{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Jose Cortina's website","home_page_url":"https://josecortina.com","description":"Jose Cortina's website","author":{"name":"Jose Cortina's website"},"items":[{"id":"https://josecortina.com/travel-blog/f/day-7---ok-no-work-today","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/11f2be91-353b-476b-b1d1-fd4c6528e2d9/cliff%20walk.jpeg\"/><p>But it wasn't my fault. Faculty and staff in Australia are unionized, and Thursday was strike day, so I couldn't get to the office. So...</p>","url":"https://josecortina.com/travel-blog/f/day-7---ok-no-work-today","title":"Day 7 - OK, no work today","summary":"But it wasn't my fault. Faculty and staff in Australia are unionized, and Thursday was strike day, so I couldn't get to the office. So...","date_modified":"2026-10-22T21:47:57Z"},{"id":"https://josecortina.com/travel-blog/f/day-6---hard-at-workand-other-stuff","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/11f2be91-353b-476b-b1d1-fd4c6528e2d9/opera%20house.jpeg\"/><p>It occurs to me that I should clarify something. I am actually working on this trip. No really. It’s just that, if I’m a lark back home (and I am) then I don’t know what I am in Australia. A possum perhaps. Or a potoroo…...</p>","url":"https://josecortina.com/travel-blog/f/day-6---hard-at-workand-other-stuff","title":"Day 6 - Hard at work...and other stuff","summary":"It occurs to me that I should clarify something. I am actually working on this trip. No really. It’s just that, if I’m a lark back home (and I am) then I don’t know what I am in Australia. A possum perhaps. Or a potoroo…...","date_modified":"2026-10-22T21:13:00Z"},{"id":"https://josecortina.com/travel-blog/f/day-5---back-on-topic","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/11f2be91-353b-476b-b1d1-fd4c6528e2d9/collage.webp\"/><p>OK, yesterday’s post had nothing to do with Day 4 other than the fact that I had seen a spider. Newsflash From the Department of Duh! Today will have more to do with my actual trip.</p>","url":"https://josecortina.com/travel-blog/f/day-5---back-on-topic","title":"Day 5 - Back on Topic","summary":"OK, yesterday’s post had nothing to do with Day 4 other than the fact that I had seen a spider. Newsflash From the Department of Duh! Today will have more to do with my actual trip.","date_modified":"2026-10-20T19:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://josecortina.com/travel-blog/f/day-4---spiders","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/11f2be91-353b-476b-b1d1-fd4c6528e2d9/shelob-9223ca96-8f4c-4284-9dba-cc9d0dca27d-res.jpg\"/><p>Apparently spiders are a thing in Australia. Spiders are as Australian as prawns, Paul Hogan, and melanoma. The vast majority of them are harmless. Sure, like us, Australia has black widows (which they call redbacks), bu...</p>","url":"https://josecortina.com/travel-blog/f/day-4---spiders","title":"Day 4 - Spiders","summary":"Apparently spiders are a thing in Australia. Spiders are as Australian as prawns, Paul Hogan, and melanoma. The vast majority of them are harmless. Sure, like us, Australia has black widows (which they call redbacks), bu...","date_modified":"2026-10-19T21:16:23Z"},{"id":"https://josecortina.com/travel-blog/f/day-3---arrival","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/11f2be91-353b-476b-b1d1-fd4c6528e2d9/succulent.jpeg\"/><p>We made it. But first, an explanation about yesterday’s post. When you travel to Australia from the US, you cross the international date line. This is a sort of arbitrary N/S line where one day begins and the other ends....</p>","url":"https://josecortina.com/travel-blog/f/day-3---arrival","title":"Day 3 - Arrival","summary":"We made it. But first, an explanation about yesterday’s post. When you travel to Australia from the US, you cross the international date line. This is a sort of arbitrary N/S line where one day begins and the other ends....","date_modified":"2026-10-18T18:54:25Z"},{"id":"https://josecortina.com/travel-blog/f/day-2---in-transit","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/11f2be91-353b-476b-b1d1-fd4c6528e2d9/wallaroo.jpeg\"/><p>Niente. I’ll explain tomorrow. But at least there’s a pic of a wallaroo (the one on the right).</p>","url":"https://josecortina.com/travel-blog/f/day-2---in-transit","title":"Day 2 - In Transit","summary":"Niente. I’ll explain tomorrow. But at least there’s a pic of a wallaroo (the one on the right).","date_modified":"2026-10-17T16:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://josecortina.com/travel-blog/f/day-1---october-16-2026---departure","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/11f2be91-353b-476b-b1d1-fd4c6528e2d9/IMG_1275.jpeg\"/><p>This is my 13th trip to Australia, but I am just as excited as I remember being the first time. I really do love it there.</p>","url":"https://josecortina.com/travel-blog/f/day-1---october-16-2026---departure","title":"Day 1 - Departure","summary":"This is my 13th trip to Australia, but I am just as excited as I remember being the first time. I really do love it there.","date_modified":"2026-10-16T11:39:13Z"}]}