Sunday, July 28, 2013

Crop circles in the carpet

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  The repairs to our balcony are finally drawing to close.  After six weeks of construction, interrupted by more than a week of unrelenti...
Friday, July 26, 2013

The Final State

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We're off to Tasmania for Christmas.  This will be the first visit to Australia's island state for both Garry and I.  In fact, it...
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Thursday, July 25, 2013

Six weeks and counting

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I'm starting to get a little excited.  In six weeks time my mother and I will begin our 12-day tour of Japan.  Overnight, Kozantei Ub...
Sunday, June 23, 2013

Wet, wet, wet

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The apartment directly under our rooftop balcony has suffered water peneration problems for more than a year.  Nurmous attempts have been...
Saturday, June 15, 2013

Been there! Done that!

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My Auntie Pam has completed her first Sydney vacation.  It's been a wonderful time sharing so many of my favourite local sights wit...
Friday, June 14, 2013

Back to the Blue Mountains

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Mum and Pam’s penultimate day in Sydney was spent in the Blue Mountains.   The day dawned with surreal, ghostly fog flowing across the ci...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Manly for lunch

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Today's excursion was a ferry ride to Manly for lunch by the beach.  We picked a perfect day to see the harbour in all of its glory...
Sunday, June 09, 2013

Cool Canberra

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It's been almost 25 years since my mother last visited Canberra. At the time, her visit was a last minute addition to a travel itine...
Friday, June 07, 2013

Fort Denison

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Where do you take a regular international visitor for new and interesting experience of Sydney harbour?   As the years pass, this cha...
Thursday, April 25, 2013

Marmaggedon is over!

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A small miracle appeared in the mail this week.  My sister-in-law has sent me a "care package" from Auckland.  I'm now the ...

ANZAC Day at Bundeena

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  After more than two decades living in Sydney I've finally made it to Bundeena.  It's a quaint riverside town on the fringe of...
Sunday, March 31, 2013

Sublime Point

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Garry and I have spent the last two nights staying with friends in Jamberoo, a small village south of Wollongong. The area is a fertile, ...
Friday, March 29, 2013

Across the Bay

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The city of Melbourne sits on the northern shore of Port Phillip Bay, an enormous expanse of water, encircled by more than 264km of coa...