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4th May 2024

Spiders
Sorry I'm so slow on catching up with your blogs. Surely you came across Huntsman spiders in Oz. I went to Fiji in the early 1980s (I can't remember where now.) What I do remember was that they sprayed DDT everywhere to keep down the mosquitoes. We have several huntsmen in our house. They keep down the flies and mosquitoes and don't cost us anything in spray cans. We just have to vacuum up the carcases - though the cat does a good job of helping. We also have two blue-tongues who have decided to move in to our house and help with the clean up!
7th May 2024

Huntsman
Yep, we get lots of these in Oz, but these ones seemed particularly big.
3rd May 2024

Couran Cove
Sylvia and I went to CC when it first opened - they had a "Special Deal": Pay for three days, stay for five. We smuggled in our own food so we didn't have to pay the extravagant food and drink prices on the island. I believe it has now closed down.
7th May 2024

Couran Cove
Still going I think, but I think they might have had some hiccoughs over the years.
3rd May 2024
The Breakaways

Beautiful
Stark and lovely
7th May 2024
The Breakaways

The Breakaways
Absolutely spectacular, and I had it virtually to myself.
3rd May 2024
Pichi Richi train line, Quorn

Australia
Miles and miles.... we took the train from Sydney to Perth and enjoyed the miles and miles of wilderness.
7th May 2024
Pichi Richi train line, Quorn

Oz
We realise now, if we didn’t before, that we live in a ridiculously big country.
28th April 2024

We are just two grumpy old men...
Next to Canterbury Cathedral is a large iron statue of a horse commemorating the 6 million horses killed in battles of WWI. I felt so sad. Thanks to the jeep fewer horses were killed in WWII.
30th April 2024

Dead horses.
All very sad.
5th February 2024

Amorgos
The more I read your blog, the longer my 'when we return to Greece' list gets. Those red roofed windmills are stunning, as are those charming little lanes :)
5th February 2024
Aegiali

Beautiful...
All your photos are lovely, but this one has a certain 'transporting' quality about it :)
5th February 2024

Two more tickets thanks...
"I’m not quite sure why the Greek Government would want to pay Australians, and just Australians, to come and live in Paros, but if that’s what’s on offer where do we go to sign up?" Please let me know if you figure this out! Andrew and I won't need to be asked twice :)
10th February 2024

Paros
It was just a guess based on the number of Aussies that seemed to be there. Hope I haven't got your hopes up. I think that entry might need a bit of rewording......
5th February 2024
Start of the Mount Zas track

A piece of my heart is back in Greece
Your photos of these Greek landscapes is giving me a major case of itchy feet :)
5th February 2024

Grumpy pants
I love your grumpy airport posts! Mostly because I recognise all your points as being absolutely 100% valid. On a related, well kinda related topic - have you read Alain de Botton's The Art of Travel? I think you'll like it :)
From Blog: Still Grumpy
10th February 2024

Art of Travel
Haven't read this, and sounds like I probably should.
From Blog: Still Grumpy
5th February 2024
Matera

Gorgeous!
Matera is definitely on our list for our next trip to Italy - thanks for taking us on your walk through! I've been waiting to get to your Greece blogs :)
5th February 2024
Piazza del Duomo from the belltower

I've heard good things about Lecce
Apologies if you've already mentioned it, but I keep wondering if this Carlos V is the same chap of the Palacio Carlos V in the Alhambra... probably is, but I'm terrible at remembering century-era dates :)
10th February 2024
Piazza del Duomo from the belltower

Carlos V
Probably, but couldn't be absolutely sure.
5th February 2024
The artist at work

Arty skills
I'm hoping to eventually see some of Issy's work as I make my way through your blogs :)
28th January 2024
The promenade from Castello Carlo V

Great photo
How amazing is that view? I would never have guessed this was in Italy.
28th January 2024

Churches of the Walking Dead
I don't think I've ever seen a Church of the Walking Dead, and now I really want to! Although, I grew up in a catholic household and for many years was immune to the somewhat brutal imagery in catholic paraphernalia. So it could be that I have seen one when I was younger, but didn't question how weird it was. That chalk reproduction is very good - he's captured the baby Jesus' massive head perfectly :)
25th January 2024
Monopoli harbour

Gorgeous!
Love your photos - it looks like a charming place. Looked in vain for a photo of the bikini 'mermaid' in blue paint though :)
27th January 2024
Monopoli harbour

Mermaid
Unfortunately wasn't able to get snap of her ....

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