Tag: Australia

Christmas in Adelaide

The last time we spent Christmas in Australia with Granny Jenni, Pops John and Steve was 2014. Way too long ago! So after the AVS […]

A Weekend in Melbourne

A quick trip over to Melbourne during school holidays to visit my cousins and some friends from university

Maslin Beach Riding

Lilia putting all those riding lessons from the grandparents to good use!

First Day of School and Work!

An emotional morning for everyone: pure excitement from the kids to finally be back in a physical classroom and a tear under the sunglasses from […]

The Lost Boys of Mr Dickens

The Lost Boys of Mr Dickens, Steve Harris Goodreads: As engrossing as a novel, this story of the death of childhood in the cradle of […]

Walking Free

Walking Free, Munjed Al Muderis Goodreads: In 1999, Munjed Al Muderis was a young surgical resident working in Baghdad when a squad of Military Police […]

Before I Forget: An Early Memoir

Before I Forget: An Early Memoir, Geoffrey Blainey Goodreads: Now in his late-eighties, and listed by the National Trust as a ‘Living Treasure’, in Before […]

Byron Bay

Lisa and I’d been saying for years that the last two Aussie weddings on our docket will be the Fulton wedding (which we attended last […]

Meet the Fultons!

A very quick trip back to Adelaide for Chris and Mandy’s wedding, but oh so much fun!

Sydney!

Our last stop in Adelaide was a short stint in Sydney with the Ettridges in Double Bay. Lisa and I hadn’t been to Sydney since […]

Yorke Peninsula

We had an action packed few days on Yorke Peninsula with the Brown clan, great to get over there to meet Louis and see the […]

The Tweed Coast

We jumped at the opportunity to stop in on Todd and Celia on the picturesque Tweed Coast on our way to Adelaide this week, it […]

Christmas in Australia

We ventured to Adelaide for Christmas this year, the first time we’ve been in Adelaide for the holiday season since 2009. The jet lag rule […]

A Birthday Down Under

Lilia turned two last week so we took the opportunity to enjoy some of the last days of summer in Australia and celebrated the end […]

Keep Australia On Your Left

Keep Australia On Your Left, Eric Stiller A little while back I found myself in the rare situation of not having any new books in […]

Melbourne and the Stobie Wedding

From Adelaide we shot over to Melbourne for a few days to attend a wedding between my cousin Amy and her fiancé Andrew.  We bunked […]

Adelaide

We’re just finishing up an almost two week visit to my home town of Adelaide, Lilia is now quite the little traveler after an almost […]

Aussie ASX 200 Fat Finger?

Or maybe someone didn’t realize the amount to which Aussies like to drink and be merry at this time of year, thereby underestimating liquidity in […]

Adelaide, Minlaton and Sydney

We ventured Down Under for a couple of weeks for the first time in over two years for me and three years for my better […]