Monthly Archives: January 2019

Outside the Metropolis

As well as spending much of our time in Sydney and Melbourne, we also rented cars and explored some of the areas beyond the cities. This proved an interesting experience in lots of ways. From Melbourne we took a car and drove one of the world’s great car journeys. The Great Ocean Road south of […]

Our Time in Sydney and Melbourne

We will be spending five weeks in Australia, rather than the expected four days. This has given us a unique opportunity to see Australia in a different light. Instead of just being tourists, we have had a chance to live in different places, and experience life like the locals. Our first area we discovered was […]

Welcome to New Zealand

What a beautiful place New Zealand is. Whilst our stay, this time, is in South Island only, it is still a great taste of the country. First some simple lessons to help understand “kiwi”. Note that “e” is pronounced “i” as in “yis” and “iggs”, whilst an “i” is pronounced “u” as in “fush and […]

Everything grinds to a halt….

Apologies for a hiatus in blogging, but everything did grind to a halt. After a few days in Thailand relaxing, we flew to Sydney for four days to catch up with friends. However, this went a bit “pear-shaped” after a chance encounter with a pharmacist. After asking a seemingly innocuous question, she pointed out that […]