Wollongong to Albury – Day 1 of Road Trip March 2020

(Driving Distance Approximately 500klm or 310 miles) Friday 6th March 2020 Australians have coped with extended drought, water restrictions, unprecedented bush fires, flooding rains, and the threat of cyclones, but the thing that has brought them undone is the fear of running out of toilet paper during the Corona Virus crisis. Social media is running …

The Gold Coast, Queensland

I have had encouragement from some quarters to make a return to blogging, something I have put on the back-burner for many months now. Imagine my surprise to discover a half-finished draft post sitting in the system, dating back to MARCH -  yes, March, and our road trip north to Queensland. So there is no …

Eleven Nights for Eleven Years

When reading this post, please take into account that I actually started writing it an entire month ago. Life, somehow, keeps overtaking my best intentions. When Bill and I moved to our current abode - an apartment in an over-55s complex, on a golf course, beside the beach - I used to tell everyone . …