Only a short drive from Adelaide in the Hills you’ll find Melba’s Chocolate Factory and shop. The small township of Woodside can boast one of Australia’s famous chocolate & confectionary factories, that still operates today. It’s a working tourism factory in a heritage-listed complex. Entrance is FREE, yes free, which is unheard of in the […]
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Liverpool UEFA SuperCup Champions
Day 15th August 2019 A truly memorable day for all Liverpool fans around the world. Having one the Champions League final against Tottenham Hotspur we automatically challenge for the UEFA Supercup. As with many of the LFC games, this one no exception I watched online via my laptop in the early hours. Every minute was […]
Dutton Bay – Simply Stunning
These are a few of the most spectacular images from our stay in Mount Dutton Bay on the Eyre Peninsula whilst house & pet sitting here.
House Sitting in Mount Dutton Bay (again)
It’s cold and wet here on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, yet still so beautiful and rustic. Our latest odyssey housesit has begun and we find ourselves invited back to Dutton Bay to look after Bella, Rosie & Natalie the three rescue cats. Day … 26th June 2019 to August 2019 Shannon & Marc […]
Aspley to Adelaide 2061 Kilometres in 4 days
Day 1 – Aspley to Stanthorpe Day 2 – Stanthorpe to Tamworth, via Tenterfield, Glen Innes, Armidale & Bendemeer. Day 3 – Waking up in Tamworth temperature of minus 3 Day 3 – Tamworth to West Wyalong via Coonabarabran, Parks & Dubbo Coonabarabran apparently Australias Astrology capital Day 4 – West Wyalong to Ouyen via […]
Relocation Vehicle from Brisbane to Adelaide for only $131
Moni & I were looking for a cheap way to take some of our stuff from Brisbane to Adelaide. We had too much to take on a plane and not enough for a backload, with the majority quoting for a 4 cubic minimum. Having done a relocation of a camper last December it occurred to […]
House & Pet Sitting Two Cavoodles
Does the sound of looking after two dogs and a wonderful home for 8 weeks sound good to you? It certainly did to us, so that’s what we did. Having just spent the past 8 weeks in Aspley Queensland looking after two wonderful Cavoodles all the while enjoying a huge home and driving around a […]
Liverpool Champions League Final 2019
These pictures tell you everything… The semi-final against Barcelona, LFC was trailing 0-3 from the first leg in Barcelona and needed another miraculous game to pull off what was in most pundits minds a lost cause. Needing to score at least 3 goals without conceding was a huge task. Never ever right off Liverpool, because […]
Tiny House Planning
These are my very first Tiny House plans. Basically I have drawn them out on graph paper and then tried to master Sketchup on the laptop. From there I picked up some solid cardboard and began to cut out pieces that were big enough for my scaled model. I covered the cardboard in white paper […]
Cruise ship Golden Princess in Sydney Australia
We arrived in Sydney after 3 nights on the Golden Princess cruise from Melbourne. A wonderful ship and a great cruise. P&O will certainly benefit from this new vessel joining the fleet from October 2020 under the name Pacific Adventure. I’ll be looking forward to cruising on her one day. You’d think that I was […]