Club 1 – Sahoro Hokkaido

Day 2 of skiing was awesome. It started with a little review of the magic carpet. This was a great place to warm up and have a chat to your fellow ski students. An astonishing 80% of the guests here at the moment are Australian (this is unusual apparently) the remainder are mainly Japanese, Singaporean, […]

Club beginner – Sahoro Hokkaido

We arrived in Sahoro Hokkaido yesterday afternoon. If I am completely honest, it was rather a long and arduous journey, including a two and a half hour drive, two flights (7 hours and 6 hours) then another two and a half hour drive. It felt longer than we had anticipated, but living in a rural […]

Australia is burning

Whilst I am super excited sitting here in Perth airport waiting to go on holiday, I can’t help but feel a little worried for the country I call home. Normal people like me are suffering all around Australia this New Years Day. Some have lost everything they own, some their life and others precious family […]

Back to it…

Don’t you just hate the end of a holiday? The day when you realise you have to return to the hum drum of home, work, school. It is one of the most deflating feelings in life. For me, the only solace is making sure the next holiday is already booked so that I can redirect […]

The three big ones – Ningaloo Reef

Words will do little to describe the experience we had yesterday, but here goes anyway! The day started with an early wake up call and a few moans and groans. We threw the towels and suncream in the bag and headed down to the park office. A short time later a mini bus pulled up […]

Locals card – Exmouth

When traveling it is a huge advantage if you are with someone who is either a local, or who has spent a lot of time in the area. There are always secret spots that only those ‘in the know’ can find. Over the last few days we have been lucky enough to benefit from such […]

Totally awesome dude…. Ningaloo Reef

Yesterday we had our first taste of Ningaloo Reef. I had been itching to get out there because well…. it really is why you come to Exmouth. For someone like me, being in water with a snorkel on, is the closest I get to complete relaxation. It just feels like home (I am 90% sure […]

Epic road tripping in Western Australia

After 3 days and some 16 hours of driving, we are almost at our winter getaway destination. That is road tripping Aussie style! In the lead up to this trip, there has been a fair amount of thought about how we would cope in the car, where we would stop and who would sit where. […]

Coffee and food – Melbourne

Before coming to Melbourne, I honestly thought we had good coffee where I live, that we were spoilt for cafes. I still think for a rural town we are, but this place is something else! How can the humble coffee bean be transformed in so many different ways?!! I am a strict flat white, one […]

Culture to creatures – Melbourne

Day 2 of the mini break was amazing for so many reasons. I am loving getting back into travel mode, of course being mum and the only one who has been to Melbourne before, I am in charge of planning. So yesterday morning I dutifully studied the map and planned a schedule which included City […]