Stranger Things
occasionally subtle
★
if i look back, i am lost
cherry valley forever
Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her
dirt enthusiast
RMH
Janaina Medeiros
⁂
shark vs the universe
No title available
Acquired Stardust
Sade Olutola
Discoholic 🪩
Claire Keane
祝日 / Permanent Vacation
we're not kids anymore.
d e v o n
Jules of Nature
seen from United States
seen from Malaysia
seen from Mexico
seen from United States
seen from Spain
seen from United States
seen from Türkiye
seen from Italy
seen from United Kingdom
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Brazil
seen from Canada
seen from United Kingdom
seen from Japan
seen from Mexico
seen from United States
seen from United States
@hotlyspiced
Kings Canyon
Kings Canyon is located between Uluru and Alice Springs. It is outside of the Uluru Kata-Tjuta National Park (where you find Uluru and Kata-Tjuta (the Olgas),) and is a 3.5-hour drive from Uluru. It is a lesser known tourist attraction but many tourists who see ‘the big three’ (Uluru, Kata-Tjuta and Kings Canyon) will say Kings Canyon was the highlight.
Entrance to Kings Canyon
Kings Canyon has…
View On WordPress
Kata Tjuta (The Olgas)
Kata Tjuta (The Olgas)
Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) is situated within the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Parkand located about 30kms from Uluru (Ayers Rock). Kata Tjuta means ‘many heads’. It is believed these ‘heads’ were once all one formation, however, through weathering, today Kata-Tjuta is made up of 36 boulders. These boulders consist of a conglomerate of basalt and granite, cemented by sandstone. It is this…
View On WordPress
Sails in the Desert
Sails in the Desert
Sails in the Desert opened in 1984 and was originally owned by Sheraton. Less than 10 years later Sheraton sold the hotel which today is owned by Voyages. In 2012 Voyages spent $43 million refurbishing the resort that included the development of a conference centre. Voyages has a commitment to increasing Indigenous staff numbers; in 2010 there were just two Indigenous employees but today there…
View On WordPress
Ayers Rock Resort
Ayres Rock Resort is not a resort. It is an area made up of many types of accommodation including a very large campground, apartments and hotels. While that provides a broad range of options, every option is owned by the same company, Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia, creating a monopolistic situation. Voyages is based in Sydney and is a subsidiary of the Indigenous Land Corporationthat is…
View On WordPress
Uluru (Ayers Rock)
It’s hot at Uluru in January. That’s why sensible Aussies visit in the cooler months. We were there mostly with tourists from the Northern Hemisphere wishing to escape the depths of their winter for a warmer climate. They can tick the achievement box on that one.
Driving towards Uluru
We knew it was going to be hot but everyone said, ‘don’t worry, it’s a dry heat’. Well…I’ve never known…
View On WordPress
Vale Rosie
We knew the day was coming but that hasn’t made the loss any less bearable.
Helping us paint the house
Well done to my sweet Rosie who gave us every day of her nearly 17-years of life.
Beautiful
One of Ruby’s six puppies and the runt of the litter, Rosie had a sweetness, a fragility, and an innocence that was so endearing I knew I couldn’t live without her. Drew said the deal with the six…
View On WordPress
How to fast-track a passport in less than 48 hours
How to fast-track a passport in less than 48 hours
The following words don’t come with any guarantee but I promise this will be your best possible chance of fast-tracking a passport.
