After the Mayan ruins, the comida, the música, and the artesanía, one of the things we wanted to pay attention to on our Mexican trip was the wildlife. As much as we could, anyway, not being up to hacking our way through the dense selva of the Yucatán. No, we would take our opportunities to… Continue reading Wildlife in Mexico
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Show Your Kids the World
Things have been pretty quiet since we've been back - we've slotted back into everyday life almost like we never left. Now, that's not necessarily a good thing and we still have the travel urge so we've been planning for the future. One thing that enabled our long trip as a family was work exchange… Continue reading Show Your Kids the World
The Mountains on the Way Up
The Ivory Curl trees were in full bloom the day we drove to the mountains. Other than Milano's on the Mall after work on a Friday, the loose scattering of odd-shaped volcanic plugs called the Glasshouse Mountains are one of my favourite places in Queensland. Driving up to the Sunshine Coast these past few weekends, Mt. Tibrogargan always catches me… Continue reading The Mountains on the Way Up
On the good ship Gráinne Mhaol
The Mooloolah river flows into the Coral Sea just south of the seaside town of Mooloolaba. In its final half kilometre it wraps around a spit, enveloping the boats anchored in Mooloolaba Marina that stick out into it on hundred-metre-long arms. On arm C of the Marina is a thirty-five-or-so foot yacht called the Gráinne… Continue reading On the good ship Gráinne Mhaol
A little tour of the Alpilles
Our couchsurf near Salon-de-Provence was perfectly situated for day tours into the hill towns of Provence. Our first tour was to be of the Alpilles, a long limestone range full of olive trees, vineyards and medieval towns. We got off to a bit of a bumpy start, circumnavigating Salon a couple of times before finding the correct road. … Continue reading A little tour of the Alpilles
A couchsurf in Provence
We picked up a car near the Nîmes train station and headed for our next destination - a Couchsurf near Salon-de-Provence. But as we had a bit of time to kill we decided to do a little side trip along the way. Referring to our guidebook we found a detour to the town of Miramas-le-Vieux. … Continue reading A couchsurf in Provence
School’s out!
School's out for summer! At least it is in Greece, where the kids get a cool 12 weeks off for their summer holidays. On Friday evening we attended Lithakia Primary School's end of year concert, which was held in the school yard as the sun set behind Megalo Vouni (the "big mountain" behind Lithakia). Our… Continue reading School’s out!
Springtime in Zakynthos
So we've finally arrived in Koukla after our one month detour to Central and Eastern Europe. We came the old fashioned way, by bus from Athens, and then by ferry from the port of Kyllini to Zakynthos town. We were lucky enough to travel on the brand new, deluxe ferry "Fior di Levante" which made… Continue reading Springtime in Zakynthos
The Krems selfie takers
I took this picture one afternoon recently in a café in Krems an der Donau (Krems on the Danube), which is an hour west of Vienna in the scenic Wachau area. It was a chilly day. We’d done all our sightseeing. All we wanted was to sit down somewhere in the Altstadt (old town), and… Continue reading The Krems selfie takers
The Four Danubes of Vienna
Before landing in Koukla House, Greece, to start writing our book (that’s ‘The Zakynthos Project’) we’re spending a chilly month in Austria as Help Exchange guests with a family from Donaustadt, just outside Wien (Vienna). We’re settling in nicely in our Viennese hosts' house, hitting our stride by doing household jobs, helping Silvia and Pauls’ kids… Continue reading The Four Danubes of Vienna
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