Tag Archives: Australia

Smoke on the Water: A Weekend in Berowra

December 2019 About 40km north of the Sydney CBD is another world. The hustle and bustle of a big metropolitan city gives way to nature – forests, rivers and the only sound being a cacophony of birds interrupted now and again by the sound of a boat motor chugging along. We were to spend a […]

John Senior Returns

Nov – Dec 2019 After his last trip to Sydney back in 2017 it was time for the return of John Senior!! This time he would be travelling solo. The second trip is always the hardest to plan. Do you re-do the first trip or go for new places? We kept it neutral and did […]

Monochrome Monday: Taronga Zoo NSW

Posting from a recent visit to Taronga Zoo in Sydney, New South Wales

Monochrome Monday: Fitzroy Falls NSW

Posting from our Summer 2021 trip to the Southern Highlands and South Coast. Fitzroy Falls near Kangaroo Valley and Tallowa Dam with the first JKRoaming appearance of our son Cillian.

Life in Colour Photo Challenge: Kaleidoscpe

Taking part in the Life in Colour Challenge (https://traveltalk.me.uk/2020/12/31/life-in-colour-photo-challenge-2021/) The world is a kaleidoscope of colour so this month let’s celebrate that with the brightest / most colourful images you can find. Mostly street art this month with some birds thrown in and a few other sights as well. You’ll never find a rainbow. if you are […]

Life in Colour Photo Challenge: Black

Taking part in the Life in Colour Challenge (https://traveltalk.me.uk/2020/12/31/life-in-colour-photo-challenge-2021/) This month we will be looking for Black or Grey. Black is not a colour at all. Theoretically it is the absence of all colour. Yet black is distinctive. Lines are bolder, shadows deeper, colours brighter against a black background. I see a red door And I want it painted […]

Life in Colour Photo Challenge: Orange

Taking part in the Life in Colour Challenge (https://traveltalk.me.uk/2020/12/31/life-in-colour-photo-challenge-2021/) This month we will be looking for orange. One of the most vibrant colours, orange is zingy and fresh. It’s a warm colour, friendly and inviting. Soft at dawn, but louder at sunset. From the palest of peaches and apricots through to copper, rust, salmon-pink and terracotta, […]

One if by land ; Two if by sea

A selection of National Park walks in New South Wales Winter days in Australia bring temperatures in the late teens to mid-20s and when it is also a dry day it is perfect weather to go on a hike. With 870 National Parks to choose from in NSW there is no excuse not to. Chasing […]

MonoChrome Monday : Gold Coast

Surfers Paradise in the distance and The beaches of Miami, Nobby, Mermaid and Broadbeach in between. Gold Coast, Queensland (Photo taken from Mick Schamburg Park Lookout)    

MonoChrome Monday : Fun Fair?!?

Pictures taken on a rainy Sunday morning at Luna Park in Milson’s Point in Sydney. What should be a bright colourful place looks a little scary in Monochrome.    

Scotland Island – Small, Far Away

January 2019 The travel bug started for us when we realised that with both of our birthdays being in January ( a mere 4 days apart) we could get each other stuff for presents or we could spend the money on travel and explore the world together. About a week out from John’s Birthday, Karen […]

MonoChrome Monday : Uluru

Uluru National Park- and Kings Canyon – by Land and by Air – Northern Territory, Australia

Tales of the Gold Coast

October 2018 In this edition of the blog I bring you a tale of adventure, exploration and discovery. Between the metropolis of Brisbane and the New South Wales Border to the south is another city, a hidden city. To the casual observer this area looks like any other, coastal region, miles of beaches punctuated by […]

I am the Mountain, I am Mudgee

It was three and a half years since we first arrived in Sydney. In that time we had explored the city we had decided to call home for a while, gallivanted up and down the east coast, popped over to Tasmania, hopped up to Darwin and a few more places in between. But as for […]

Harbourside Hamiltons

Not only did we get to spend time in Byron Bay with the Hamiltons, but we also got to show off our neighbourhood, the Lower North Shore and the greater Harbour district to them as well. Purple Rain Spring in the Southern Hemisphere begins in September lasting through to the end of November and the […]