On the Friday 29th September 2023 Maggie and I flew from Sydney to Yulara in Central Australia NT, arriving at around 1.30 pm. We stayed at "Sails in the Dessert" hotel. Large entry Hall with reception, small Art Gallery, Bar and Buffett Restaurant That afternoon, while waiting...
Darwin, a small city of approximately 168,000 people, is the Capital of the Northern Territory (NT), Australia. Having flown into Darwin NT on the 8.30 pm flight from Sydney (Wednesday 5th September 2023), we arrived at our Hotel at around 1.30 am (Thursday 6th September). For...
We have recently experienced the Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, which was for me a joy to watch. Trophy - Copyright ©2023 Alistair Dewar What a welcome break it was from the petty politics and the big issues facing our world. Health Check...
Like time, reality is relative. That's my belief, in which my reality is not your reality and vice versa. Certainly, we have some common ground, some shared experiences and we contribute to each other's reality. Consequently I understand that you may see something or...
From my early years I wanted to be a musician. I was born into the Salvation Army (SA), because my parents were Salvation Army Officers (aka ministers or pastors). My father was also a musician, who had played cornet in SA brass bands. At first...
I was sitting in the caravan, out of the rain and the cold, looking for something to do. I discovered the Freeform App on my iPhone and started to play. I'd been trying to think of new creative outlets and in that moment realised I'd...
In Part 1 of Our SA Extravaganza we travelled from "Paradise" NSW to Williamstown SA via Jugiong, Junee, Hay, Mildura, Paringa, Renmark, Burra and Clare. Leaving Williamstown we were moving to the 2nd phase of the extravaganza and a three nights stay at Brown Hill...
Regular readers of this blog site may remember that each year since 2011 (except 2020), Maggie and I have joined a group of caravanning friends at a place we call Paradise. Our visits there used to be at Easter, but now we have the choice...
Norah Head is only 20 minutes north of our house and a good place for us to go camping with our Jayco Club friends. On the first night, in the pitch black, Greg (a friend and Jayco Club member) and I walk down to the headland...
Seal Rocks is approximately 280 kilometres north of Sydney in NSW. It is a small village named after a colony of Australian Fur Seals that once inhabited the nearby, off shore rocks. Today Seal Rocks is known for the surfing, fishing and diving and from...