From back row, left to right: Daniel (Alana's boyfriend), Ethan (Jame's Son), James, Peta (James's daughter), Alana (Linda's daugher), ME, Simone (Linda's daughter), Linda, Tyler (James's daughter), Hopper (James's Son).
Meet the Family August 6th 2005 One of the big draws to Adelaide was that I have family there, on my Dad's side. I think Fiona spoke about meeting Ron and Sue Ireland in the leaving Perth post, Ron is my Dad's cousin, my Gran's maiden name was Ireland. Well Ron and his family (my Gran's brother Peter, his wife Jeanie, and their 5 kids) moved to Adelaide in 1959, the rest of the family still live there (Ron married a lass fae P ... read more
Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide » Port Adelaide Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more
Fiona and I started this blog in September 2004 when we decided to take a break from our jobs to go tour some of the world with a bag on our back and some money in our pockets.
We had an incredible time, seeing some beautiful places and meetings some nice people along the way, we started in San Francisco and our last destination was Bangkok, in between we visited Hawaii, New Zealand, Fiji, Australia, Korea, Japan, China, Vietnam and Laos.
We were armed with a 1.2 megapixel camera at the time, no mobiles, no WiFi, just good old fashioned books and the occasional internet cafe. The trip w... full info