We have had just over 150mm or 6 inches of rain over the last five days. Prior to this it had been hot and dry with a couple of days around 40 degrees. So these last five days have been lovely. Some people complain about the rain but I love […]
Me ‘n’ the bucket… I am a member of an online forum – Aussies Living Simply – and some of the members organised a get together (GTG) today mainly for people in the South Burnett but also extending to all of South East Queensland. The GTG was held in a […]
We had to take our son into Ipswich for an appointment later in the day yesterday. I was going to go into work at Ipswich for a couple of hours, then drive back home, pick him up and then go all the way back again. 200km instead of 100km… MmmmWhen […]
Today is the last day of my trip. After sixteen days and 5,757km travelled, I am home again. This trip started out because I wanted to meet members of my extended family, to meet the people I have formed such strong friendships with online and to visit a state I […]
Today was a combination of travel and meeting friends. It was a very long day. I left Canberra around 7:30am and travelled along the Hume Hway to Moss Vale where I had arranged to meet my friend Kathy and her partner Michael. Moss Vale is a very pretty town. I […]
Today was a day of travel. I travelled 640km today from Morwell, Victoria to Canberra where I am staying the night.I slept in a bit and only left Morwell at ten to nine. I travelled to Bairnsdale where I had morning tea and a quick walk around. Water tower, Bairnsdale […]
Not much to report today. I left Melbourne and started my journey home. It was wet and cold again in Melbourne but not as bad as yesterday. I met up with another friend this morning and spent a couple of enjoyable hours. My friends are all great!I found the massive […]
Apparently today has been the coldest May day here in decades. All I know is it’s wet and cold. Because of this, I’ve had a lazy day today. Before the rain set in too much, I visited Heide Museum of Modern Art at Bulleen this morning. Albert Tucker’s works are […]
I slept in today. After I had a shower and then breakfast it was 9:30am. I hadn’t any plans for the day but I remembered a friend had visited the beaches at Mornington recently. So I decided that would be a good thing to do today. I left my motel at […]
I stayed overnight at a motel in Geelong. After I left the motel, I decided to go down to the waterfront and I found the Geelong Botanic Gardens. I spent an hour or so wandering around having a good look. It was a nice sunny morning and the harbour was […]