Cold weather blues
Cold weather blues Adelaide, Australia Adelaide, Australia Us, when planning the holiday: “Let’s go in winter. Then there won’t be too many people around.” Enter the worst storms in the region for 30 years. An excellent plan indeed. We could hear the wind whistling down the corridor of the...
Kensington Road runs straight for a while
Kensington Road runs straight for a while Adelaide, Australia Adelaide, Australia The weather was no better this morning than it had been yesterday. In fact, it was probably worse. The wind is horrible and we’ve seen reports of some severe damage having been done across the state. I’m beginning...
Don’t go chasing waterfalls
Don’t go chasing waterfalls Apollo Bay, Australia Apollo Bay, Australia Today the road trip began. We said goodbye to the in-laws after breakfast and hit the road for the start of the Great Ocean Road: Torquay, surfer town. We stopped at Soul Fuel Cafe for coffee and, after a...
12 of 12 August 2015
Wednesday 12 August was a work day that wasn’t 100% normal. The forecast for Hobart was 4-15, with a chance of a late shower. 1 of 12 – It was cold when I got up. It’s the time of year when afternoon me hates morning me for rugging up...
12 of 12 May 2015
Better late than never . . . Today was forecast to be a day of wild weather, with severe weather warnings left right and centre. I was home today, which meant I had to make sure the fire stayed alight, that the buckets were under the right place in...
Silent Sunday
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12 of 12 July 2014
We stayed in Hobart last night with family after a lovely dinner out with Lil Sis and Mr Tall, child-free, which we decided was a belated birthday celebration for Slabs. Six months belated, give or take a few days, but who’s counting? A recovery breakfast was in order. 1...
12 of 12 August 2013
This is my first 12 of 12 post. I heard about 12 of 12 from my friend Snuva, who has been doing it for several years. Basically what you do is on the 12th day of each month you take 12 photos of your day. Snuva says, “Sometimes the...
P365 – Day 255 – travel-log day 2 (12/09/2011)
Today’s schedule: Sleep in. Drive from Adaminaby to Tumut, through Kusciuszko National Park, stopping to visit the Yarrangobilly Caves. It was a clear sunny morning, and there were no reports of snow on the road, so we were confident we’d have an uneventful trip across the mountains. The ‘high...
P365 – Day 237 – I did not speak too soon
I did not speak too soon . . . I did not speak too soon . . . So OK, after a glorious morning, at lunchtime the weather decided it was winter time again, the temperature dropped by several degrees, the wind started blowing (up to 109 km per...