Monsoon: Driving into a Wall of Water
Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain! Just when we thought the day might turn nice, yet more rain! Torrential, teaming, monsoon downpours of rain. This is not a complaint, simply an observation. It is warm, it is t-shirt and shorts...
Good Friends, Good Wine Weekend in Prince Edward County
East Lake is rough and choppy this morning, pulling low grey clouds across its early summer shores. So too are our heads from a rowdy, raucous, wine-filled Friday night as day two of our weekend in Prince Edward County begins....
Our Excellent Campervan Adventure Begins
S19° E147° The news this morning tells us that a cyclone has blown in from the Pacific, over the Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea, and has landed a couple of hundred kilometres up the coast from Cairns – so heavy rains are...
Campervans and Kangaroos in Yamba, Australia
S29° E153° Ahhhhh, the campervan life. Who knew about grey water, or sullage, as they call it here. Or as they may call it in Canada too. I don’t know. We aren’t campervan people. And the overview and walk-through...
The Campervan Life: Our Final Big Day of Driving
Today is our big final day of driving and I will admit that I am ready to get out of this damn campervan. We are up relatively early as is everyone around us. It is about 7:30 and John has been up puttering for about an hour. I...
Driving, Lost, in a Campervan, in Sydney, Australia
A frustrating day in all! We rise early, pack up the campervan, and set off for the last final 35 kilometres of driving, copy of map highlighted showing exactly where we are to go 1) pick up keys to flat we’ve rented; 2)...
A Birthday Celebration in Sydney, Australia
We settle into our apartment, home for the next month. We have lucked out with our location – we are (for those who know Sydney) on the south-west corner of Hyde Park, literally across the street from the Anzac Memorial, and less...
The Swanky Whiteness of our Darlinghurst Rental
No plans! Nothing we must do today! We luxuriate in the sense that there is nothing on our to-do list, and sleep late. It is surprising to me how seldom we’ve had this feeling of total freedom that we feel today. I thought...
Mardi Gras Fair Day
It is Fair Day today! Mardi Gras Fair Day to be more specific. The Mardi Gras parade doesn’t happen for another 2 weeks, but the street party is today. It takes places in Victoria Park, which is a good distance from Oxford...
A Rainy Afternoon Viewing Collins, Bowery, and Freud
The weather has turned – the sky is cloudy, there is a hint of rain, and the temperature has fallen to 23°. Greg comments that it feels like fall, and I remind him that it feels more like summer in Toronto. When we arrived in the...