Way back….um…I can’t remember when now…August I think, my partner in crime Ed ‘The Kid’ Gregory headed south from our base in Sydney to Melbourne. There we met up with our favourite Anglo-Franco duo, Ellie and Julie (otherwise known as Pommie and Frenchie) for a little road trip. We rented a car and headed out […]
Read more "The Great Ocean Road"I have been in Bali about 4 days but it only took me about 5 minutes to realise that it is beautiful. I have been staying in Padang Bai, a small, quiet town in the south east of the island. Being as it is the low season there are not that many people around. I […]
Read more "Bali – Padang Bai"Nearly two weeks have passed since I returned from Queensland and I have just found the time to write about what I got up to there. It is difficult to put into words just what an amazing time I had up there. The Jackson family took care of me so well that I cannot thank […]
Read more "My Outback Adventure"I arrived in Charters Towers at about 5.30 pm last friday after a couple of hours on a bus from Townsville. I found Genine near the bus stop with her son, the awesome (and talkative!) Mack and his knew nanny/governess, Jo. Robert, Genine’s husband appeared shortly afterwards. They had been in town that day buying […]
Read more "Working Bodalla Station – the first few days"There is nothing quite the feeling of coming to the end of a long journey to see a friendly face waiting to pick you up. This what happened to us this morning. Kellie, henceforth referred to as Kel, had got out of bed at the crak of dawn to pick us up. After the cramped […]
Read more "Melbourne at last but it is freezing!"The train journey was not quite what we had expected. We had paid for a compartment with a private toilet and shower and found that the carriage had been taken out of service. So we found ourselves, still in a sleeper cabin not quite as comfortable as expected. As ususal the air con was stuck […]
Read more "Singapore"Tuesday 5th July – Trip to KL Part the first: cab to the pier 1958 – 84F the cab, well, open back van thing, has picked us up early and we are on the way with a couple of Norwegians to the pier to catch the night boat to Suratthani. It’s hot and it is […]
Read more "The Never Ending Journey"Today we had the pleasure of accompanying The awesome Fiona Russo and her band of merry teachers and friends on a sailing boat trip from Koh Samui. We boarded the boat at 1pm sharp and after the briefest of safety briefings, we were off! We were to sail from Koh Samui to koh phangan, have […]
Read more "All Aboard The Red Baron"In many ways, the train service in Thailand puts British Rail to shame. (even the toilets!) On an 11 hour train ride we arrived exactly on time. The staff were friendly, the food on board was good and cheap and they serve you in your seat or, in our case, in your private first class […]
Read more "The Overnight Sleeper Train to Suratthani"
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