More precious than gold
Sydney’s passport office offers an express service where you pay an emergency fee of $178 (burglary) on top of $282 (highway robbery) for the cost of a passport. That’s pretty much the first $500 of your holiday money gone before you’ve…
View On WordPress
A Travel Tip for Bali
A Travel Tip for Bali
The events of the last 24-hours have confirmed to me that I am an amateur/novice traveller. An amateur can further compound their limited knowledge/experience by travelling on Friday the 13th. Don’t do that. Organising an extended family holiday to celebrate my father’s milestone 80th birthday has been about a year in the making. Many ports around the world were discussed with the final…
View On WordPress
When Your Dog Gets Dementia
When Your Dog Gets Dementia
Getting old is inevitable and there’s little hope of getting through it unscathed. Probably the worst affliction on the old is cognitive decline and it is not only a percentage of older humans who end up with dementia; I’ve recently come to understand that our canine friends can also be caught in the net. Beautiful Rosie Last year I worked for a few weeks in the lock-up dementia unit of an…
View On WordPress
How to Make an Elephant Cake
How to Make an Elephant Cake
A few weeks ago I was looking online for inspiration for making an elephant cake and found there really aren’t that many available. Sure, there is a plethora of nursery-styled ‘Jumbo the Elephant’ type cakes, but I wanted something more authentic. A baby Asian elephant The occasion was my father’s 80th birthday and the celebration was to be a sit-down dinner for 40 friends and family at a venue…
View On WordPress
Virgin Australia - the Business Class Experience
Virgin Australia – the Business Class Experience
Before Arabella and I flew to New York a friend asked me what airline we were flying. I told him we’d booked with Virgin Australia and that I was hoping it would be okay as I’d never flown internationally with Virgin. He said, ‘Virgin! You’re lucky. You’ll have a great flight. I know the airline well, they have a great CEO, it’s a really good airline’. And he was right. The ‘upgrade’ look…
View On WordPress
The Basin, Pittwater
We’re having a very hot summer and it’s also school holidays. A few days ago there was a night where the temperature didn’t dip below 33C (92F). In my non-air-conditioned house with no ceiling fans I barely had a wink of sleep. I woke feeling drained and exhausted and knowing I couldn’t bare to hang around the house on another scorchingly hot day. So glorious What to do… My plan was to take…
View On WordPress
Boysenberry and Mascarpone Trifle
Boysenberry and Mascarpone Trifle
A trifle is an English dessert and in the 1970’s they were so ghastly they quickly went out of vogue. But the humble trifle is making a comeback and it’s a lot more sophisticated. Gone is the bought sponge chock full of preservatives, the custard out of a carton, the bilious green jelly, the tinned peaches and the whipped cream fired out of a can. A Christmas favourite Even in the 70’s, trifles…
View On WordPress
Christmas Cake with Snowflakes
Christmas Cake with Snowflakes
I didn’t start making my Christmas cakes until the beginning of December which is a little late but now that the fruit and nuts have soaked in brandy and citrus juice, the cakes have been baked and then finally iced and decorated, I feel I have caught up with the season. All done and dusted A few years ago the very generous and thoughtful Celia gave me more cake boards than I could count and I’m…
View On WordPress
Alive and Well
Yes, it’s been a while. I’ve now finished uni for the year and it’s a great feeling. I’m getting back into the routine I used to enjoy and it’s so good to have less pressure and more time. Washington Square on a Sunday at twilight I found the last semester fairly demanding as it involved five subjects and two different campuses and essays and exams and yes, another dreaded maths test. When all…
View On WordPress
Sheraton Grand Mirage, Gold Coast
Sheraton Grand Mirage, Gold Coast
During the recent school holidays we had an opportunity for a quick mini-break on the Gold Coast. My brother-in-law who lives in Los Angeles had to fly to the Gold Coast for a business trip. As he was coming out with his family, we all decided to join him – but not for the business part, just the holiday. Beautiful Getting to the Gold Coast from Sydney is easy. It’s less than a 90-minute…
View On WordPress
Pappardelle with Porchini Mushrooms
Pappardelle with Porchini Mushrooms
Semester 1 of my degree is now behind me. Just another five to go! It ended with five exams then three weeks of clinical experience. I finished my final exam at 4pm on a Friday and 6.45am Monday morning I was in the lock-up dementia unit of an aged care facility where I spent the next three weeks. Pappardelle with porcini mushrooms Dementia is sobering and heartbreaking and you certainly…
View On WordPress