Blogs from Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 14

At last back in the bush!!! The blue mountain national park is beautiful so we put on our hiking shoes and headed off to find some wild life! The first walk we did was to keep fit so we climbed up and down the 900 stairs at echo point to see the 3 sisters. You can see forest for miles and miles and they are really lucky not to have had any bush fires there for the last few years so it all lucks really green. The next day we headed out for a longer walk at Wentworth falls. We wanted to walk a slightly less well trodden path so we didn't walk the whole national pass but diverted slightly further down along the wentworth pass. We only saw 1 person along here so it really ... read more

Like all travelers - we seem to always have that itch that we just can't scratch when we are at home - the travel bug always bites hard and there is only one cure. But, I know I should never start a sentence with but, but ... While we are home bound our small plot of land has been keeping us busy and connected with the seasons, rainfall, harvests and lots of fun recipes for fresh vegetables. A quick peek in our cellar now reveals, aside from lots of our wine, jars of pickles, relish, chutney, also dill pickles and then a freezer full of home made sauces and pasta toppings. Ask us a question about what you can do with tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, etc. and we can assure you we have a vast array of ... read more

We celebrated Chinese New Year with our friends - Ohnmar, Sandar, Terence, Yong, Deborah, Nicky, Sarah and Mum (as in our Burmese Mum). It was a nice family day, sharing food, lots of laughter and stories about a recent trip the folks from the Panditarama centre made to Canberra. On Australia Day (also New Years Day) Lorenza became an Australian citizen. She has been an Australian resident for about 40 years and finally decided to take the plunge. Part of the reason she did not do this earlier was that the Aussie citizenship oath used to involve proclaiming loyalty to the British King or Queen, and Lorenza did not want to do this because the Netherlands has their own Queen, plus she wanted to give her loyalty to the country not the royal family of another ... read more

Blue Mountains, Australia - January 16th - 6:06pm Well I’m pretty knackered today as I only got about 7 hours of sleep last night! Ahaha I need like 12 hours, I’m old you know. I woke up and poked my head around the corner to see if Jean was up, she was busy doing her morning workout, I started to feel bad since I haven’t even done anything active since I’ve been here. I got over it pretty fast though! We slowly got ready and decided to pack another picnic. We loaded the car up, put the top down and let the wind blow through our hair, we were off. It’s another lovely day out today, it was about 27 degrees when we left the house this morning at about 10am. Life doesn’t get much better ... read more

Hola chicos and chicas, een update vanuit youth hostel blue mountains, close to sydney (last week of the trip helaas). Ok, na the Grampians zijn we doorgereden tot in Port Fairy, een klein vissersdorpje aan het einde, of begin, van de great ocean drive, die Anouk en ik al hadden gedaan. Bonus this time was dat het vanuit de helikopter te doen was deze keer, een hoop extra coole uitzichten, check pictures!! Onderweg ook nog de eerste surfers gespot op Bell's beach, surfing heaven. het ziet er alvast moeilijk maar zeer maf uit! Owke, ook al was deze weg opnieuw adembenemend, ik spaar je de herhaling! Onderweg naar Melbourne passeren we nog een paar 1000 zwemmers in het water, dit is blijkbaar de "Peer to Pub race", hehe, schitterend!! Concept: spring van de pier, zwem een ... read more