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The hire people brought our vessel up that evening by truck , a large , heavy , and mercifully stable double kayak , big enough to hold the kitchen sink , they said . ( The defeated challengers , in a display of solidarity , declined our requests for practice races . We drove the Titanic through thick snow , six of us . Head Smashed In buffalo jump ( now a UNESCO world heritage site ) , the world-famous Dinosaur Museum at Drumheller ( signposted on a highway far away as " Museum : 176 Km " which we always reckon just about sums up the culture scene in Alberta - - or used to ) , the cowboy museum at Cochrane . By the time the road was reopened a couple of hours later , Ian and Pam had each missed their evening rehearsals , with the most original of excuses - - " Sorry I could n't make it last night , I was confined at home by the armed offender 's squad . The highlight was a show by the " Good Ol ' Girls , " four writers and musicians from the deep south . Currently she lives in Avalon and works a little further south in Manly , a northern suburb of Sydney . We met up with friends Neil and Karen who have a holiday home on the island-in fact , we abandoned Beulah one stormy night and spent it with them . You don wetsuit , helmet and head-torch , and head underground with an inner tube , clambering down a pothole ( " tomo " = hole ) and ending up in a stream ( " wai " = water ) , jumping down small waterfalls in pitchy blackness and finally floating down a broad underground river gazing at glow-worms far overhead , like stars in a moonless night sky . Her hours have been increased to three days a week , which is just the right level for her . When ex-pianist Craig was here in June , they played in the local JBC - - jazz blues concept - - jazz club , along with a singer , to a large audience consisting mostly of computer scientists . Pam also undertook some not very subtle brainwashing of the new Principal ( a self-proclaimed jock who was of the opinion that music was just fun and not as essential a part of the school curriculum as , say , rugby ) , and choice phrases like " whole-brain learning , " " life-long hobby " and " performance confidence " spiced up many a staff-room conversation . We've waited impatiently for ten o'clock when we could decently open the first beer of the morning , sipped Chardonnay on a calm afternoon , and warmed ourself with a tot of rum on chilly evenings . First to a conference in Sydney , prior to which he spent a lovely weekend in Manly at Anna 's flat . With some trepidation she drove on and duly locked herself into the house , armed only with a soppy Labrador and telephone .