on the edge of ordinary

Ever since we came back from our epic motorhome trip to the centre of Australia, I've been wondering how best to put our memories, espec...

Today's just been weird. It started off quite normally, until my eldest didn't go to school as usual, but instead walked with me...

On the first day of 2012 I wrote a post about what I thought might be coming up during the year. There were less big surprises in 2012, a r...

(Saturday 28 th July) Our final run back to Tweed Heads to drop off the motor home was unexpectedly stressful. We were...

(Friday 27 th July) Roadwork in the misty morning. Today we drove from Mackay through Rockhampton and into Bundaberg. The landscape...

Yes, we have a large state! (Thursday 26 th July) Yes, we reached the ocean three and a half days after leaving the sentimental “c...

(Wednesday 25 th July) I started the day with less voice than yesterday and that hasn’t improved. It is very difficult to manage my ro...

(Tuesday 24 July) This morning we started early again, finishing in time to see the sun rise in a most spectacular plac...

(Monday 23 rd July) Today we drove the longest we’ve driven this trip. About 830km. We left at 7.36am and arrived a bit after 6pm. We to...

(Sunday 22 nd July) Well, we did get a solid night’s sleep and it made the world of difference today. We were almost all up and about ...

(Saturday 21 st July) Today we laid eyes on Uluru (Ayers Rock) close up. We slept in a bit and then toddled off to Uluru. It takes a li...