This is the last week of summer holidays and the Barbarians are back at school from Tuesday next week. I am taking a little break from my blog and won’t be posting everyday so we can have a wonderfully fun family week. Back to regular scheduling next week. What are you up to this week?
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Recent Travel
In 2021 I’m answering a list of weekly journal questions. Read about it here. Talk about a recent travel experience.Travel in Australia has been very difficult for the last year thanks to covid. Our government’s response has been to go hard and go early, which has meant tight lockdowns. We have not been allowed to…
Our Christmas traditions
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve, so I thought I’d share my family traditions for this time of year. When I was a kid growing up my parents had two different businesses and worked 363 days of the year. The only days they didn’t work were Christmas Day and Easter Sunday. So we had our special Christmas…
Tis the season to be silly
I’m not sure if others around the world call the lead up to Christmas the “silly season” like we do in Oz, but the moniker certainly applies. Life just gets uber crazy and I’m starting to feel the effects (it is only 38 days until Christmas after all). I guess in Australia, not only is…
Across the border
Regular readers will know that last week the Barbarians and I got to fly to Queensland to visit the GGs (grandparents) because the borders between their state and our territory finally opened. Not being sure how long they will stay open we bolted while we could. It was only a short visit, but it was…