Blogs from West Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 5

Hi All Well, I'm on the last leg of this great adventure and trying to squeeze in the last few things I want to do before I have to step on the plane back to the cold and wet UK :-( I will try to bring a little sunshine back with me in time for the Easter weekend. My time in Perth has been made so much easier by a new friend I have made here. Gail emigrated here about three years ago and is the daughter of my parents' neighbours' friends! We had never met before but when I emailed to say I would be visiting Perth she immediately offered me a place to stay. I accepted gratefully. We are about the same age and hit it off straight away and it has been lovely ... read more

The trick is not to over plan the trip. All you need is a reasonable level of fitness, a touring bike, a rough idea of the route you want to follow and a love of life. I finished a contract on October 31st, decided a break would do me good, cleared it with the wife and kids and flew out on November 12th. So no drama but here’s the prep I did. I looked at the typical weather and Australia in Nov / Dec is going from Spring to Summer. I was aware that South Australia gets very cold in winter and was happy that it may get hot. Having said that some days shade temperatures reached the high 30s to low 40s celsius. That means road temperatures were higher, although the ... read more

Looking back I can see a misspent youth playing sports and later spending all my disposable income traveling around Europe, Asia, Australasia. Marriage meant a 2 year honeymoon through India, Nepal, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand and Borneo. A period of nesting and raising a brood gave the opportunity to enjoy a couple of years in Sydney and later to take them all on a four month trip through Thailand, Australia and Borneo. Then it was knuckle down time to put the kids through school softened by fantastic French camping and knocking out a few Ironman trialthlon events. UK events (for charity) gave way to overseas events in Switzerland, Australia and Canada (for fun). Then as the kids have started penning their own agendas the travel bug has returned with trips to Nepal, Cambodia and Australia, and ... read more

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Hello Everyone! Welcome to my travel blog which I intend to use to keep anyone that is interested informed of my journey to and around Australia. I leave in 3 weeks and the preparations are well under way. Visa sorted, flights booked, a few mini-trips and tours booked and my snakebite kit bought ;-) I've had a great time since giving up my office chair at the end of May: enjoyed watching some fabulous sport at the Olympics, Wimbledon, Eastbourne and New York travelled to Jersey, New York, Niagara (Canada), Portugal played a lot of tennis spent time with family and friends So now it's time for the Big Trip!! I will try to post on here regularly when the technology and time allows and I intend to keep you up to date with all that ... read more