Back to work… After a wonderful holiday it’s always a touch hard to get motivated and this time was no exception. Spending so much time away from home with work meant I treasured the four weeks of having GW all to myself! I’m back in Sydney now and I have one final story from holidays Continue reading
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Bikers Descend on Darwin
This should be titled ‘The people you meet on the road’! We went all the way to Darwin to have catch-up sunset drinks with Ray and Owen. They’ve spent the last week, along with 300 other bikers (as opposed to bikies…), riding from Brisbane to Darwin as part of a Ulysses Long Ride, raising funds Continue reading
Next stop Freo, then Darwin and WordStorm!
We cycled from one end of Rotto to the other, visited the Lighthouse, the Gun Battery and most of the lakes. For me it was a trip back to my childhood at Currumbin Beach – packs of kids running amuck with little or no adult supervision required. The smells of sea, cement and fish ‘n Continue reading
Of gulls, and stingrays, and fishermen
This blog was meant to be about something quite different, but then we took our glasses of Dukes Cabernet Merlot and walked to the Bathurst Lighthouse. (I love a sunset over water….) Over the last couple of days I’ve been watching the beautiful stingrays swimming along the beach. They look like black velvet as they Continue reading
Tourist tames terrifying wild animal
Ok, so maybe I’ve taken some liberties with the title, but it worked! Here you are reading a story about Mocha the Quokka on Rottnest Island. These engaging little marsupials are everywhere – including this one in our shower. We figured it was thirsty so GW put down a bowl of water. Five minutes and Continue reading
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Grace
As a writer I try to convey emotion – anger, happiness, fear, joy, grief. It’s impossible to have experienced the full gambit of emotions my characters need so I draw on people around me, on stories I read in newspapers, on TV interviews. Sometimes I stumble across something unexpected that slams into me, knocks me Continue reading
Dig deep for the truth
Ok, I knew there were great wines in Margaret River – I’ve tasted a few… I’d heard about the awesome surf and now have to agree that it’s at least as good as Queensland’s Gold and Sunshine coast (maybe better?) But nowhere had I read anything about the caves! And I’m talking about the limestone variety not Continue reading
Cow of a day
We watched the boys tow surfing on solid three meter waves off Prevelly Beach last night. I was very jealous that I’m no longer fit enough and, never was good enough, to be out the back surfing with them. The sunset was magnificent, but the rain clouds were rising in the east. We woke to Continue reading
Margaret River – so much more than a river…
Thanks to my friend, Simone, who pointed out that my photo of Margaret River was in fact incorrect as it showed a beach… Typical… I’d loosely grouped the lovely beaches west of Margaret River into one area, but of course they all have different names! We had a fabulous day exploring the Caves Scenic drive Continue reading