Travel Vancouver Island

06/17/2020

Biking along Dallas Rd is amazing but you sure do have to watch out for cars backing out of diagonal parking spaces along the beach. I had to dodge 3 cars in the one ride!! But that won't keep me away.

Easy & scenic bike ride from Oak Bay near Royal Jubilee Hospital, along Dallas Ride, Wharf St bike lane, ending at the start of the Galloping Goose Regional ...

05/25/2020

Physical distancing on sunny days in Victoria can be tricky. Understandably, lots of people want to get out for exercise so keeping 2 metres sometimes means having to spill over onto the streets or just bike out a bit further. My ride out from Galloping Goose trail start to Roche Cove Regional Park was amazing with friendly people all doing their best to respect each other's attempts to distance.

05/02/2020

Nanaimo wins apocalypse bingo!!

Murder Hornets set up shop in Nanaimo last fall. The guy who tried to remove them got stung through his beekeeper suit & sweatpants & is pretty lucky to have survived.

Apparently, Murder Wasps have been seen in other parts of the Pacific Northwest where their invasion of bee colonies is described as carnage — thousands and thousands of bees with their heads torn from their bodies.

Nature huh 😳🤓

Sightings of the Asian giant hornet have prompted fears that the vicious insect could establish itself in the United States and devastate bee populations.

04/21/2020

Tribute to healthcare workers mural now complete -- 965 Granville Street. Sponsored by Downtown Vancouver Business Association

03/19/2020

Nezza Naturals is an amazing, ethical store but they've just upped their game by teaming up with Victoria Distillers to produce much-needed hand sanitizer for health care workers.

A Victoria distillery and a local cosmetics business are partnering to create free hand sanitizer for health-care workers, dentists and nurses.

02/07/2020

I was looking for kid activities for the summer & came across Panorama Rec Centre. Did you know they heat their pools using Saanich's thermal recovery system?

PRC is one of the most cutting edge facilities on Vancouver Island, thanks to their Saanich Peninsula Thermal Energy Recovery System which has replaced natural gas as the heating source for the pools. This saves tons of green house gases.

02/04/2019

Nooooo … the snow is starting to stick in Victoria

10/02/2018

Yay!!!! Nanaimo Aquatic Centre reno’s are all done and it’s back open for business.

08/29/2018

Tons of options for exploring Vancouver Island

Tofino Bus was founded in 2002 providing a direct backpacker and surfer shuttle to Tofino. 16 years later we have grown to provide daily schedules to all corner sof the island, Port Hardy in the North, Nanaimo and Courtenay in the East, Tofino in the West and Victoria in the South. Each schedule als...

08/23/2018

The stink from smoke in downtown Victoria is so bad it’s nauseating. I was sure a wildfire had started on Southern Vancouver Island. But it’s just that smoke has blown towards the city and is being pushed down to sea level by tonight’s colder marine air. Its supposed to improve by morning.

Shifting winds are blamed for delivering heavy pockets of smoke from wildfires