GWEN WILSON, Author, aka The Reluctant Retiree

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Wollongong is on the map!

September 18, 2022April 25, 2026 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 38 Comments

I've just come back from helping a neighbour install STAN on their television. WHY? STAN is an Australian subscriber-paid streaming service, and all this week it is streaming the UCI (Union Cycliste International) cycle races for free! Why do we care? Well, hey, hop on your bikes, folks - they are being held right here … Continue reading Wollongong is on the map!

Carrying on the way we started out

January 19, 2022April 25, 2026 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 15 Comments

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

From My Walk Today

April 21, 2020April 25, 2026 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 19 Comments

Sometimes when we travel, we overlook the beauty in our back yard. What better place to spend my hour's exercise than the beach behind our apartment complex? The ship that looks as if it is parked on the beach is the Ruby Princess, currently holed up in Port Kembla with ill crew on board. But … Continue reading From My Walk Today

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