Friday, December 26, 2025

Christmas done and dusted

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That’s Christmas done for another year. This year’s festivities took place at Nicole and Jason’s in Rouse Hill. As we did last year, Garry a...
Monday, December 22, 2025

Counting down the days

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We can finally use the fingers on one hand to count down the number of days until our Round the World extravaganza begins. Five days from n...
Saturday, December 20, 2025

Venice for the first time

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Venice is a magical place. There’s something about this aquatic city that instantly captivates every first-time visitor. It's like wal...
Sunday, December 14, 2025

Terrorism next door

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At approximately 6:45pm this evening, we started hearing police and ambulance sirens going off around the neighbourhood. It was clear that...

Pompeii and Pisa

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It's retrospective post time again. Back in 1990, a Eurail Youth pass was an incredibly inexpensive and effective means of travel. Overn...
Saturday, December 13, 2025

Out for the afternoon

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Garry and I hosted our annual staff Christmas lunch yesterday. This year, we dined at Nour in Surry Hills. I pre-ordered the slow-cooked lam...
Friday, December 12, 2025

Deadly memories of Munich

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Let’s continue our Eurail journey through Europe. Regular readers will recall that I spent three months backpacking through the continent ...
Sunday, December 07, 2025

The Silly Season begins

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The Silly Season is off and running again for another year. Garry and I kicked off the festivities with a lazy BBQ on a friend's rooftop...

An Olympic sprint

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In 1990, Dean Keiller and I had grand plans for Greece as part of our European backpacking odyssey. As I’ve previously recounted, he and I...

Corfu

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In September 1990, I spent four days on the island of Corfu while backpacking around Europe . After exploring Italy’s iconic northern cities...