I'd never heard of Paronella Park before, but this is what travel is all about. Jose Paronella was a Spaniard with a dream. He left is fiancĆ© in Spain while he came to Australia to make his fortune. 11 years later he returned to collect his wife, who not having heard from him in all... Continue Reading →
Heading up to the Cassowary Coast - to Mission Beach (šµfar away in time). That's Dunk Island in the background - I feel like I've won a holiday weekend on Perfect Match... Greg Evens and Dexter have chosen a person to go on the holiday with me based on our compatibility score and the answers... Continue Reading →
After Maggie, we headed back to Townsville for a few more days. While we waited for Starlink replacements to arrive and finish last minute jobs, we swam in the pool and enjoyed Tam's amazing platter work.... and I got to catch up with my gorgeous cousin (1 x removed) - Elena. This lovely lady has... Continue Reading →
I made it! Huzzah! So Tam, Matt & Alara (I will refer to this family unit as M.A.T from now on) have been staying with one of Matt's sister's Aunty M and Uncle Scott who recently moved to T'Ville and have a backyard that appears as though it was specifically designed to have caravans and... Continue Reading →
The next leg was going to be a lot of driving and as I'm writing this on the anniversary of my Dad's passing I realise that I'm channeling him. He loved to drive. He once drove all the way to Melbourne from Geraldton, arrived and played some pool with his grandsons, then got up the... Continue Reading →
After a teary airport drop off, I waved Felicity off and made my way over to my friend Jodie's house... I've know Jodie since back in the hospo days as well... Blog followers will remember Jode and her husband, Andre living in Shanghai and Singapore where they were living the life and I was visiting... Continue Reading →
Our last stop before Fliss has to fly home. I'm not crying, you are. We've had such a terrific 2 weeks together. The perfect house guest for Fern's maiden journey and I know in my heart that after she's gone home, I'll probably have scurvy before I get to Townsville. The whole way up the... Continue Reading →
I hadn't been to Byron Bay for approximately 30 years and Felicity had never been - ever, so we were looking forward to 3 nights there. Our longest stint in one place so far. We got there just in time for the sunset and were not disappointed. Staying at Reflections Holiday Park - right on... Continue Reading →
Look what we found just up the road... Coffs Harbour was a funny disjointed sort of town, but we drove around and finally found the beach. She was a rough old sea and there were surfers a-plenty out there enjoying the swell. It was only a quick in and out as we had places to... Continue Reading →
Sawtell did not disappoint as a place to stay and the whole coast was in for a bit of rain, so we decided to stay another night right here in Sawtell - as good a place as any in the rain. We spent the first part of the day getting all the washing done. Then... Continue Reading →
After the BIG Chill we explored Armidale a bit and found the farmer's markets.... "Shall I grab a bag?" I ask Fliss. "Nah, we're not going to buy anything!" she replies. Ten minutes later, I went back to the van to grab 2 bags to place all our wares as Fliss got inspired to cook... Continue Reading →
We took the windy Oxley Highway across the mountains. It was a lovely drive, but not one you can set your cruise control on pop into the back to make a cuppa! There were herds of cows on the roads just doing a bit of grazing... We arrived in Tamworth and headed straight to the... Continue Reading →
The great thing about travelling is you get to catch up with old friends along the way... Fliss' Aunty and cousin live here, so we caught up for a bit of lunch and an overdue catch up... we forgot to take a photo all together, but here are some pics from before lunch... Our mate... Continue Reading →
We have fallen upon a new video series - Fabulous Feasts with Felicity.... please enjoy the back catalogue of episodes. Ep 1: Nelson Bay Ep 2: Fabulous Feast with Felicity - Nelson Bay night 2
Today we're on our way to Forster-Tuncurry, the twin towns sitting astride glittering Wallis Lake are famous for turquoise waters, uncrowded beaches and the best Sydney rock oysters in Australia. So we drove down The Lakes Way, a windy scenic road in from the Pacific Highway and took the small detour to Seal Rocks for... Continue Reading →
Sydney to Newcastle to pick up one of my oldest friends, the lovely Felicity, Fliss, Flick, Flicker. A fabulous travel companion, excellent cook (trained chef) and great at doing everything she tries her hand to. She also wants to reorganise my cupboards to make things more efficient and I've never been happier. We didn't stay... Continue Reading →
This has been a long time coming.... this van adventuring is busy work! Gerringong was absolutely beautiful. we did a bit of driving around the surrounding towns and decided that the G was the place to be. The plan also being to try everything in the van and make sure everything worked and that I... Continue Reading →
Stay tuned folks for what I am hoping will be an epic adventure. I am on my way to pick up my van - a Mercedes Sprinter LWB named Fern. Fern Van Gogh - pronounced as if you are singing: š¶ Can you hear the drums Fern Van Gogh š¶ My sister, Jodie, her pooch,... Continue Reading →
When you are turning 50, it's important that you spread that celebration over as many months as you can.... For me, as my actual birthday isn't until mid June - Im aiming for 3 months, but would be happy to extend... So... straight after our Larapinta Trek in Alice Springs, Madz and I flew to... Continue Reading →
Larapinta? What? Where's that? I'm so glad you asked.... Firstly, let me take you back to before the Covid ruined everything... when I had a dream to walk the Camino from France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain - an 800km pilgrimage that has been walked by religious pilgrims for centuries... However, because I'd never... Continue Reading →