Places to get to in Australia Once this thing is ‘Over’

Howdy all. How’s the pandemic going in your part of the world? Don’t worry, this is not going to be one of those posts wallowing in a pit of despair, in fact this is a post looking to the future. Here in Australia, well, numbers are steady and low, at least at the moment. There’s …

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Australia’s Crazy Weather! – a Bushfire Update

Hi all. I thought it was only fitting that after my post a few weeks ago about the devastating bushfires that I post some sort of update. The weather, especially in New South Wales has turned a full 180 degrees, which is mostly good news. In as much as bushfires aren’t really threatening anywhere right …

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Melbourne’s Beautiful Shrine of Remembrance

One spot in Melbourne that I think often gets overlooked by visitors is its amazing Shrine of Remembrance, which is located on St Kilda roads in the precinct of the Botanical Gardens. It sees its fair share of visitors without being massively busy, I visited it a few weeks back and frankly was surprised by …

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For Australia Day – Some posts about Australia

Hi all. Well, as I write this it is Australia Day here (January 26th), a controversial day these days. It's our 'national' day, and the date was chosen as it's the day that white man arrived on the east coast of Australia. That's where the controversy lies really, it marks the day everything changed for …

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Around Melbourne – Acland Street, St Kilda

Last week I wrote about the Chapel Street Precinct, not too far from the CBD in Melbourne. Then last week after that post I caught up with an old friend in St Kilda’s Acland street, another vibrant area of Melbourne. Acland street is actually often the place that backpackers will come and stay if they …

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