Following on from our New Year's Day walk in the Wollongong Botanical Gardens, where we had resolved to start the year out the way we intended to go on with it, on this morning, Sunday 2nd January (2022), my sister and I headed off for a beach walk. We didn't take our phones with us, … Continue reading Carrying on the way we started out
Australian Tourism & Travel
Cars and Trains and Planes. So many ways to see Australia. It’s all in this section, including Sydney to Broken Hill on the government train (my most popular post) and crisscrossing Australia on the epic Indian Pacific or Ghan (both now privatised).
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New Year’s Eve Traditions
Somewhere in the world there must be a tradition that says you should approach New Year's Eve relaxed, refreshed, and regroomed. If not, I might start one. Sis and I were sitting on the balcony lingering over our light breakfast, coffee, and chat, plotting how to do a spa/salon-at-home day on it (the balcony), when … Continue reading New Year’s Eve Traditions
Red Dwarf takes my sister for a ride
Today's route: Wollongong - near Dapto - Killalea State Forest (near Shellharbour) - Gerroa & Gerringong/Seven Mile Beach - Berry - Kangaroo Valley - Robertson - Jamberoo (southeast on the fringe of the Budderoo National Park - return north to Wollongong. Day 3 of my sister's visit, the Thursday before New Year's Eve (is that … Continue reading Red Dwarf takes my sister for a ride
The Reluctant Retiree 