I’ve just returned to our temporary home and office (my uncle and aunt’s house at Bendigo, north of Melbourne) after almost a week visiting family in Perth, Western Australia, the country’s most isolated capital. And as much as I love it here, returning has been a shock to the system. While we had clear blue … Read more about The appeal of Perth: endless sunshine, blue skies and a bearable “lightness of being”
Do you ever get the sense that you haven’t been anywhere after you’ve travelled somewhere? And yet when you return you feel as if you have been ‘away’? I did a whirlwind trip to Perth this week to spend time with my Mum for mother’s day (last Sunday in Australia) and her birthday (the day … Read more about From here to there and back again
Check out our latest piece on Australia’s Top End on Viator, which is running a series of posts by Terence and I on destinations we’ve covered and things we’ve loved during our road trip Down Under. Here’s a bit of a taster, but read the full blog over at Viator, where you can also book … Read more about Australia’s Top End: part 1
Here’s part 2 of our piece just posted on Viator on Australia’s Top End. Read part 1 here and the full piece on Viator: 6. Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve – the result of an abandoned experimental rice project, this lush dam is a paradise for bird-spotters, with plenty of jacanas and egrets, and the omnipresent … Read more about Australia’s Top End: part 2
As I’m a tad too busy to blog at the moment and have limited internet access (I’ve done a quick trip to Perth for my mother’s birthday and Mother’s Day and to see my sister and her family), why don’t you drop over to my husband Terence’s blog Wide angles, wine and wanderlust and check … Read more about Food reviewing, photographing chefs and reflections on ragu