A Retrospective Reflection
Our Year That Was It’s hard to comprehend that this time last year Dean and I were house sitting in Rockingham just south of Perth and we still had more than … Continue reading A Retrospective Reflection
Tag: travel
The Best of The Best
Travelling around Australia, Dean and I had the most amazing time, the most incredible adventure and it was, without question, the most extraordinarily exceptional, astonishingly astounding, miraculously marvellous, and wondrously … Continue reading The Best of The Best
Goodbye Dicky Beach
The surf provided Dean with entertainment, the beach provided me with a great place to walk, the surf club provided us with a great place to eat, the warmth we … Continue reading Goodbye Dicky Beach
A Trivial Update
Twenty months down the track, we managed to tow our mini home through every state and territory of Australia and, although we failed to stay in the ACT (the Australian … Continue reading A Trivial Update
Around the Bend
Is It More Than a Curve in the Road? One of the things I came to thoroughly enjoy as we drove around Australia was photographing the roads we travelled across. … Continue reading Around the Bend
Our (Overdue) WA Top Ten
When Dean and I had been on the road for a total of 365 days, I shared the Top Ten Moments we’d experienced so far. At the time we were … Continue reading Our (Overdue) WA Top Ten
Closing the Loop
Finally Back to Where It All Began Five hundred and seventy days ago, on October 31, 2014, a little after 12 pm, Dean and I arrived at the Dicky Beach … Continue reading Closing the Loop
Sunshine Coast – Part 2
Wasting Time at Alexandra Headlands It feels as though we’ve not done anything since driving a little further south more than a week ago, but that’s not really the case. … Continue reading Sunshine Coast – Part 2
Sunshine Coast – Part 1
Back in The Great South East! However, we’re not home yet. South East Queensland (or as those who live here like to call it The Great South East), is an … Continue reading Sunshine Coast – Part 1
Our Little Corner
For me, taking a moment to share Earth themed images is an easy task after travelling around Australia for the last 18 months. The following is just a (very) small … Continue reading Our Little Corner
Hervey Bay
And No Whale Watching! Between April and November each year, both the western and eastern coastlines of Australia come alive with the spectacular, and often very acrobatic, displays of Humpback … Continue reading Hervey Bay
Bundaberg
The Town The first Europeans in the area were timber-getters (lumberjacks) and farmers who arrived in 1867. Timber supplies soon ran short and a new industry (corn production) was established. … Continue reading Bundaberg
Photo of the Week
This week’s Photo of the Week was taken last night. (Sunday, May 1, 2016)
Agnes Water and 1770
Queensland’s Discovery Coast lies between the cities of Gladstone and Bundaberg, only 5½ hours drive north of Brisbane, the state capital, and the place we’ve called ‘home’ for the last … Continue reading Agnes Water and 1770
A Day on the Water
Sailing the Whitsundays The Whitsunday Islands, or simply The Whitsundays as it’s more commonly known, is a group of 74 islands protected by the World Heritage Listed Great Barrier Reef. … Continue reading A Day on the Water
Enjoying The Tablelands
Thoughts on Where We’ve Been Up on the range, just a short drive from the coast, lies the Atherton Tablelands (The Tablelands). Still part of the World Heritage Listed Wet … Continue reading Enjoying The Tablelands
As Far North as Possible
Thoughts on Location No 96 Cooktown, Far North Queensland After leaving the Daintree National Park, we headed inland, over the Great Dividing Range, and (eventually) north along Mulligan Highway to … Continue reading As Far North as Possible
Into the Jungle
Daintree National Park Part of the World Heritage Listed Wet Tropics of Queensland (Wet Tropics). The Wet Tropics rainforests contain an almost complete record of the major stages in the … Continue reading Into the Jungle
Like a Guilty Pleasure
Great regional rivalry over who’s the biggest, best, and brightest in North Queensland exists between Townsville and Cairns. Who is the capital of North Queensland? Who attracts the greater number … Continue reading Like a Guilty Pleasure
To Kuranda and Back Again
The first thing I wanted to do when we arrived in Cairns was the ride the Kuranda Scenic Rail up through Baron Gorge, and then ride the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway … Continue reading To Kuranda and Back Again
A Sunrise and A Waterfall
What a Fantastic Sunrise Standing on the Cardwell beachfront, not another soul in sight, I watched my first sunrise on Australia’s east coast for quite some time, and what a … Continue reading A Sunrise and A Waterfall
Townsville – Part 2
Farewell to Family and Friends We rolled out of Townsville this morning and despite being closer to Brisbane than we’ve been in a very long time, we pointed the car … Continue reading Townsville – Part 2
Townsville – Part 1
Our Home Away From Home Although it hasn’t been ‘home’ since Dean and I moved to Brisbane 23 years ago, having lived in Townsville for more than 26 years, it … Continue reading Townsville – Part 1
Castle Hill
A Great Place to View Townsville Just short of qualifying as a mountain*, Castle Hill is a gigantic, pink granite monolith that rises from the plain where the city of … Continue reading Castle Hill
