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...
November 2022, NSW Australia Introduction - Convenience & Beauty ======== First Stanza - Where Ocean, Land and Sky Convene ======== Second Stanza - With Wind & Time & Tide ======== Third Stanza - Creatures Come to Feed & Play ======== Fourth Stanza - 'Midst Rock & Sand & Water ======== Epilogue - Stay...
Maggie and I are part of a "Meet and Greet" group. A couple from that group, Rhonda and Ian, invited those of us who could make it, to stay in Ulong for a few days at Rhonda's sister's place. First night candle light dinner with...
Since retiring from work in 2016, Maggie and I have become serial travellers. This has not led to long periods away from home, as nearly all of our trips have been a months or less. But, having arrived back home we start to look for...
Some of our holidays involve a lot of research and planning before deciding where to go and what to do, while others are decided merely by seizing a great opportunity. Our July 2022 holiday to Fiji falls into the latter category. In late 2021 my eldest...
We joined a group of friends recently on the famous Riverboat Postman cruise. The Riverboat Postman service commenced in 1910 to deliver mail and goods to settlements along the Hawkesbury River that lacked road access. The service is currently managed by Hawkesbury Cruises based at the...
In late February and early March the Australian east coast was battered by a low pressure system, dumping unprecedented amounts of rain. In some places a years worth of rain fell in one day. Flooding was widespread. Tuggerah Lake rose by 1.34 meters, which is...
According to ozbeaches.com.au there are more than 892 beaches in New South Wales, stretching from Duranbah Beach in the north to Cape Howe in the south. Despite our regular excursions to parts of the NSW coast we would have only visited 100 (approximately) of the 892+...
With the world encumbered by Covid, it is difficult to imagine an extensive trip overseas within the next few years. By the time it's "Covid safe" it may be too late for Maggie and I to undertake another long haul journey. This realisation has definitely...
The Christmas 2021 period (in NSW, Australia) was not a lot different to that of 2020, except the Covid 19 rules were somewhat more relaxed this year, despite high case numbers and the Omicron "cloud" hanging over us. We had two wonderful Christmas celebrations; the first...