Category: Australia
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It’s Our Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary! We have now been on our travelling, house sitting, exploring the world adventure for six full years. What a blast. This calls for a little reflection and round up of our activities to date. I am just focusing on our last year here. If you haven’t been following us or you just want…
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Australia….It Has Been a Blast
Here we are, nearing the end of our second 1 year stint here in Australia. Though it is safe to say we will not be retiring to Australia, it would be very safe to say we will be back. We were able to see most of the places and things on our “to do” list,…
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Local Sights
As our monsoon ended here in northern Queensland we were then treated to the very edge of cyclone Oma, off the east coast of Australia. Though some areas were hammered by winds and flooding, we were fortunate to just see a couple of blustery days and some heavy rain.
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Monsoon Season
Out of the frying pan and into the fire…..sort of. More like into the pool. We managed to experience the hottest January on record while we were house sitting in Melbourne and now we are soaking in a 1 in 100 year monsoonal rainfall here in Northern Queensland in February. Perhaps not what we had…
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House Sitting Ruminating
As we start to wind down our time in Australia and head north to our final house sit near Cairns in Queensland it causes me to fully appreciate what a wonderful lifestyle house sitting has provided us. Our two house sits in the Melbourne area allowed us to explore the sights of Melbourne CBD as…
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Melbourne Impressions
So, here we are, in the thriving Aussie metropolis of Melbourne. Asking anyone here we have been assured we have reached the centre of Australian culture and history. With a population in the vicinity of 4.5 million, between Melbourne and Sydney they certainly are one of the centres of humanity here. From our house sitting…
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Blackbird Babies
While doing a house sit in a suburb of Adelaide we have been treated to a wonderful experience. Before departing, the home owners told us of blackbirds nesting in the hedge in their backyard and that there were some eggs in it. If you follow my Instagram feed you will have seen most of these…
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Road Trip Wrap-up
After having enjoyed the wonders of the Barossa Valley and Mount Gambier, we found the coast calling to us. As we headed up northwest, our first stop was in the beautiful town of Beachport. One of our discoveries on this road trip was the use of caravan parks for our nighttime accommodation. The first we…
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Road Trip
With our first house sit in Adelaide complete we had 10 ten days to ourselves before starting our second sit in this beautiful city. We rented a car and mapped out a rough route for our short adventure and off we went. The Barossa Valley is a great region to spend some time. The layout…
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Wet Rocks
Sinkhole diving was an unexpected find for us. While doing a house sit in Adelaide we were chatting with the home owner and he mentioned that he had grown up in the Mount Gambier region and had explored sinkholes when he was younger. He told us of some of the sites and lo and behold,…