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 …
Just sitting in the rain…
Sounds silly? What about in my swimsuit, by Cairns 'sea front' by a swimming lagoon? Between the showers, coming with the imminent wet season I hit in each new place, I sunbathed in hot sun but it was often too much for a fair skinned English girl! Lounging in the deeper water, sitting by the …
Air Con Asia
What is Asia's obsession with air con??? Yes, Westerners might struggle with the heat and humidity but at night, sleeping or on trains not moving much, it gets freezing!!! I have experienced this daily now for months!! I , like ,any others in dorms, struggled with icy cold air con, either one setting or changed …
Reality of Australia…
Sitting on the train on 10 Nov, from Sydney to Melbourne, not long after we set off, I was looking out of the window about 8 am and was surprised - confused - about the countryside I saw. It looks a 'little deserty' I thought! Then I remembered it was desert-like and dry .. because …
Volunteering…Touch a Life
Patrick introduced me to Monica from France, who was here volunteering in a children's charity, Touch A Life, and she took both him on the Saturday to also help out, feeding the children and families in the water-borne villages at the edge of the city, and then me the Monday for a day in the …
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