It was a public holiday in Alice Springs today for the Alice Springs Show. We went for a drive in the morning but most of the shops and museums were closed for the public holiday. One of the museums that was open was the Kookaburra Wreckage Museum. The Kookaburra was a flight manned by Bob Hitchcock and Keith Anderson who flew from Sydney via Adelaide … Continue reading The Alice Show
We spent the day at the Alice Springs desert park to learn about native animals, birds and also indigenous culture. We started the day with a bird show where the official star was the wedge-tailed eagle. It swooped in from a distance at great speed and looked majestic. The unofficial star was a little willy wag tail that apparently shows up at every show to … Continue reading Desert Park
The resort we are staying at is right next door to a golf range and the kids spent an hour this morning collecting golf balls that had gone astray. When they came to the room excited with what they had found, I thought it would have been a handful. How wrong was I, they had connected over a 100 balls and laid them all out … Continue reading Pioneering Women
After a quick lunch in town we joined the second half of our tour, which was to see the sights around Alice Springs. We started with a visit to Anzac Hill with sweeping views across the township. The flags were all at half mast yesterday to commemorate the passing of the last Anzacv soldier from Alice. Viewing from high gives an interesting perspective of the … Continue reading A Town Like Alice
It was an early start today with the bus picking us up at 7 in the morning. It’s fortunate that Bron visited the Beanie festival over the weekend and got us all warm beanies. We definitely need it in the mornings. The first stop was the John Flynn memorial. John Flynn was sent by the church in the early 20th century to investigate the needs … Continue reading Gaps, Chasms and Upside down Rivers
So we finally made it to Alice and as a bonus the person who was meant to have the window seat never showed. Matthew and I had the entire row to ourselves and allowed us to spread out a bit. A unique sight at Alice Springs airport is the parking lot of planes that are not being used. During COVID lockdowns airlines had to decommission … Continue reading Fawning over Megafauna
Woke up at 4 this morning to a text from Qantas that our flight to Alice Springs had been cancelled. They had instead booked us on a flight to Darwin arriving at midnight and then over to Alice after a 5 hour stop over, the following day. I rang Qantas and joined the queue to get to talk to an agent. Given everyone was up … Continue reading Nothing like a crisis to kick things off
First family adventure in years. We are heading to the NT to take on the splendor of Ayers Rock. Bron left earlier with Thomas and Emily while the rest of us will join her next week. Continue reading And they’re off
Broken Clouds, 28°C 49-560 Kamehameha Hwy, Kaneohe, HI 96744, USA #Experiencing Hollywood Hawaii has really unique and rugged landscapes and has almost all the different climates patterns except Arctic and Desert. Moreover it is a really short distance from beaches to mountain tops and lakes and rolling hills. This makes it a great location for Hollywood and a number of famous movies and TV Shows … Continue reading Experiencing Hollywood
Scattered Clouds, 31°C Honolulu, HI 96818, USA #Pearl Harbour We had booked a whole day tour of Pearl Harbour and USS Missouri today. It was a fascinating experience. Whole I knew a little bit about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in WWII, I had no idea how large the attack was and how much it impacted the US. It was amazing planning by the … Continue reading Pearl Harbour
Overcast Clouds, 28°C 49-560 Kamehameha Hwy, Kaneohe, HI 96744, USA #Shopping and Swimming Ben had been obsessed about visiting the outlet mall for months. We had a few day today so Bron and Ben took the shuttle to the Waikele Outlet centre for the day. I took the others to a park near the hotel which was near the army museum. The kids got to … Continue reading Shopping and Swimming
Few Clouds, 27°C 91-120 Olai St, Kapolei, HI 96707, USA #A Luau-vely Evening We are back in Honolulu and docked first thing in the morning. Our transfer to the hotel want without its issues but was nothing major. More importantly our hotel check-in was a breeze with the rooms ready and waiting for us. We are on almost the to floor with the spacious rooms … Continue reading A Luau-vely Evening
Overcast Clouds, 28°C 200 Beach Walk, Honolulu, HI 96815, USA #Last Day Today is our last full day on the cruise and second day in Nawiliwili. We didn’t have anything specific booked so decided to take the shuttle into a beach nearby. The water looked absolutely pristine and bluer than I have ever seen it. The waves, however, were quite brutal. The beach got pretty … Continue reading Last Day
#The Magnificient Landscape of Nawiliwili We docked in Nawiliwili today which is on the island of Kauai and is the left most major island in Hawaii. We had organised a private tour to take us around the island. Unfortunately there have been some pretty bad storms over the past few days and the northern West of the island could not be accessed. Instead we went … Continue reading The Magnificient Landscape of Nawiliwili
#A Cruisy Day It was a bit of a bummer of a morning today. Bron, Ben, Matthew and Emily were booked to go on a submarine to see the coral and marine in Kona bay. As Thomas was too young for the submarine I had booked for the two of us to go on a Glass Bottomed Boat instead. Kona pier isn’t big enough for … Continue reading A Cruisy Day
#Force of Nature One of the sights I have been most looking forward to this trip has been to see the active volcano. Unfortunately when we were in the Big Island all roads leading to the volcano we closed so we didn’t get closed. Then all the volcano tours we had booked on the cruise got cancelled as well. Fortunately or ship sailed along the … Continue reading Force of Nature
#Daay 2 in Maui Today was our second day in Maui and we didn’t have any specific activities planned. For breakfast we decided to try the big buffet, which turned out to be a bad idea. It was just a bit too overwhelming and claustrophobic with a table or size. The noise and the food didn’t help. I think we will go back to the … Continue reading Day 2 in Maui
#Joining the Cruise We had another slow start today and had breakfast at the hotel. It really is a hotel better suited for grown ups and the kids were very disappointed that there wasn’t any big buffet. We all ordered off the menu and sat by the pool which was relaxing till Thomas decided that he had had enough and wanted to run around. We … Continue reading Joining the Cruise
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