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 [...]
If you are in Sydney and have the opportunity before next Saturday then get ye to Paddington to see the Murray Fredericks’ Salt exhibition at the Australian Centre for Photography. It is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. Fredericks camped solo for weeks on end at Lake Eyre, the vast salt [...]
I have been wanting to eat at the Spirit House for years. It is a Thai restaurant in Yandina, near Noosa on the Queensland Sunshine Coast, and everyone says it is amazing. To reach the dining hall, you take a winding path through a lush rainforest garden and past a pond. There are Buddha statues [...]
The year I turned 13 I lived in south-east Queensland for a year. My mum and I moved back to Sydney at the end of that year but over the years various family members migrated north. Now my Grandma, two aunts, two uncles, four cousins and assorted partners and children all live up there, either [...]
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 [...]
Australians were recently shocked by dramatic scenes of animal cruelty in footage shown in ABC’s Four Corners documentary on the cattle live export trade. Cattle are shipped from northern Australia to Indonesia where thousands were dying “slow and hideous deaths”. After the program aired and a public outcry, the federal Government banned live export of [...]
Short review: We suffered appalling service and the food was poor value. Not recommended. Full review: The Courtyard Cafe Da Capo has two things going for it. The main benefit is the pretty courtyard setting at the back of the Sydney Hospital on Macquarie St. The spot is a bit of a sun trap until [...]
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