Bolivia Stage 6 of 6: Thursday 18th to Monday 21st April 2025 “If you had not seen it, even if you had seen on a video, you would not believe it,” said Abraham (our guide), as we drove down ‘Death Road’ (officially named the Yungas Road), the notorious 36km gravel track that winds its way from…
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South America 5/6
Peru Stage 5 of 6: Monday 14th to Thursday 17 April 2025 Are you a crier? I certainly am, crying often when I’m happy; always when I’m sad; and sometimes for no reason at all! I most certainly cried with happiness in Patagonia (Chile) when Will and Emma told me they were engaged. I cried…
South America 4/6
Rio De Janeiro STAGE 4 of 6: Wednesday 10th to Sunday 13th April Once again, I am lost for the right words to describe the amazing experiences we are having here in South America, but I’ll give it a go. Things here are so different from Australia, but also quite a bit the same. Profoundly…
South America 3/6
IGUAZU FALLS STAGE 3 of 6: Monday 7th – Wednesday 9th April 2025 Those of you that have been reading the blog for a while will know that Dave and I like to visit the filming locations of James Bond movies. There have only been a few of the suave spy franchise set in South…
South America 2/6
Stage 2 of 6: Tuesday 1st to Sunday 6th April 2025 Buenos Aires, with a side of Uraguay As I mentioned before we left Australia, we have a month away, broken up into six reasonably equal parts. When I left off on the last post, it was Monday evening, and I was busy cooking dinner…
PATAGONIA Part 2
Thursday 27th – Monday 31st March 2025 Firstly, my apologies for the length of this Post. I tried to be frugal with my words – which is nearly impossible when I am trying to record all the wonderful things we are doing! Apparently, no trip to the Patagonian region is complete without a taste of…
PATAGONIA, part 1
Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th March I actually don’t know where to start – we have done and seen so much in the short time since we arrived, and I am already enamoured with this amazing continent! But when you don’t know where to start, the logical thing is to start at the very beginning…
T-minus 4 days
Week ending Thursday 20th March 2025 (Apologies to subscribers who have received this twice – formatting issues now corrected) I’m on the holiday countdown. ✈️ For me, planning and looking forward to a holiday is every bit as good as the holiday itself. When I was a kid and my sister and I would play…
Seasons
THURSDAY 6th MARCH 2025 I’m a little obsessed with seasons. As we enter March, I love that we will soon be welcoming cooler weather, golden leaves and fabulous autumn produce. I know many people who would say that their favourite season is Spring. For chefs in particular, it seems to be the ‘sexy’ season with…
By any other name
THURSDAY 27th FEBRUARY 2025 A post-wedding holiday is called a Honeymoon. A pre-baby holiday is now commonly referred to as a ‘Baby-moon’. Apparently, the term ‘Mini-moon’ is also a thing, referring to a romantic bite-size trip, short, sweet and just long enough to get over the exhaustion of a wedding day, saving the big adventure…
Love is in the Air
Thursday 20th February 2025 Have you ever had one of those weekends that you wished you could repeat? Not repeat because you wanted to change anything, but because it was all so wonderful, you wanted the opportunity to savour it all again and not miss a moment! This last weekend was like that for me…
Home is where the heart is ❤️
Thursday 13th February 2025 It’s nice to be home. Despite what it might look like with all our travel, I do like it here. I like it a lot, in fact! My favourite place to be at home is unsurprisingly in the kitchen. If you have been to my house, you will know it’s the…
Beer and Skittles
Week ending THURSDAY 6TH FEB Things aren’t always as they seem. Fake news, misinformation, exaggeration, falsification, or simply just not giving the full picture are all common complexities with information sharing in 2025! The other day a friend said to me, “Your life is perfect,” which instantly made me feel nauseous. Did my life look…
Coastal Vibes!
FRIDAY 31st JANUARY 2025 And just like that, January is gone! The year is whizzing by, but what a great month January was! Starting with the SCG test and watching a win against India; a fabulous family gathering for my brother-in-law’s birthday; an excellent and delicious trip mid-month to Canberra for my birthday; and to…
If once is good, is twice better?
FRIDAY 24th JANUARY 2025 Thanks to those who read last week’s blog. My decision to blog weekly is working so far – two weeks in 😉 Unfortunately, putting a link on Facebook to let people know there’s a new blog post is not that successful. I assume that because FB doesn’t want me directing people…