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Image: PS I love you 26 February 2026 How good is life and friends and sunshine Being a persistent optimist, I tend to think that things generally work out for the best, sometimes in peculiar ways. The marking of my… Read More »11 year cancer-versary
Image: Kiewa Valley November 2025 A camping, hiking and winery visit to a beautiful part of Australia While sitting at the airport at the end of our Larapinta trek, Em, Nic and I locked in a camping and hiking adventure… Read More »Mount Beauty
Image: Day 2 – Larapinta Trail sign with No.1 Helen 4 August 2025Post 3 of 3 Wearing out our boots on the ground and eyes on the scenery We were essentially out of phone range for the whole 9 days… Read More »Larapinta Trail – part 2
Image: Sunset at Camp 2. 27 July 2025Post 2 of 3 The plan, food, camping and people on our flash hiking tour Nic, Em and I were all a bit nervous about the 9 days of walking ahead of us… Read More »Larapinta Trail – part 1
Image: Kata Tjuta at sunrise 20 July 2025Post 1 of 3 Exploring Kings Canyon, Uluru, Kata Tjuta and Yulara Flying from Sydney to Alice Springs, Emma and I were treated to a view of Lake Eyre filling with water. Em… Read More »Middle of Australia
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
Feb-March 2025 I was asked to dog sit dear little Alice for 10 days in February at Safety Beach, near Woolgoolga, while Carol and Wayne went to New Zealand. Alice lives next door to my good friends Sommer and Stefan… Read More »NSW North Coast road trip
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: mmm…pomegranate, Jalan Alor, 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