Well, ending my Aussie leg of my travels I am currently flying out of Adelaide leaving behind family and friends once again. Tears saying bye to sister Sue with whom Ive stayed most of my 6 weeks in Adelaide, instead of trying Perth and Broome as Ive never been, and great niece and great nephews …
Category: Travel Blog 2015-16
Journal entries from my year out solo backpacking round the world August 2015-June 2016
Re-starting my life through travel
Reading Nomadic Matts latest blog post on travel films to watch on flights and scenery of the movies, two phrases struck me - that I relate to. The title one and 'its not what you carry but what you carry inside of you'. My year out travelling 'the world' is only a tiny part of …
KI Capers Pt 3
Day 3 Charmaine was back from Adelaide, so we hung around the house, those two never stopping with changes, repairs, watering or cooking and cleaning up. I went in to Kingscote while Paul did some bits, and had a quick wander through. We called to do bits and pieces along the way and back, like …
KI Capers Pt 2
Day 2 was a trip to Pardana in the centre, sadly a dying town originally set up for and by returning servicemen and their families who developed the land. We also visited the secret that is Stokes Bay for a paddle in clear cool water, and the bushland of Lathami national park, where we saw …
KI Capers (Pt 1)
So what have I been doing on Kangaroo Island, just off Adelaide via Cape Jervis? Staying with an old friend/employer from my 23 year spent in Adelaide, Paul and his partner Charmaine, at a beautiful setting Molly's Run up near Smith Bay on the north coast. About half hour out of Kingscote, a small seaside …
The inevitable bug!
...arrived on my way to Malaysia, so presumably caught in Thailand en route. But where, and when?! I racked my brains but there is no definitive answer is there? It could ne food go e off - I had tum yam prawns at my stay over hotel at Sunarnaphumi airport Bangkok, but it was starting …
Humid Cairns to humid Darwin
Well, arrived from Cairns to Darwin 28 Nov -2 Dec (weird with hot December, Christmas shopping in shorts and putting up decorations in a vest top!!) and its so humid in Darwin, one day I felt unable to breathe easily for a minute as I Stepped out the door! Darwin is different, a town still …
Too busy doing not writing!
Highlights so far have been: Diving the barrier reef on Silver Swift with my nephew, Sam, supervising the boat! I snorkelled to get me into it, then got to do two intro dives with very basic skills and holding on mostly to each other in fours with a qualified diver guide. I did have a …
IT doesn’t give me control!
Technology is supposed to 'help' not hinder! Do you feel like this sometimes? When it works, its great! Fast, efficient and helpful. But when it doesn't work easily or I don't understand the jargon, it is the most frustrating thing ever!!! Since starting my travels it is time consuming and stressful in the main. This …
Crocodiles!!!!
One I've seen, although captive now, at 5.5 metres called Wendell who has a long term partner only about 2 metres if that! They still produce young after several years and she apparently has been a calming influence as he was taken into Crocosaurus Cove after becoming too dangerous to humans in the wild. He …
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