I'm still basking in the glow of my sister's visit, so I thought I would write a few posts on what we did each day. Kind of like a diary, but hopefully enough to interest others ... well, I will skip the first half day, because that was all the usual settling in things that … Continue reading Tamara Grace takes my sister for a ride
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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Welcoming 2022 in Peace and Serenity
My sister returned home recently after an eight day visit. We were blessed to have this precious time together, and felt reasonably COVID confident since we have both been cautious about socialising for months. All the same, we each took a rapid antigen test (RAT) on the morning before meeting up. All these words and … Continue reading Welcoming 2022 in Peace and Serenity
Cairns, Queensland day 7 Fri 21 May 2021
Today is the 22nd July, demonstrating it has taken me a full two months to document our short break in Cairns. I have been incredibly busy since returning, and am still so, even though we are in hard lockdown. Finally, (I hear readers breathing a sigh of relief), I have got the story to our … Continue reading Cairns, Queensland day 7 Fri 21 May 2021
GWEN WILSON The Reluctant Retiree 