One of the things on my not-bucket list in the year of turning 50, was to visit my brother in Singapore. He’s currently living there on an 18 month-ish break from his usual UK abode – it seemed like an opportunity to catch up with him for much less fuss and cost than a…
I’m in my 50th year and wanted to make that mean something. I remember clearly my 30th and 40th birthdays and while I’m not afraid of turning 50, I wanted to be able to look back and say ‘well that was a fun year!’ because I knew it would stay with me as a marker…
This evening we did a really hard thing. We took the family dog to the vet for the very last time – we came home without him and he is now at peace and no longer suffering from anything. It’s been a surreal couple of weeks leading up to this. We’ve known he’s been on…
Once again I am humbled and overwhelmed by the kindness and generosity of my family and friends. Today we hosted our second Pink Ribbon Breakfast fundraising morning tea and together we have raised more than $1000 for this cause. Of course, it’s a cause close to my heart as it is for all too many…
I am one G&T down by an hour into the flight. On top of the glass of overpriced bubbly at the airport before we left it may not have been a good idea to finish writing the text of my two presentations to CILIP groups at this point. The guy sitting in front of me…
While we didn’t actually do a day trip to Canberra, it is physically possible to do – we just happened to be staying there with family and went to the Arboretum for a look around (and coffee of course). The Arboretum was established after devastating bushfires destroyed the pine plantations along the western shore of Lake…
A beautiful clear lake, gorgeous mountain scenery, wide open vistas and a kick-ass organic raspberry soda. These were the highlights of our recent holiday in Jindabyne, in the Snowy Mountains of NSW. It was incredibly hot, most of the country was suffering a heat wave that week and the mountains were not exempt from that.…
On the eleventh day of Christmas I started to get organised for our holiday in Jindabyne in a week’s time. I go back to work for a week on Monday, then we head off over the weekend for some time away. Today I started collecting tourist information, storing web pages in Evernote and marking them…
On the tenth day of Christmas I did more family stuff. My brother and his family were in Sydney for only 3 or 4 days, so it was really important to take time out to spend with them. Mum and dad came up from Canberra to have dinner with us all last night – together…
On the ninth day of Christmas I got to meet my 6 month old nephew. Born in the UK on my son’s 21st birthday, this is his ‘meet the family’ trip down under. He’s terribly cute, I already knew that from the photos and the skype call on Christmas Day but today I got a…
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