Surfers Paradise is always a bustling tourist hotspot at any time of year but during February the Safari Arts Festival always gives it a touch extra fun and whimsy. Most days I take a walk at lunchtime, and stroll from … Continue reading Sand Safari 2017 – Surfers Paradise
Mum bought some slides back from New Zealand. Over the last week I have converted them to digital format. So for the first time, after 35 years we can actually now see these photos. This is the second set which feature … Continue reading Throwback Thursday – Disneyland’s 25th Anniversary Parade
First photo taken around 1952, with Lion’s head attached to the my father grew up in – Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand. The little boy in the photo is my father aged around 5 years old. Second photo taken yesterday, Gold Coast, … Continue reading Then and Now – The Lion’s Head
Mum bought some slides back from New Zealand. Over the last week I have converted them to digital format. So for the first time, after 35 years we can actually now see these photos. I’m in the white t-shirt, my brother … Continue reading Throwback Thursday – Disneyland 1980
Click here for part 1 Blurb repeated from previous entry so skip to the photos if you read the first one 😉 When we did our Royal Carribean cruise back in July, for the second cruise we had two stops … Continue reading Visiting Hoi An (part 2)
We decided to book a trip from Easter through 1 May to take in the public holidays here in Australia. Success – leave approved from 14th April to 1 May inclusive! Where to then? Robert’s had a hankering for Vietnam … Continue reading The cost of an Organised Tour vs Independent Travel (Vietnam)
When we did our Royal Carribean cruise back in July, for the second cruise we had two stops in Vietnam. One of these was Hoi An which is situated on Vietnam’s central coast. Mum and I had previously visited Vietnam … Continue reading Visiting Hoi An (part 1)
Visiting the Tate Modern in London was the most boring 15 minutes of my life. Ok, so maybe I was there a little longer than that, but I found nothing there that appealed to me in any sense whatsoever. But I … Continue reading I hated the Tate Modern… visiting QAGOMA
Click here for entry for Tuesday 20th July – Sunday 25th June 1943 Monday July 26 Day 841 Made more enquiries concerning Canal, learnt guarded for six months. Due early in Aug. Played cards in afternoon. Word through that Musso* … Continue reading Grandad’s WWII Diary – Monday 26th July – Saturday 31st July 1943
Click here for entry for Wednesday 14th July (cont.) – Monday 19th July 1943 Tuesday July 20 Day 835 Got parcels ready in case I see Meaty*. Swimming in afternoon returning early then acting as Pall-Bearer for Maori Boy. Small … Continue reading Grandad’s WWII Diary – Tuesday 20th July – Sunday 25th June 1943
Click here for entry for Saturday 10th July – Wednesday 14th July 1943 Wednesday July 14 Day 829 … from Sicily. Wrote in evening. Thursday July 15 Day 830 Received Marg’s tabacco parcel today, no swimming today but slept instead. Fit … Continue reading Grandad’s WWII Diary – Wednesday 14th July (cont.) – Monday 19th July 1943
Click here for entry for Monday 5th July – Friday 9th July 1943 Saturday July 10 Day 825 News through today of invasion of Sicily. This where the huge convoys which passed through canal have gone. In evening walked to … Continue reading Grandad’s WWII Diary – Saturday 10th July – Wednesday 14th July 1943
Click here for entry for Grandad’s WWII Diary – Friday 30th June – Sunday 4th July 1943 Monday July 5 Day 820 Had leave to Ismailia – left Hospital at 7.30 by ration truck. Could not not see hand-bag suitable for … Continue reading Grandad’s WWII Diary – Monday 5th July – Friday 9th July 1943
Click here for more about Ruby Continue reading Throwback Thursday – Singing for her supper
