Fire Spinning
on Nov 19, 2009 in Australia fire spinning poi When a fellow travel blogger recently wrote about fire spinning in Thailand, I realized in reading it that I have been amiss with you, dear readers. You see, I have blatantly (and unintentionally) kept you in the dark about a new part of my own life...

Roundup: October 16th-November 15th
on Nov 16, 2009 in Australia links Amex roundup transitions abroad Wise Bread A recent misty sunrise in Victoria, Australia Although the last half of October was a little slow, things picked up such that I have a delicious roundup of recently published travel and personal finance articles to enrapture you with! Please enjoy m...

The Journey Through Life’s Changes [Flashback]
on Nov 12, 2009 in Flashbacks flashback I was sifting through some previous blog posts (and somewhere in there realizing that I’ve written a TON of stuff for this site!), and came across the following one entitled The Journey Through Life’s Changes. It was written about a year...

Camping with Koalas at Cape Otway
on Nov 9, 2009 in Australia Video Clips camping Cape Otway koalas videos Enjoying a piece of the world famous Great Ocean Walk, I happen to find myself camping on night two in a little spot that wasn’t idyllic. As a former paddock, cows had trampled through not so long ago, as was evidenced by the dried out cow patties...

Alby the Pig
on Nov 2, 2009 in Australia Alby pig Please meet Alby – short for Albert Einswine. He’s a pig…a very very big mini pig. (You may be thinking “I detect an oxymoron in there”. Yup. You do). Friends of ours who had heaps of experience raising all manner of critters (from domest...

Our Backyard
on Oct 29, 2009 in Australia Video Clips Here’s a quick video that I put together to show those who are interested what our backyard looks like. We live in the rural countryside of Victoria, Australia, and are currently in the throes of spring. The trees are blooming, the grass is green,...

A Week-In-The-Life of Rosie in Spain
on Oct 26, 2009 in Week-In-The-Life Series Week-In-The-Life Having lived in London (England) all her life, Rosie has traveled extensively through America, Europe, Asia & Africa as a solo female visiting some 32 countries. She met her partner (Paul) on a singles holiday (the one & only package she ever...

Would you Like and Avo this Arvo?
on Oct 23, 2009 in Australia Australian abbreviations You may want to do a double-take, but those are indeed Australian mountains, a couple of hours from where we live. Most of the snow has likely melted by now. …and if you don’t know what the title above means, you’re probably curious just about...

Would you Like an Avo this Arvo?
on Oct 23, 2009 in Australia Australian abbreviations You may want to do a double-take, but those are indeed Australian mountains, a couple of hours from where we live. Most of the snow has likely melted by now. …and if you don’t know what the title above means, you’re probably curious just about...

Imagine: A Vagabond Story – Book Review
on Oct 19, 2009 in Australia book reviews book review Imagine: A Vagabond Story Man, does Grant Lingel know how to party. The description on the back cover of Imagine: A Vagabond Story calls it “a memoir of sex, drugs, and Salsa dancing”. And let’s just say I don’t remember very much Salsa dancing. But read a little deep...