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Booked a Big Bus tour that does a hop on/ hop off loop around central Vancouver. Along with local recommendations, we find this a quick and easy way to see the city and go back.later if we want to see more. First stop Gas Town for breakfast. Mrs Nut had the maple syrup pancakes and I had a...

The downtown Vancouver view from our hotel room...

..and staying at the Holiday Inn & Suites in downtown Vancouver. Comfortable and a very handy location.

Arrived in Vancouver on Tuesday arvo, gotta love the Air Canada's belly cam.

I've got an appointment late next week.

Labour Day Monday in Canada and we did the short trip to Port Dalhousie for a look around. First up, lunch. Pank crumbed lake perch and a cleansing ale over looking a small craft marina. No pics of the lunch (which was great) and the marina (which was pleasant to look over) Went for a stroll...

Not big on cruises but would definitely like to see that land side.

Gates are opened.. ...and she's underway. To see this was absolutely amazing and fascinating watching a 36,500 ton ship rise and fall all by harnessing and engineering natural forces (the water is not mechanically pumped). Highly recommend.

..and so it begins again the other way. Ship comes in... ..positioned, secured and water pumped out.

As one ship departed another was on the way down..

Ship's in position and secured, lock gates closed... ...then add 91 million litres of water., open the gates at the other end and get underway.

Yesterdays office was at Lock 3 on the Welland Canal watching two ships using the lock. The lock is part of the greater St Lawrence Seaway System. Each lock is 233.5 metres long (766 feet), 24.4 metres wide (80 feet) and 9.1 metres deep (30 feet) over the sill. A lock fills with approximately...

Did you pay extra for the cherry picker view?

Next stop was 'Between the Lines' vineyard was originally established by German immigrants and is now run by two brothers. While it does ice wine it produces some great reds including Cabernet Franc. Sorry, wine barrel pic only, too busy tasting. Last stop, Palatine Hills. This vineyard is on...

Thursday afternoon's office was a three vineyard tour of the Niagara on the Lakes wine region. The region produces cool climate wines (akin to the Canberra region) that includes ice wine which we purchased a couple of bottles of to take home. We're working our way through to the rest 🙂...

My initial response was "you're sh..ting me right?" while Mrs Nut said "I'm not lifting the lid on that one."

Yep. The guide said a control dam was built in the 50's to control the flow of water to the power stations. It opens early in the morning to let water flow over the falls and closed at night to redirect the flows to the power stations.

Then a boat ride to the bottom of the falls or as close as we could get. we got soaked. Brilliant! Horseshoe Falls is approx 180 ft (55 Mtrs) high. The spray goes past the drop height and then much further into the air. The volume of water going over is 169,000 cubic metres per second. It's a...

Then there's the pics you post: ..and the one's you don't. Apparently this was a "quiet day".

We did Niagara Falls on Wednesday and strip away the kitsch, the Falls was well worth the visit. We did a guided tour that took us behind the falls, a boat ride to the bottom of the falls etc. We're not fans of guided tours but this was well worth it. The guide was engaging, fast tracked through...