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21 June 2025 – a memorable 46th birthday It was a bright brisk winter’s morning in Mittagong and my 46th birthday. My bonus-mum Sandra and her kitchen assistant, Neilo, cooked up a big breakfast of bacon and eggs to fuel… Read More »Birthday bush bash
14-16 February 2025 The weather forecast was not friendly but we were excited anyway to be getting together to celebrate Tan’s birthday. We had a 3 bedroom place in East Jindabyne with a nice view to the west over the… Read More »Conquering Kosciuszko
Image: Our boat in port at Skagway Fri 20 September 2024Post 4 of 4 Alaska Inside Passage & Vancouver I was grateful to leave NYC – there is too much hustle and not enough authenticity for me. It was a… Read More »Alaska & Vancouver
Image: New York City skyline Tues 10 September 2024Post 3 of 4 Ottawa, Toronto, Niagara and New York City Jenny and I trained it to Ottawa to visit my dear friends Lian and Laurent, their sons Hugo and Felix and… Read More »Canada’s capital & NYC
Image: Chester, Nova Scotia Sat 31 August 2024Post 2 of 4 Montreal, Quebec, Prince Edward Island & Nova Scotia A cyclone had just gone up the east coast of Canada so we spent our time in Montreal avoiding the wind… Read More »Quebec & the Maritimes
Image: Sunset at Waterfowl Lakes, Banff National Park Sun 18 August 2024Post 1 of 4 Alberta & Banff The arrival into Canada involved a very long flight time of 816 minutes and the stupid date line meant our Friday consisted… Read More »Canada is cool
2 June 2024. Written by Fred, Kristin and ChatGPT. The Monte Cristo Homestead, known as Australia’s most haunted house, stood like a sentinel in the dusk of Junee. A group of friends from Canberra had come to bid farewell to… Read More »Outback Noir: The Shadows of Monte Cristo
Image: Mountain Goat at Little Adam’s Peak 11 January 2024Post 3 of 3 With its spectacular views, stunning scenery and colourful landscapes, Sri Lanka is a destination for all kinds of tourists which makes tourism a growing sector of the… Read More »Sri Lanka is sumptuous
Image: tea plantation, Nuwara Eliya 3 January 2024Post 2 of 3 While the traditional Sri Lankan new year is celebrated in April in line with Sinhalese and Tamil customs, the Western calendar’s new year is still cause for much busyness.… Read More »Sri Lanka – hello 2024
Image: view of Sigiriya from Pidurangala 31 December 2023 Post 1 of 3 In short, Sri Lanka is fantastic. Green, friendly, beautiful, accessible, loads of culture and history, and very tasty food. It is an island the size of Tasmania… Read More »Stunning Sri Lanka
Image: Buddhist Temple, Penang, Malaysia 28 December 2023 My quest to make the most of treasured friendships took me to Malaysia and Sri Lanka at the end of 2023 for 16 days with my wonderful friend Chef. Signs decorating the… Read More »Malaysia
Image: Plaza Parterre, Parque de El Retiro, Madrid 16 October 2023 The catalyst for this grand adventure was my amiga Heather’s 40th birthday celebration, and given she now resides in Madrid, I needed to go to Spain. I used Heather’s… Read More »Spain
Image: Tallinn, Estonia 10 October 2023 I flew from 40 degrees in Morocco to 10 degrees in Estonia. Winter was coming! I was in Tallinn to visit my darling friend Liis and meet her delightful husband, fun stepson and adorable… Read More »Estonia
Image: fruit stall No.28 at Jemaa el-Fnaa, Marrakech 4 October 2023 Post 4 of 4 As we drove past countless well-kept and security patrolled palaces during our trip, I became curious about the King of Morocco and his role. He… Read More »The Kingdom of Morocco
Image: standard Moroccan football (soccer) field 30 September 2023 Post 3 of 4 The Kingdom of Morocco has a long history of successive settlers and conquerors meaning it is a mix of Africa, the Arab world and southern Europe. We… Read More »Mountains of Morocco
Image: Sahara Desert 26 September 2023 Post 2 of 4. I was super keen to see the Sahara Desert and I was not disappointed. The colours and lines were just magic. It was vast and surreal and vivid and oppressive.… Read More »Sahara Desert
Image: Rabat Kasbah 21 September 2023 Post 1 of 4. Coming in at number 55 on my list of visited countries is Morocco. A proud nation with diverse landscapes, climates and people. An earthquake hit central Morocco in late August,… Read More »Morocco
Image: Emma doing her best tree pixie impersonation in the forest at Roaring Billy Falls 12 February 2023 Post 4 of 4. Coming from Australia, the whole South Island seems devoid of wildlife. The Lonely Planet says that because New… Read More »South Island New Zealand 4.
Image: me at the viewing point for Rob Roy Glacier. The layer of ice on the mountain is the glacier. It looks like it could slide off at any time. 10 February 2023 Post 3 of 4 The roads on… Read More »South Island New Zealand 3.
Image: Mirror Lakes, on road to Milford Sound 5 February 2023 Post 2 of 4 We did well ticking off the Tourist To Do list on the South Island. Christchurch was lively and happy playing host to an International Busking… Read More »South Island New Zealand 2.