Out Back
Sometime towards the end of the '70's, I did a stint as the town doctor in Peterborough, a railway town a little under half the way between Adelaide and Broken Hill. Back then, around 2500 people lived in the town with a similar number on properties or in small communities in the surrounding area. A...
Ghan Today....
After three nights in Darwin, we're rather looking forward to hitting the tracks! The Ghan is one of the world's iconic trains. The name "Ghan" is a namecheck for the Afghans who with their camels were brought out to Australia in the mid-19th century to help open up the continent's red centre and fo...
Bloody, Bloody Darwin
Darwin is Australia’s smallest and not to mention its hottest capital city. The population of around 175,000 enjoy just two, equally hot seasons - six months of dry and six months of wet. We’re here for a few days in the “build-up” - the dry season has ended and the wet season is just getting its ac...
Hobnobbing Again With Sydney’s Rich, Famous and Influential
Back in Sydney for a few days and a chance to catch up with friends, family and Oscar (my Turkish personal trainer who’s more than happy to put me through it in the building’s fitness centre). Saturday evening dinner with good friends David & Margaret at Double Bay’s trendiest restaurant, Margare...
Cup Day
The day dawns hot and sunny…..but wait, this can’t be Melbourne Cup day which everyone tells us is usually cold and wet. But Melbourne Cup day it is and dressed in our best Cup Day finery, we’re off to the races at Flemington to bear witness to the 163rd running of Australia’s equivalent of the Eps...
Brisvegas
Not a whole lot to say really! We’re spending a few days in Brisbane to visit family and friends. The city continues to develop at a blistering pace as it readies itself to host the 2032 Olympics with new high rise buildings dwarfing what remains of the original Central Business District. Although...
Home…….
Ten hours from London to LA, a three hour layover at LAX and then 15 hours to Sydney. Just as well we like flying…..😱. First time back in Sydney for 12 months. Everything looks much the same....it's like we never left! Sydney seems to have completely recovered from the crazy lockdown - most noticea...
London Calling
What a week….or rather what a few days. And it all started off so well. On Friday afternoon we drive up to Universal City in the Hollywood Hills to celebrate Bennett’s 12 birthday weekend at Universal Studios. We spend just about all day Saturday at the movie/tv studios-cum-theme park and blast our...