I’m very excited this week because on Friday I am flying to the Gold Coast (in Queensland) to visit my best friend. We only get to see each other once or twice a year. She’s picking me up and then we are crossing the border into New South Wales for two nights at Kingscliffe where…
Australia
The Lamb Ad 2025
For long time followers of my blog, you might remember that every year I bring you the Australia Day lamb advert. This year’s ad is actually relevant worldwide. I’d love to think some lamb on the barbie would solve this year’s topic. What do you think of this year’s ad? If you’re keen to see…
Atlas Comet
For the first time in 160,000 years the G3 Atlas comet is visible in Australian skies. This comet was only discovered in April last year, and is being monitored by NASA. Deciding a once in a lifetime comet was worth viewing, we headed up the the highest point in our area – apparently the best…
The $1 million dollar barramundi – update!
Just a quick update on a post I wrote in 2020 about a fishing contest with a Barramundi worth a million dollars. You can read about the contest here. A few days ago, Katherine local, 19-year-old Keegan Payne, caught the fish in the Katherine River. He caught it just in the nick of time, the…