Age is no barrier to being obsessed with the joy of flying and at this week’s Australia Women Pilot’s Association conference I’ve met some remarkable women both old and young who love being airborne. (And what a bonus, being able to talk aviation for days with a bunch of women! Gold!) Some of the most memorable Continue reading
Tag: Burning Lies
A three dimensional jigsaw puzzle
Our challenge for the weekend? Fit a three bedroom house and a gazzillion books into a shipping container… Do you think Zeus may be concerned whether his bean bag is going into storage as well?!
Half Moon Bay National Tour Dates
My fourth book, HALF MOON BAY, is about to hit the shelves in three weeks and to celebrate Penguin Australia and Get Reading Australia have teamed up to take me on tour! Here are the details with more to come on the Melbourne leg as soon as they are finalised. We kick off on FRIDAY Continue reading
And the winner is??
After much deliberation by Zeus the winner of the Advance Review Copy of HALF MOON BAY is Cath Evans. It took Capt G a while to unstick the winner’s name from Zeus’s nose after the salty sea dog buried his head in the hat! Cath, please send me your postal address and I’ll put it in Continue reading
Where have I been? You work it out!
It’s Zeus here. Yep, I hate to admit it, but Helene lost the plot so it’s up to me to sort out… She ended up so caught up in the journey she forgot to post more “Where’s Zeus” photos for my giveaway. To salvage something from the wreckage here’s the deal. (It’s the least I Continue reading
Just around the corner…
For a journey of so many firsts it was appropriate that Capt G should catch a Spanish Mackerel on our last day at sea. It’s been an ongoing joke that trips to the supermarket don’t qualify as hunter gathering skills… So tonight we’re moored at Fitzroy Island. We watched the sun go down over Cape Continue reading
Island of Dreams
Fifteen years ago when I first landed at Dunk Island, a tiny slice of paradise half way between Cairns and Townsville, I was a newly qualified First Officer on a Twin Otter. I was mesmerised by the azure water, the tropical gardens and the tiny sunbirds nesting underneath the roof of the bush terminal. Capt Continue reading
Sublime to the ridiculous
The morning started at 4 am with a local tinnie driver doing a donut around Roo Bin Esque. Luckily I wanted to watch a meteorite shower so I was happy to be awake. Sadly the clouds had other ideas and for once the stars and meteorites were hidden from sight. Dawn broke with a sigh Continue reading
Today’s score card
Zeus the salty old sea dog was awarded a perfect 10 for his entry into the dingy. His dismount is a little more problematic. Capt G received an ‘A’ for effort with his casting ability. Sadly not even hitting the fish on the head with the lure resulted in a fish dinner… I received a Continue reading
Rocks look different at sea level
So many of the most beautiful moments of this trip have been seeing places at sea level instead of from fifteen to twenty-five thousand feet strapped in a pressurised flight deck. I’ve spent fifteen years flying from Cairns to Brisbane and back and have driven the roads many times, but on this trip I’ve been Continue reading