Travels on Planet Earth - A blog
I feel absolutely shattered tonight, having just returned from a trip to Canberra with my husband and the babies. We went to help celebrate my husband’s aunt’s 70th birthday and to catch up with her and various cousins. I’m glad we went – we all had a good time, especially introducing the twins to their [...]
We skipped town for most of August and September because of renovations on our apartment. We have spent most of that time visiting my family in Queensland – staying a week at my cousin’s place in Brisbane, 10 days at her family’s holiday house in Noosa and a week apiece with two different aunts near [...]
When Woody Guthrie sang of redwood forests and diamond deserts in “This Land is Your Land”, his lyrics suggested his roaming and rambling was entirely on foot. But the reality is that the United States is so vast and diverse that these days, motorised transport of some kind is needed for serious exploration. When I first moved [...]
There have been a lot of firsts in the lives of my twin babies this week. They have now moved to their own bedroom, having finally outgrown the bassinets beside our bed. I’ve been putting them in their own cots for day sleeps for a week now to get them used to the idea but [...]
This is a guest post by Steven Lang, award-winning author of novels such as An Accidental Terrorist and 88 Lines About 44 Women. Steven’s website is www.stevenlang.com.au and his blog is Unexpected Consequences. My friend Ross and I spent four days walking on the Great Ocean Walk in Victoria last month, starting from just south of [...]
La Jolla, Legoland and Laguna Beach are great spots to stop on a family road trip from San Diego to Los Angeles. This is a guest post from Jennifer Miner who blogs at The Vacation Gals. Follow her on Twitter at @jenniferminer. Family road trips are practically an American institution. Snacks in a cooler, kids [...]
After leaving the goat dairy in Pescadero, we headed back to the car with our purchases. Before setting off we had a little nibble of the artichoke bread with the fromage blanc. We didn’t eat much, having only recently had lunch, but wanted to try the bread while it was still warm. It was just [...]
Western New York; July 2010 Now this is about as far as you can get from Manhattan and still be in New York! You could call it the opposite of Sex and the City. After my trip to New York City in June I visited a little-known part of New York State – the Cassadaga [...]
San Francisco; September 2009 The great thing about city life is the unexpected. You certainly meet all types, especially in San Francisco. I was greatly entertained by this unexpected encounter, on a bus heading downtown from Golden Gate Park last September. I had taken my friend Jules, who was staying with us for a few [...]
While volcanic ash disrupted flights across Europe, it was smooth sailing for my trans-Pacific flight from San Francisco to Sydney. The lack of flights to Europe meant San Francisco International Airport was the quietest I’ve ever seen it. It only took me a bit over an hour from my house in the city to reach [...]
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