As for why I was travelling this weekend, I attended the Vintage Toys of the Universe retro con in Lommel in Belgium. And Tiny Koala tagged along. #TinyKoalaAdventures #Aussiecon5 #VintageToysOfTheUniverse #Lommel #Brisbane2028 #Meanjin2028

You can't travel to the Netherlands without visiting at least one windmill, so Tiny Koala pays a visit to windmill Adriaan in Veldhoven. #Veldhoven #TinyKoalaAdventures #Aussiecon5 #Brisbane2028 #Meanjin2028 #Windmills

When in Belgium (well, almost): Tiny Koala is enjoying a Westmalle Trappist beer at the Abtijbar at Hotel Konimgshof in Veldhoven in the Netherlands about 20 kilometers from the Belgian border. #TinyKoalaAdventures #Aussiecon5 #Eindhoven #Brisbane2028 #Meanjin2028

Tiny Koala is enjoying a hearty lunch of egg benedict on avocado toast, curry soup and bitterballen on toast at Cafe de Paris in Venlo in the Netherlands. #TinyKoalaAdventures #Venlo #FoodSky #Aussiecon5 #Brisbane2028 #Meanjin2028

Tiny koala is checking out the Milford speculative fiction writers, who now gather twice a year in Gladstone's library in Hawarden/Penarlâg, Wales/Cymru.

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Tiny koala is checking out the booze in Gladstone's library in Hawarden/Penarlâg, Wales/Cymru.

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Tiny koala is sightseeing in Gladstone's library in Hawarden/Penarlâg, Wales/Cymru. What might be this gas lighting be that so intrigued the Victorians?

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Tiny koala is sightseeing at Gladstone's library in Hawarden/Penarlâg, Wales/Cymru.

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Tiny Koala poses with a more appropriately sized model of the Henrichenburg boat lift in the visitor center. #TinyKoalaAdventures #Aussiecon5 #Ruhrgebiet #Brisbane2028 #Meanjin2028

Tiny Koala continues his industrial history tour of the Ruhrgebiet and visit the very Steampunky Henrichenburg boat lift in Waltrop. Built in 1899 on the Dortmund Ems canal. #TinyKoalaAdventures #Aussiecon5 #Ruhrgebiet #Brisbane2028 #Meanjin2028

Industrial history is more than just mineshaft elevator towers. And so Tiny Koala visits the spoil tip Hohenward in Recklinghausen, now a park with an interesting artwork on top of the former spoil tip. #TinyKoalaAdventures #Ruhrgebiet #Aussiecon5 #Brisbane2028 #Meanjin2028

Tiny Koala continues his industrial history tour of the Ruhrgebiet by visiting the mineshaft elevator tower of Mine Klärchen in Recklinghausen. Built in 1967. #TinyKoalaAdventures #Ruhrgebiet #Aussiecon5 #Brisbane2028 #Meanjin2028

Tiny Koala visits the German Mining Museum in Bochum and admires the mineshaft elevator tower of the former Mine Germania that towers above the Museum. #TinyKoalaAdventures #Aussiecon5 #Ruhrgebiet #Brisbane2028 #Meanjin2028

Tiny Koala is fascinated by industrial history and so he decided to visit the industrial history sites in the Ruhrgebiet. Here he visits the mineshaft elevator tower of Mine Monopol in Kamen. The tower was built in 1966 and the mine was shut down in 2010. #TinyKoalaAdventures #Aussiecon5 #Ruhrgebiet

Tiny koala is sightseeing in Chester, England.

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Today, Tiny Koala is paying a visit to Toyplosion, Europe's biggest toy convention in Castrop-Rauxel. #TinyKoalaAdventures #Aussiecon5 #Brisbane2028 #Meanjin2028 #Toyplosion #Ruhrgebiet

Tiny Koala gazes across the museum harbour in Bremerhaven with the submarine "Wilhelm Bauer" and the other historical ships of the German Maritime Museum. In the background, you can also see the radio tower of the Alfred Wegener polar research institute. #TinyKoalaAdventures #Aussiecon5 #Bremerhaven

Tiny Koala also paid a visit to the Havenwelten complex in Bremerhaven with the Mediterraneo Mall, the Sail City Hotel and the Climate House museum. #TinyKoalaAdventures #Bremerhaven #Aussiecon5 #Brisbane2028 #Meanjin2028

Tiny Koala takes a look at submarine "Wilhelm Bauer". The "Wilhelm Bauer" entered service in the final days of WWII, was sunk, raised, returned to service. In active service until 1982, she found her final home in Bremerhaven's museum harbour. #TinyKoalaAdventures #Aussiecon5 #Bremerhaven

Tiny Koala pays a visit to the emigration monument in Bremerhaven. In the 19th and early 20th century, Bremerhaven was one of the busiest ports for emigrants heading to North America. Tiny Koala wonders whether some of them also went to Australia. #TinyKoalaAdventures #Aussiecon5 #Bremerhaven