Travelling in Lockdown

We got our quarterly statement for New South Wales road tolls today, covering the timespan 1st July - 30 September. We were plunged into COVID-19 lockdown on Saturday, June 26. Here's our holiday snaps of all the places we have seen since then: That's right folks. We been nowhere. On the upside, our fuel bill …

Riga Exodus #7

For my final post in this series, I will turn my attention back to the lady who inspired them - Miss Evelyn Knight - born in England in 1882 and fellow blogger Derrick J. Knight's great-aunt. She was one of the contingent of British-citizen Baltic States evacuees who arrived in Queensland in December 1940, as …

Riga Exodus #6

With our British-citizen Baltic States evacuees now safely in Australia, at least until the Pacific War breaks out, I can turn my attention to what life offered them in this safe haven. It is not possible for me to map the life story of everyone for whom I have a name, but here is a …