Category Archives: Australia 2018

Apparently when you change planes in Hong Kong for a flight that continues to America you have to have extra security checks which involve an interview. Yet another reason for not going…as if I needed one. My flight from Brisbane … Continue reading →

My final day in Oz started bright and sunny. It ended with thunder and lightning and pouring rain but that’s a bit further down the page. After a few cups of coffee, mum dragged me 27 miles down Bulcock Street … Continue reading →

I have to say that Montville, Queensland is fantastic. I’ve never been before and Denise took me today. It was an excellent idea. I reckon Mirinda would love it. Of course that’s not where we started. On this, my Denise … Continue reading →

First thing this morning we went up to the shops. The first for enlargements of some photos mum wanted, well, enlarged and the second to buy an avocado because I just have to have my daily dose of delicious green. … Continue reading →

WARNING…WARNING…WARNING This post is about beer except for the last bit Last time I was in Oz I was treated to the pale ale that is 150 Lashes. I had it on tap at Vikings (where you can get the … Continue reading →

I woke up this morning to find that my website was a bit dead. I managed to get onto the hosts in New Jersey (the very efficient Viktor) and put in a ticket. It took most of the day but, … Continue reading →

So we sat through the royal wedding again today in case we’d missed anything from yesterday. I didn’t think we had. I was right. Mum wasn’t keen on all the changes. Like no one saying they’d obey, having a gospel … Continue reading →

Well, thank all that is media crazy that that is over. I am amazed how much people are obsessed with other people’s weddings. People they have no relationship with whatsoever. There was a woman at the RSL tonight. She was … Continue reading →

As we drove from Caloundra to the hospital at Kawana, a dark bulging mass of blackness seemed to be following us. When we left the hospital, heading to the Kawana shopping centre for a coffee, it seemed even scarier, full … Continue reading →

Certain things in life bear repetition. All the nonsense about Meghan Markle’s family is not one of them. I cannot believe that there are actually people who need to be told the same thing over and over again. And why … Continue reading →