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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.
Image: Aoraki (Mt Cook) + Hooker Lake 31 January 2023 Post 1 of 4 My 2023 began with a jump across the ditch to explore the South Island of New Zealand with my good mate Emma. How to introduce Emma?… Read More »South Island New Zealand 1.
Image: Yaks & a cow grazing at Gokyo Post 6 of 6 6 October 2022 Arriving in Lukla to start the trek, we were enamoured by the lush green mountains looming over the deep long valleys with rapid rivers cutting… Read More »NEPAL – Landscapes
Image: sunrise from Gokyo Ri Post 5 of 6 2 October 2022 Altitude was not a concept I had thought much about before this adventure. For most Australians I think altitude only gets serious in an aeroplane given our highest… Read More »NEPAL – Altitude
Image: Dev at Dzongla on yak dung duty Post 4 of 6 29 September 2022 Potatoes are the principle crop of the Sherpa people. The altitude and climate of the Khumbu Region means that it is difficult to harvest most… Read More »NEPAL – Potatoes
Image: me with Mt Everest & friends from Renjo La. The village of Gokyo is on the far side of the glacial lake. Post 3 of 6 26 September 2022 Never had a thought about possibly seeing Mt Everest been… Read More »NEPAL – Everest
Image: Dev at Gokyo Ri Post 2 of 6 22 September 2022 I have recently recognised that I am a ‘Greeter’. That is someone that likes to acknowledge people coming the other way. Therefore the Sanskrit salutation of ‘Namaste’ common… Read More »NEPAL – Namaste