Singapore Gardens by the Bay
For many of us celebrating the Easter weekend, it is a religious occasion. One theme of Easter is that of new life (hence the tradition of the Easter egg). For me the rejuvenation of gardens and public...
View ArticlePatonga camping trip – NSW Central Coast
A good friend of ours, whose son is also the same age as the Pok (our son), recommended to us a fantastic camping spot on the NSW Central Coast called Patonga. I must admit that while I have ventured...
View ArticleMountain Biking – Brisbane Water National Park
I brought my new MTB Steed – the VTT – with us on our recent camping trip to Patonga to let it rip properly for the first time. I was very much looking forward to seeing how it would handle and to get...
View ArticleSingapore Botanic Gardens
I have posted a couple of times now of our many trips to Singapore, including the Gardens by the Bay and Marina Bay Sands art and decoration. These posts were predominantly about man made structures....
View ArticleHawaii Trip – second stop Big Island
Our second stop on our Hawaii island hopping trip was the Big Island of Hawaii. The guidebook (yes I still do pick them up to get a point of reference) told me that Big Island’s area covers the area of...
View ArticleHawaii Trip – Maui – Enchanting Floral Gardens
On our third stop of our recent trip to Hawaii, we visited the island of Maui for a week. Like all the islands in the Hawaiian chain, Maui had plenty of different things to offer. The large slopes of...
View ArticleWinter on the Sunshine Coast
Back in Sydney, it has been dreary and cold. It has pretty much been Winter. It was cold enough for me to don my winter jacket with a high collar zipped up all the way to my chin. So it was no surprise...
View ArticleSydney Harbour – Glowing Bushfire Sky
A strange light descended over Sydney Harbour this afternoon as the sky was filled with smoke from distant bushfires and the sun was only peering through a small hole in the clouds to the West. The...
View ArticleJust Trees
This is a bit of an abstract post, in that it could be perceived to be a rather dull topic. Recently we went up to the NSW Central Coast again for my Mother’s 60th birthday, and we took the opportunity...
View ArticleInto the Daintree Rainforest!
On our recent trip up to tropical North Queensland, following the first two stops in Port Douglas and briefly at the Mossman Gorge, we cross the Daintree River into the rainforest proper. I am going to...
View ArticleHawaii Trip – second stop Big Island
Our second stop on our Hawaii island hopping trip was the Big Island of Hawaii. The guidebook (yes I still do pick them up to get a point of reference) told me that Big Island’s area covers the area of...
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