Usually Anzac Day would be marked by attending a Dawn Service to acknowledge and remember the sacrifices made by men and women in our defence forces past and present and to show gratitude for the freedom we take for granted today. As with everything else we are unable to gather this year but with people… Read More Service Dog Memorial
A self indulgent blog post today because it is my son’s 27th birthday and we can’t be with him, separated by states and shitty circumstances. So I thought I’d take a look at one of the big camping trips we did with our kids to the Northern Territory, and what a brilliant experience it was.… Read More Road Trips and Camping with Kids
It’s the Easter weekend and unlike any one we’ve ever experienced before. I hope everyone is having their fill of chocolate. I know that shouldn’t happen until Sunday, but tough times call for desperate measures! Just to tempt everyone a little more here’s an ideal spot to head to in South Australia (add it to… Read More Barossa Valley Chocolate Company
Talk about social distancing, we were doing it back in the mid to late eighties without even having a valid reason for it. Come to think of it we were also free camping, going off grid, having a digital detox and taking part in all sorts of other trendy buzz words and phrases, before they… Read More Unpacking Travel and Social Buzzwords and Jargon – What?
Standing 18 metres tall the statue of Guan Yin, the Buddha Goddess of Mercy, is an unmissable attraction along the Fleurieu Peninsula coast at Sellicks Hill in South Australia. She has been standing serenely atop her lotus flower since 2015 and she is the only one in the southern hemisphere. This statue is just the… Read More The Goddess of South Australia
‘This story’s right, this story’s true, I would not tell lies to you’. These are the opening lines of Archie Roach’s song ‘Took the Children Away’ and the poignant introduction used by David Sly, journalist, writer, author and editor, in a compelling interview with the man himself at Adelaide Writers Week 2020.
