Burra Town Hall Museum: Family fun for (almost) free!
October 13, 2013 in Australia, Oceania
Burra is in the middle of nowhere, but it has a great little museum. It would be easy to drive right by and miss it… make sure you don’t! For […]
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Barossa Valley & Wineries: Photo Essay
October 13, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
The Barossa valley is beautiful… It’s the wine region of South Australia and feels very much like Sonoma, in California. Of course, we spent an afternoon touring (and tasting!) the […]
Barossa Valley & Buddies
October 12, 2013 in Australia, Oceania
Sometimes people ask us about the social aspects of longterm travel. What do we do about our kids’ need to socialize? How to we create community on the road? What […]
Otway Fly & a very long day: Photo essay
October 9, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
Why is it that first days of road trips always end up being longer than planned? Somehow, they always are! It’s 5:40 p.m. and we’re still rolling. I’d hoped to […]
The great Australian ROAD TRIP!
October 8, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
The argument could be made (has been made) that I was raised in the back of a van. Of course this isn’t entirely true. I was also raised in a […]
Drysdale: Last day
October 8, 2013 in Australia, Oceania
The sun has set. The moon has risen over the garden and the fish are sound asleep in their pond. The boys are having one last game of Upwords with […]
Drysdale: The calm before the storm
October 7, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
4:40 p.m. Just sat down with a glass of white wine in a house that smells faintly of ammonia window cleaner. Everything is very quiet. Hannah is working on her […]
English-to-English Translation: from England to Australia
October 3, 2013 in Australia, Oceania
Sometimes lost in translation moments are hilarious. We’re quite used to being illiterate, and unable to communicate by conventional means. With creativity, we figure it out. Sign language goes a […]
Home & Away
September 22, 2013 in Australia, Oceania
I wish I could bottle the sound of the Australian bush for you. Layers of throaty frog voices singing to the moon paint the darkness, replacing the chorus of birdsong […]
What you don’t know could kill me: A requiem for Anita
August 28, 2013 in blog, Inspiration
In between the Miley Cyrus debacle and the drama of the Australian campaign trail, in between news of Donald Trump’s latest antics and the anxiety over the escalating tensions surrounding […]
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