Here is where you will find all my musings, rantings, ravings and other blog posts sharing random thoughts. Mostly these are all travel related, but once in a while I will feel strongly about something and want to share it.
You will also find some of my earliest blog posts if you dig deeply enough. You can sneakily take a look back at how truely awful some of them were. Sadly (or not!) I deleted the worst ones a couple of years ago, so even these are not as bad as it got!
Welcome to my Sixty before 60 bucket list! In 2020, just as Covid hit, I made myself a bucket list of things to do before I turned fifty. I had no idea at the time I would not be able to leave the country for almost two years, and occasionally not even be allowed to … Read more
Finally, after two years of dealing with the Covid pandemic, things were looking up in 2022. The world was opening up, and finally, so were Australia’s borders. I could travel more easily once again. International Travel But did I? Well, not really. I didn’t add a single new country to my tally, but I did … Read more
I was just sitting down thinking about this last year of travel. Covid has played a huge role again in 2021, and at first I was thinking I’ve not been anywhere worth mentioning. Maybe I could find five highlights and post them on Facebook. And then I started looking through my photos. Not the ones … Read more
Are you wondering what gifts to buy the travellers in your life this year for Christmas? With travel back on the cards, there are plenty of things the traveller will love this year. So what do you get that your traveller will really like? I’ve tried to come up with a few things that are … Read more
Why do we travel? We travel for fun, to explore, to learn new things. We travel to visit friends, take up a new job, to relax, to learn about other cultures. Another reason to travel is to revisit the past. We all have those nostalgic memories from when we were younger, but is it a … Read more
With all the lack of travelling happening lately – and the likelihood that there won’t be a whole lot going on for the rest of this year – I have had a lot of time on my hands to think about the travel I want to do over the next (gulp!) almost-three-years! I’ve had a … Read more
I first discovered Hundertwasser when I was researching for my visit to Vienna, Austria, a few years ago. I was immediately hooked on his quirky, colourful style. Since then, during my travels I’ve been keeping an eye out for Hundertwasser around the world. Who is Hundertwasser? Friedensreich Hundertwasser was born Friedrich Stowasser in Vienna in … Read more
When travelling, in between all the stress of getting around, the language barriers and the crowds, there are moments of pure joy. Something about the place you are in just sparks, and you have this wow moment. Sometimes it’s those bucket list places that you just know you are going to love, but more often … Read more
Many of you will have read my previous post (you can see it here) about life throwing me a bit of a curveball. In October last year I was diagnosed with breast cancer. While I’ve not been writing about that here on my travel blog, I thought now would be a good time to give … Read more
It’s interesting when talking to other people, particularly those who don’t travel a lot, to discover aspects of travel that don’t even cross my mind. I was surprised to hear recently from someone that one of the reasons that they don’t travel very often, especially not by themselves, was that they were afraid of getting … Read more