We were asked by the travel blog moderators if we would like to write the new Country Description for Australia as they thought the old one was out of date and it needed a refresh, we obviously accepted the offer as we felt capable of writing what was required. Caroline and I sat down and looked at Australia and wrote down what we considered a traveller would want to know about a country as a brief description, based on the fact that we only had between 250 and 300 words to write, this would be a snap shot of Australia. We started our country description, with Australia the Lucky Country, we truly believe it is, and we are truly grateful to be living here. We have fantastic weather, most of the time, a very small population, ... read more

xxJust call me darling Friday 10th April Waking up to a sunny morning in Sydney, Caroline slipped out of bed to make a cup of tea, it was lovely and relaxing to laze around, nobody was out of bed too early so we didn't feel too guilty. We eventually got up after doing a bit of blogging in bed, we were at Jan and Teddy’s residence and we managed to drag our backsides out of bed and made an appearance for breakfast. Jan, Ted, Glen and Bon were all in the process of getting up and ready for the day. Tea was in abundance, toast was doing in the toaster, I am a real sucker when it comes to Marmalade, I just love it!!. Over breakfast we came up with a plan that we would get ... read more

Poor My toes were freezing because I was wearing thongs (flip flops), the temperature on the car dashboard says 6 degrees C and when we checked the weather in Perth an hour before it was 17 degrees, oh and just in case I forget to mention later on, it has been snowing in the mountains, so it is fair to say that I am feeling the cold this morning! After a couple of days at Woodstock, enjoying the surrounds, Helen and Roberts company and sorting through our gear that we had stored in the container, we want to take some stuff back to Perth with us, in particular a saucepan that will go nicely in Roobie. We both have a mass session of trying on clothes and creating piles of "taking" and "leaving" amongst the nice ... read more

The reason we came over to the East was for our friends wedding we attended in Tarcutta and now the wedding was all done and dusted, literally we had the freedom to catch up with all of our fiends and there was no way we were going to travel this far and not make it a great event. Obviously our first stop was the farm, (My Spiritual Home) I just love the isolation of the farm, though only 60 K’s from Wagga Wagga, its tranquil, beautiful and a haven for peace and quiet. When we arrived I was so delighted to see Helen and Robert again after nearly two years away, they both looked very well, the thing I love about Helen is her no drama, no fuss approach to everything, from a splinter to the ... read more

We had worked all day and as usual I collected Caroline from the train station at 5.00pm and drove back to the house. We were nearly packed having spent yesterday evening sorting everything out and just had bits and pieces to put in to complete the task, just stuff like the charging of I-pads and I-pods, and all other things I-Whatever. With the final bits done, Olivia, our friends daughter, came to collect us as she was kindly taking us to the airport, it was raining outside, and we hadn’t seen any reasonable in for since well before Christmas and it would be welcome for the garden and hopefully the water tank. The drive to the airport was nearly an hour and fortunately uneventful we arrived at bout 9.00, it was raining quite hard, so after ... read more