Category Archives: Life

Tempting technological fate

Hah! Serves me right for boasting in my last post about being back to civilisation with great internet access. We went to lunch yesterday with Viv and Chris.  Jan’s last big meal before the operation! She went into hospital at … Continue reading

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Back to civilisation

We’re back home to 41 degrees in Sydney and our aircon going full blast. Sooty is very pleased to see us and is trying to dribble into the keyboard as I write. We had a splendid evening meal at Tillerman’s yesterday … Continue reading

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On the water

We are sitting in the Boatshed cafe having brunch. The cafe is a bit upmarket but is in a shack situated over the water on wooden piles. Bacon, poached eggs and toast for me – Jan has haloumi and pea … Continue reading

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Hot hot holiday

We’re up at Hawks Nest again, one of our favourite holiday spots. We’ve rented an apartment with a balcony overlooking the surf beach. We’ve been swimming in the surf and at the much calmer Jimmys Beach on the Nelson Bay … Continue reading

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With old friends, we brave the savage seas

We’ve just said farewell to my old Northampton Grammar School friend Martin Rowell and his wife Fiona who popped in to Sydney for a short stay with us. They were in Australia mainly to visit their daughter Catriona, husband Andy … Continue reading

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