Blogs from Vincentia, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania

7-1-8 near nandi fiji torrential rain, warm humid summer in the south pacific. days hve passed i've been dark places, lost, lonely the sometimes curse of the intrepid traveller. doubt, indecision, the existential dilemma looming not lurking, chant your mantra, hold on thru that difficult night. then the dawn, a new beginning i met michael who tlaked in a talahassie drawl of all the truths like a monologue of life. while he steadily consumed beer and occasionally wine. but i'd just finished malouf's 'johnno' a lyrical phraseology and before that 'my life as a fake' by carey. what genius. and so i called out to my muse. seeking inspiration and felt words form, flutter into life, fall into wonderful patterns like butterfly wings and tried to construct a world i could live in. 11-1-8 mollymook made ... read more

I know we've only been here 10 days, but the ocean calls, so we head on down (3hours drive South from Syndey) to Jervis Bay. When looking at Australia on Google Earth before we left the UK, Mike had spotted the white beaches (apparently some of the whitest in the world) at Jervis Bay, so the decision of where to go for our first weekend away was easy...we booked into a B&B in Vincentia, Jervis Bay. We found a gem of a B&B, called Dunes (www.dunes-bnb.com.au). Sandra, the owner, was wonderful. She couldn't have provided a better service if she tried. Our room was lovely and she had thought of everything, a spare sun hat and sunscreen, all the little touches that make you want to go back. She even made a packed breakfast for Mike ... read more