Today we decided on a “country road trip” I did not particularly want to go to the Hunter Valley wine areas as we explored there a couple of years ago. (link to those posts) but rather have a look a...
Merry Christmas
We woke early this morning, had our showers and breakfast and went to the family. We had arranged to arrive at 7-30ish to see the boys. When we arrived C said the boys had done well and had slept in...
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve is always a fun day when there are little kids involved. The boys were very excited there is now only ONE more sleep until Santa comes. We had breakfast and were just tidying up the...
Santa Shopping and ever growing boys.
Part 2 of yesterdays post…We had an uneventful flight from Brisbane although we were pushed back by 40 minutes as our incoming flight from Mackay was delayed, and in turn our flight would be late....
Christmas Break 2023 – Newcastle & Adelaide
Christmas !! After a very busy year it is going to be a well deserved break this year. We are off to Newcastle for a few days to see the family, then on to Adelaide for 9 days. Part 1: Our flight...
Home again
Monday morning was our travel home day. Our flight did not leave Newcastle until 12:15pm so we were able to have a slow start to the day. I had packed most of our things the night before, so really...
7th Birthday Party Fun
Today, young T is having his birthday party. It is not his birthday until later this week, but his Mum and Dad have planned a trip to Sydney to take the boys to monster trucks as a...
Saturday 7th October 2023
A quiet day today with nothing particular planned. We spent the morning visiting and playing with the kids at a park where they could let off steam on the skate park. There was a decision made to go...
A long weekend in Newcastle
We are off for a long weekend to Newcastle to visit the family. An early 6:00am start, saw us heading down the highway to Brisbane airport for our 9:15am flight to Newcastle. We got caught up with a...
Brisbane Bound – 11th April 2023
Today is an uneventful drive north to Brisbane. We are heading to a motel near the airport in readiness for our flight to Hobart tomorrow. The Glen Innes motel has an included breakfast from 7:00am....
Heading North – 10th April 2023
Waking up this morning was a little bit sad knowing we are saying goodbye to the family. We will not see them again for a few months. We had breakfast, finished packing, checked we had everything...
More Family Fun -9th April 2023
As we had no hot water in the unit, M had a cold shower and I had a warm “bird bath”. We had our breakfast and set off to have a look at a motel we had seen online that is much closer to the...
Family Day -8th April 2023
The family arrived at our apartment around 5:00pm. As we expected the boys are growing so fast. We had a lovely time at “Nana’s New Holiday House” The boys were very surprised that the Easter Bunny...
Coffs Harbour to Newcastle -7th April 2023
We both slept well but woke early ready for another day’s drive. It is exciting to be able to see the kids again. We are sure we will notice that they have grown again. The news had said we might be...
Caloundra to Coffs Harbour – 6th April 2023
We woke up at our usual 5:30am, had breakfast and were on the road just after 7:00 Our destination today is the Charlesworth Bay Beach Resort in Coffs Harbour. We have approx 475kms travel I have...
Easter Road Trip -5th April 2023
Finally, our holiday plans are coming back to some sort of normality post CoVid. This year we are traveling south the Newcastle to visit the grandkids and then to Hobart to look at a house we are...
Heading Home 🙁
After a quiet relaxing day yesterday, we had an early night with the alarm set for 5:00am We planned on getting to the airport early for our 11:00 flight. We were a little worried that we may have...
Touring the Sights.
Today we decided to get in the car and do some sight seeing. After a quick breakfast at the bakery of Pie (chunky steak with peas) and a chicken, asparagus and feta quiche, we headed east to the...
Saturday – Food, Shopping and Family
Today M&C are to visit us today from Wollongong First up though is breakfast :). We found a nice cafe yesterday called Hedgehogs. We are having poached eggs on toast and pancakes with maple...
Good Friday
We both had a great nights rest and a good sleep in this morning. We had a hearty breakfast of bacon and eggs and headed into the village to see what was open. We not not expected much to be open...
FINALLY !!! We made it. 🙂
Wow what a day :). After a quick stop at the factory, we made it to the airport with time for lunch . We had a good flight and landed in Sydney onetime. A very short walk and we found the courtesy...
Easter 2014 in Berry, NSW
On Thursday we will have a long awaited break. We have a relaxing break planned in Berry, NSW. We passed through Berry on our last road trip over the Christmas break. We were impressed by this...
Easter 2008 – Yamba
Throughout 2008 I have been doing a few trips to Yamba for work, so it was a good idea to spend Easter in this gorgeous seaside town and have a look around properly. For this trip we had a large...
A Weekend in Sydney – May 2006
Every May the Photographic Industry holds its Trade Show. As we have a display stand at the show, we have one member stay back after the show to pull down the stand and arrange for equipment to be...