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
