And Toilets The stand out thing right now, as we sit here chewing tobacci on the porch, waiting for the bus to take us to the wedding ceremony, is the toilet roll holders here in Green Lake. Vertical. We need to adjust ours at home MoD. Then we wouldn’t have to have the whole mullet -v- comb-over debate. The second thing is the plastic accountability … Continue reading Green Lake

‘Give us any chance we’ll take it Give us any rule we’ll break it We’re gonna make our dreams come true Doing it our way’ I hope you have the Laverne and Shirley theme song now firmly fixed in your head. Those of us who are old enough to remember the show now do. 😜 I’ve been singing it for 24 hours. I don’t associate … Continue reading Milwaukee

No need to worry about over eating, over drinking, over anything this trip. Christchurch to Auckland plane – first row which was lucky as the plane was late. Koru Hour which means free wine and beer. Neither are my jam so I didn’t partake. Because we had a connecting flight and were 1/2 hour late, once we arrived, we jumped out of our front row … Continue reading Chicago & Milwaukee

Yes it’s true, once again. I’m leaving on a jet plane. I always sing that when I am sitting in the airport and heading off somewhere. Well obviously not out loud. That I know of. Of course when I am flying with MoD I am not just sitting in the airport. I am sitting in the Koru Club. Now that’s faaancy 🤪 This time, as … Continue reading Leaving on a jet plane 🛩️

‘And, that’s why’ she said, placing her hands firmly on her hips and glaring down menacingly at us, ‘I needed to sit in that seat. I just vomited.’. ‘Excuse me?’ I said while MoD laughed because he didn’t hear her words. ‘It’s not funny!’ She cried. We were on a whale watch cruise in Kaikoura. Kaikoura is a quaint little town on the east coast … Continue reading Kaikoura

You have so much soul. I love you so much. New Zealanders tend to go to Sydney or Brisbane because of the weather. They are really missing out. Melbourne can be coolish at times but the reality is, there isn’t another capital city in Australia with a vibe quite like Melbourne. We spent two days hanging around, soaking up what it had to offer. It … Continue reading Melbourne.

Time to pack up and leave Adelaide behind us. Thank you South Australia, it’s been a fabulous experience. Ballarat, my hometown, was our destination. An early start was in order, given we had a booking at a local restaurant that night with my eldest son and my ‘inner circle’ After the mandatory coffee pick up we headed off. Keith was our first stop. Our friend … Continue reading Travel Day

It was going to be a big day by all accounts so first stop for the morning was a coffee start-up, then we headed across the road to pick up our car where MoD had deposited it. Right next to the bus terminal, the car park was reasonably priced at $35 for the not quite 24 hours we had parked. As opposed to my being … Continue reading Adelaide Hills, Mount Lofty Summit and of course, Henley Beach

We decided we would head to Adelaide via coffee at Hahndorf. Hahndorf is a quaint little German village named after Dirk Meinerts Hahn,  the Danish captain of the Zebra, the ship from where many early settlers arrived in 1838. Hahndorf is Australia’s oldest surviving German settlement and hosts an annual Oktoberfest.  Because of the First World War  in Europe in 1917, the South Australian Government changed a number … Continue reading Hahndorf, RM Williams & Adelaide

When planning this trip I thought I must have been doing something fundamentally wrong in my research techniques. I just couldn’t seem to find any mountain bike hire places. Seems it’s a thing over here. You can hire plenty of road or eBikes, but mountain bikes are relatively hard to hire. Pretty odd given the amazing places there are to mountain bike around both the … Continue reading Onkaparinga River National Park