A year ago today I was in New South Wales, enjoying great hospitality and lots of new experiences. I had just spent a memorable couple of weeks exploring Tasmania and was about to drive across to Broken Hill and on to Adelaide: and it would not be the boring journey so many predicted: I lovedContinue reading “Eight months has passed”
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Another stage ends……
Sometime in 2008 I found myself feeling totally unequipped for some of the things I had to do at work. There was nothing for it but to find some way of increasing my skills especially in the areas of design that figured in marketing a school. It was with the excitement of anticipation that IContinue reading “Another stage ends……”
… and yet more from New Zealand’s South island
The next day I continued the drive northwards along the west coast. Once again I wasn’t sure how far I would get but had three places in mind to visit. Although the drive was not as spectacular as that from Haast to the glaciers, it was beautiful – cattle grazing in meadows at the footContinue reading “… and yet more from New Zealand’s South island”
More ‘How Great Thou Art!’ moments from New Zealand’s South Island
It’s strange how the weather on this trip has been just right for some activities and just wrong for some! Our enjoyment of the vistas of the Coromandel Peninsula had been diminished a bit by the rain, but we saw a different side of it. On this first day of 2011 I was able toContinue reading “More ‘How Great Thou Art!’ moments from New Zealand’s South Island”
Napier to Wellington
As I start to write this it’s already January 20th and I’m sitting in a comfortable hotel room in my last port of call before returning to Thailand. As always, I’m amazed at how much I have seen in the last three weeks – and am grateful for the opportunities there have been to extendContinue reading “Napier to Wellington”
New Zealand North Island
As I write it’s the afternoon of Boxing Day – December 26th – and I’m very aware that Christmas traditions vary according to where in the world you happen to be at that time of year! This year, I am sitting in a small apartment looking out over the ocean in Napier, the town thatContinue reading “New Zealand North Island”
Around Adelaide and South Australia
I was right to anticipate a warm welcome as I arrived ( later than anticipated) at my home from home in the Adelaide Hills. The small town of Echunga was to be my base for the next month and I knew I would enjoy being there. In principle, there would be some time to getContinue reading “Around Adelaide and South Australia”
From Wagga to Adelaide via Broken Hill
Just a month after leaving Chiangmai I was driving around the border of New South Wales and South Australia, visiting places that I’d only ever heard of in movies or on the news. Leaving on Monday morning I the drive through the Riverina area took me to Mildura where I found a motel for theContinue reading “From Wagga to Adelaide via Broken Hill”
Back to the Mainland
The drive from the Bay of Fires to Launceston took me through some lovely rural scenery: mountains, forests, fields and cows on the road. My late lunch consisted of cauliflower cheese soup: actually quite nice! Then as I was driving off towards Launceston, the herd of cows who presumably produce the necessary milk were crossingContinue reading “Back to the Mainland”
Seascapes
Leaving Hobart after a good morning at Salamanca, I pointed the reliable little Barina in the direction of Richmond, intrigued to see if there were any similarities to the Richmond where I started teaching. I knew there was a bridge at least! This drive was nothing like yesterday’s: quicker and much calmer because I HADContinue reading “Seascapes”
Living the Journey 