that. I find that lots of things here are really tucked away and difficult to actually find rather than be told about them and go.

[JA2340 16]

OK, within a couple of minutes drive of here are ...

 

The Big Golden Guitar

The Australian Country Music Museum

Some seriously important olive groves (just kidding - that is just outside my door! )

An hour or so away is a man-made dam that holds (when/if it is ever full) an amount of water greater than 3 Sydney Harbours.

Also a couple of hours up the road are the gem fossicking areas of Inverell and the surrounds. (Emeralds, in particular).

[thursday 1]

I know my local area very well. And I won't recommend tourists going to most of those places.

[indosnm 0]

I'd say I know mine pretty well..

Everyone should check it out!

 

This weekend is the Vines seafood and wine festival at a few wineries.. I'll be doing my best to sample the local produce!

[nzlegend 1]

like the back of my hand...(I like Geography )

[RobBright 35]

Only just moved to this area - so doubt I have seen much yet - guess there is more to see but no time at the moment to do anything.

[charlotte 0]

I think I know my area pretty well. Friends have shown me lots of places that I never would have known about on my own though, it's always worth getting people to take you around and show you places.

 

Nice pics muikaboch.

[Tubby Beaver 209]

Nice pics Muika, but I dunno about anyone else but I'm WAAAAY Shrine/temple'd out!!! In my local area I really don't wanna see anymore shrines. I live quite near to Kamakura and although I haven't seen half of them, I'm kinda done with looking at shrines, I have seen too many of them to go searching for them. Fujisawa also has a few really cool ones that I liked seeing when I first got here but I guess its now just a mild indifference I have now. I'd rather see the "real" side of the place I'm visiting. Kamakura has some nice walking trails that come out alongside some cool shrines, I really enjoyed seeing them, but now I'd rather just do the walk for the enjoyment of being in the forest as opposed to finiding a little known shrine

[AET 0]

I know mine well, not that there is too much in my immediate area. Having colleagues who'll take and show you is a big help, as is a car.