Apparently there were a couple of big football games on the weekend. Clearly, I’m not a footy fan 😉 . For those not in Australia, there are two popular types of football here … Australian Rules (the AFL or Australian Football League) and Rugby League (NRL or National Rugby League). I’m not really into any […]
Planning a Trip to Darwin
Out of the blue, we’ve booked a week’s holiday in Darwin! When we did our big trip around Australia, we never completed the lap – it took us six months to get half way (Brisbane to Perth) and then we had to turn around and head home again. The husbear grew up in north Queensland […]
Inspired by Little Women
One of my favourite books growing up was the Louisa May Alcott classic, Little Women. I was reminded of this when I caught a snippet of the movie on TV recently – what I think of as the “new” version, starring Susan Sarandon as Marmee and Winona Ryder as Jo. However Miss 26 informed me […]
3 Things I Learned on the Weekend
It’s a short and sweet blog post today, as we travelled to Rockhampton on the weekend. For those not in the know, Rocky is more than 7 hours’ drive north of Brisbane – yet we still managed to pack a lot into just two days, including a lovely walk around the Botanical Gardens and a […]