We took the ‘travel here this year’ quite literally in 2020 and managed quite a few escapes in New South Wales- our home state thanks to Covid lockdowns. We were already keen to support small country towns having been inspired in late 2019 by campaigns like ‘Buy from the bush’ and ‘bring an empty esky’. The bush fires also contributed to us city dwellers wanting to show our support. Our…
Like a lot of the world during COVID, I’m embracing the old-fashioned road trip and have taken a few weekends away post lock down. I’m also hopefully having a longer 2-week trip coming up in October 2020. I fondly remember hopping in the car in the dark early hours of the morning and sleeping head to toe with my twin sister in the back of…
Hi there, My name is Lynda or as some of my family, friends and followers call me Mrs Wong and more recently Mrs Wonky. This nickname came about from road trip to Victoria nearly 20 years ago, when 2 girlfriends and I hired a soft top Saab and drove out of Melbourne city and into the sunset -a little like Thelma and Louise but without the ending! Head scarves optional…
As summer in Australia comes to an end, Steve and I ventured north for a quick overnight trip to Bannisters- Port Stephens, it’s just under 3 hours north of Sydney CBD. Steve’s kids had given us a voucher for Christmas in 2018, and the voucher has been staring at me from my planning wall in our office all that time. As Steve is off to Japan…
After our busy 8 days in Whistler Canada, Steve, Jess and I have headed to San Francisco for 6 days to chill out! Kidding, an after thought was for a little bit of warmth after our snow trip in Canada and as we are routed through Vancouver, we couldn’t go too far as the flights to and from make travel days hazy. We flew out of Vancouver after another…
Our family has just spent 8 days together in Whistler -British Columbia, Canada. A trip for 18 people from 4 different families, requires a plan to plan and of course I love a good planning project! Christmas 2018, we shared with our kids that we were planning a trip to Canada for Christmas 2019 and would they like to join us….. most were interested straight away, and as we…