Perth Trip 2022, Days 5-6: Settling into Freo; Visiting Rotto

Like many tourists I think, when we come to Perth we gravitate to Fremantle (or Freo as it is affectionately called.) This probably sounds like we are old hands, but in fact I’ve only been here two or three times before, and Len once. That last time was in 2005! For our non-Australian readers, I … Read more

Thredbo 2021, Days 1-2: Prequel

We would be lying if we didn’t say we were a bit anxious about going away right now, given the little COVID-19 outbreaks around the place. We don’t want to get sick ourselves, and I don’t want to be banned from visiting Dad because I’ve been in a hotspot. However, southwest regional New South Wales … Read more

Melbourne Trip 2020 (Feb): There and back

We have been visiting Melbourne a few times a year for several years now, because both our children, and now our first grandchild, all live there. We don’t usually blog about these visits, because, although we do some sightseeing, the visits are mostly about private family stuff. However, this February we did some things we’d … Read more

Port Macquarie Trip, Part 1: The first few days

We weren’t sure we were going to do any posts on this trip, given we’ve been to Port Macquarie so many times over the years – but we’ve decided that there are some things we’d like to document and share, so here we are. We’ll probably just write a couple. En route We left Canberra … Read more