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  • Swimming, Satay and Seafood

    Singapore isn’t short of attractions, but sometimes you just want to take it easy. It’s not like we haven’t been here before. B had some family matters to attend to so it was just Alex and I at the hotel. After spending some time in the hotel room we crossed over to the Parkway Parade…

  • Made it to Singapore

    A breakfast of Janggut nonya laksa and roti canai from the hawker stalls. We must be in Singapore! Going to take it slow today. Yesterday was pretty exhausting, no make it the last month. Taking it easy in the Katong area, listening to music as we relax in the Grand Mercure Roxy and just popping…

  • Dealing with turbulence anxiety

    What will cure a travel addiction? Is it possible to get tired of travel? Can other activities take its place? 2016 is almost over and I haven’t posted anything in months. The truth is that I’ve been struggling a bit. I’ve had flights booked, then postponed them to next year, unwilling or unable to leave…

  • By George, there’s water!

    As we rounded the crest of the hill we were greeted by an astonishing sight. Lake George had water! Not just a puddle in the centre, but a wide expanse. It’s been a long time since we’ve seen it this full. We were heading home from Canberra. Earlier in the day we had checked out…

  • Crossing states not by train

    Abandoned railway lines, tracks rusting away, sliced by roads, bridges collapsing, never to feel a train again. They make me sad. Never shall I have a chance to watch the landscape outside trundle by without a care in the world, without worrying about overtaking that truck and hitting that kangaroo about to leap off the…

  • Caves and cricket

    As I stepped into the toy shop on the main street of Lakes Entrance a tremendous wave of nostalgia swept over me. You don’t find too many toy shops like this in Sydney anymore. Toys’R’Us may be giant but we almost never buy anything there. Or it’s BigW or Target with the same old selections…

  • Rain, bows

    The rainbow stretched across the entrance to Port Phillip Bay, a grand multihued gateway to the mainland. I did say it was a magical place. We were on the car ferry from Queenscliff to Sorrento, a forty minute journey across the bay. Rather than drive via on the longer, but faster and cheaper, route via…

  • The A-mazing Bellarine

    Can’t just sit around doing nothing on this holiday, especially after a big breakfast of delicious crepes at the Panache Cafe. We began with a game of tennis at the caravan park court and followed up with a bicycle ride all the way to Queenscliff station. A few hills but a scenic ride, mostly following…

  • The steam train and the lighthouse

    At last a warm and sunny day! I write that as our cabin sounds with the white noise of heavy showers, but it was true when we awoke, clocks turned forward by an hour with the arrival of daylight saving. We hired Alex a “go kart”, a two seat tricycle, that we pedalled around the…

  • Outlaws and old times

    We celebrate a military defeat, many call for the anthem to be replaced with a song about a sheep thief and a bank robbing bushranger is a national hero. This is a strange country. Bit of a wet country too right now. A downpour at 5.30 AM woke Alex up which meant no more sleep…