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: 🎶 Can you hear the drums Fern Van Gogh 🎶 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 →
Well goodness me - it's been over a year since I last wrote a blog post. You were probably getting a bit sick of me anyway - I know I was, hence the break. Now I'm back on the eve of a new trip to Portugal and Spain with me Jenny and I'm sitting here... Continue Reading →
Each year, for a number of years, my parents, Jen & Col have joined (lead) the convoy of 'blonde' nomads up the coast to the idyllic beauty and warmth of Broome in the Kimberley - in the north west of WA - it averages 29 degrees & blue skies every day between June & August.... Continue Reading →
Today is the last day of the Games for me and I'm flying solo. My Team Aus buddies had to head back to Victoria for a family matter, so the journey down to the Gold Coast wasn't nearly as exciting.... there also wasn't as many people on the train or at the station or on... Continue Reading →
Tonight is all about the Athletics - track and field..... a little like country and western - you either love it or your hate it, but you can't have one without the other. We were all geared up and kept ourselves amused for the journey back down to the Gold Coast. There were practice OWAF... Continue Reading →
Yesterday was our Monday day off and that's exactly what we did - Nothing! Part of the team (GK & Erin) went to the swimming which they said was awesome and we watched whatever we could at home on the telly - there was lots of lawn bowls, women's weightlifting and netball - where the... Continue Reading →
So when you're a Team Aus Spectator, you need a day off every now and then - especially when you are travelling nearly 2 hours each way to the venues... it can take it out of you, so today I stayed home whilst Rob went to the hockey with his mates and Madds went to the... Continue Reading →
Day 2 and it already feels like I've been here for a week! Today is the badminton and we're making our way to the Carrera Stadium. Yes... some of you will have noticed that we're wearing the same t-shirts as yesterday and those that didn't notice, well, now you know. We paid good money for... Continue Reading →
Day 1 - Gymnastics But first things first - It was my job this morning to get Archie off to day care and luckily he knew the way (it's only 3 blocks away, and he's only 3.5 years old) and my second job was to make our lunch... you can always purchase food at events... Continue Reading →
Last night was the opening ceremony which I thought was pretty good. A bit draggy in parts, but all in all - what you would expect. However, the poor participants/directors/organisers woke up this morning to some scathing reviews... which just goes to show that you can't please everybody all of the time - not even... Continue Reading →
Well hello dear readers..... heavens hasn't it been a long time since our last encounter? When you were with us last Me Jenny and I had embarked on a journey through the Scandinavian loveliness of Finland, Norway and Iceland in search of the Northern Lights. A fabulous trip filled with amazing scenery. 2018's big adventure... Continue Reading →
Have you ever been to Lord Howe Island? I hadn't heard of it until a few years ago because it's not mentioned too often in every day conversation, but my mate, Madd's dad, Graham (GK) had read about it and wanted to go. What has that got to do with me? I hear you ask...... Continue Reading →
Following on from the last post...... we arrived in Broome. We'd arrived early. Our site wasn't vacant yet so we had to bunk down on a different site for a couple of nights before ours was going to be free. So we did a temporary set up knowing that we had to pack up and... Continue Reading →
Well fellow blog followers, we were up bright and early this morning to embark on our final leg of this seemingly endless journey (😉 I'm just kidding - I'm loving it! but.... I am ready for it to be finished - 😳) We said goodbye to our lovely coy friend..... ..... then it was back... Continue Reading →
So after a near perfect afternoon yesterday, we awoke to a gale force wind! Still blue skies though, so..... you can't have everything. Even so, it was a good time to pack up and get the hell out of Port Samson. Our goal destination today was to be the Pardoo Roadhouse...... but as the day drew... Continue Reading →
Day 3 at Port Samson and after a downpour last night and then another little bit of rain this morning, the clouds finally disappeared and we were treated to this beautiful blue sky. With this brand new sun shiney day, Jen & I took ourselves for a lovely walk to the beach. My guess is... Continue Reading →
After a full day of grey, grey, grey, grey....... ...... we were graced with a bit of blue. It didn't last long though......
Port Samson is a little town - I counted about 100 houses on Google Maps. The caravan park is right near the water and has a little path down to a rocky beach. So as soon as the van was set up and the washing was on, Jen and I popped down there to see what was... Continue Reading →