Monday 10th June Mark and I are finally heading to Fiji and escaping the Sydney winter. We were advised by one of our uni friends about a particular island location to stay and so we made a booking for 6 nights at the adults-only resort. Our late afternoon arrival into Nadi didn’t allow enough time… More
Tues 14th May & Wed 15th May Tuesday was another glorious morning and the first part of the day was a bit of a repeat from yesterday. Matt and Mark set off for a bike ride and Annabelle and I joined them afterwards for a coffee. Brett, Ali and Charlie took off in search of… More
Sat 11th May 2024 All of our family, except for Tom, were spending the week in an AirBnB at Noosa Heads. Matt, Annabelle and Ted had already spent a week in the area, Ali, Brett and Charlie drove up from Tamworth and Mark and I flew up on the Saturday morning and collected a car… More
Saturday 6th April: Swans Day It was a glorious morning, and without the breeze from yesterday, which made for pleasant walking conditions. The boys set off for a bike ride and Colleen and I set out to head north along the Promenade to explore around the Marina area. This was a most interesting area for… More
Thursday 4th April This trip to Adelaide was for the AFL 2024 April Gather Round and we were joined by my sister, Colleen, and her husband, David. Our journey from Sydney started with the usual problems that Mark and I tend to experience when taking a bike on a holiday except that this time we… More
Friday 15 March This article covers the trip that Mark, myself, my sister Colleen and her husband David took to Narooma for a few days in mid March of 2024. We travelled down on a Friday and had three nights staying at Champagne Views, a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment in a duplex (one up… More
Monday 26th February It was a beautiful sunny morning for our last day in Hobart and we managed to fit in a harbour-front walk before our departure to catch the ferry to Bruny Island. Our plan for the day was to check out of our apartment in Hobart and head to the ferry terminal at… More
Friday 23rd February There was a change of plans for our schedule today. Originally, we were checking out early from Freycinet Lodge and heading to Orford to take a cruise out to Maria Island. We ended up cancelling that cruise though when it was modified and so we decided to skip staying the night at… More
Wednesday 21st February The next stop on our Tasmanian itinerary was Freycinet National Park which is located a bit further down the coast from Bicheno and our accommodation for the next two nights was at Freycinet Lodge. The drive down from Bicheno to the Coles Bay Area only took 30 minutes but it was drizzling… More
Monday 19th February It was quite overcast and cool by the time we arrived at Bicheno for our 3 pm check-in at Allure, that we had booked through Booking.com. It was pleasing to find the house very clean, reasonably modern and with everything we needed for our two night stay, including a barbecue on the… More