Silently Rests the Silver Snake There was hardly a sound outside as I left the Parkland Station lounge full with bubbly and orange juice sipping adventurers for the sweltering, sun filled platforms. Our train was so long, at one kilometre, it took up two platforms; 39 carriages included the engine, two power wagons, a motorail …

An Open Lattice Pie that is Adelaide We hadn’t yet bought our meagre food shop for the few days we would be in Adelaide so we emerged from our comfy room the next morning onto Waymouth Street and headed for the nearest breakfast bar. I wondered if they meant Weymouth as many streets are named …

Canberra, a Curate’s Egg In retrospect, to express an opinion of Canberra, Australia’s parliamentary capital city, as we have often had to do since leaving it, one’s view has to look at the city in all of its parts. Like the city itself which has no distinguishable centre and therefore no heart, Canberra is not …

You remember Pete and Martina from Havachat whom we met in Fulanga Island, Fiji don’t you? Well Pete came and kindly plucked us from the station and we drove directly to an informal restaurant where the rest of the Maslen family who were in town, that included Martina and Katy were lunching with an Israeli …

Bridging the Gap with a Croc Pizza And Keeping up Appearances on HMAS Onslow It was a perfect evening for a walk over the Sydney Bridge as the power of the sun was on the wane and the walking side by now in its shadow. Not being inclined to pay the expensive fee to traverse …

Breakfast at Mo’s and a gentle descent into the City By the time we surfaced after a wonderful sleep we were famished, so the location of Mo’s Restaurant on the corner of our block was perfect. I have to mention the orange juice because it was so smooth and whirred to the texture of pale …

Beware the Cut of the Jib and a Soggy Moggy A lot has happened since we first arrived back at Marsden Cove (35’49.85S 174’28.43E) on the 22nd October, all of two months ago and I have written about our activities up until Tauranga in our Christmas Message. So before the big day tomorrow and before …