November 2, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
We’ve stayed in a lot of jive places. We’ve even enjoyed most of them. There’s often charm to bamboo floors with cracks between and glimpses of water beneath your feet, […]
November 1, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
“Mama, why do they call it a live-aboard?” Elisha asked while we were waiting. “Well… because it’s a boat we’re going to stay overnight on… you know, we’ll live-aboard it […]
November 1, 2013 in Australia, Oceania
My Dad tells a story of going flying with my Uncle Bill, who may, or may not, actually have had a pilot’s license. In his colourful version Uncle Bill is […]
October 30, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
By the time you are reading this we’ll be hovering in the liquid blue over the Great Barrier Reef. This is a bucket list item for us. We’ve planned it […]
October 26, 2013 in Inspiration
The Barossa Valley in late spring is a little slice of heaven. Fields of winter wheat ripening towards gold. Acre up on acre of vineyard unfurling new leaves and stretching […]
October 26, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
sunburnt earth. mirage. nuanced landscape, subtle change, ubiquitous flies (We have kind of a thing for haiku… I wrote this one between Richmond and Hughendon on the long flat. There’s […]
October 25, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
We did not expect to find Alice Springs surrounded by hills. For a thousand kilometers in every direction the Red Center of Australia stretches in a rarely interrupted, pancake flat […]
October 23, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
Last post I tried words… but really, pictures are better:
October 22, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
Imagine a pebble in your hand. Make it a piece of sandstone. Roll it around in your mind’s eye. One solid piece of rock formed over millions of years from […]
October 20, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
We meet the most fabulous people as we travel (Have I said that before?!) Hannah took a little tumble in Coober Pedy, if you remember. We were lucky enough to […]
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