Australia is on fire

Australia has been burning since October, well from what I know anyway. When Iain and I first embarked on our road trip down the east coast of Australia, we were on fire watch, making sure we didn’t end up in an area that was burning. As we drove down we passed many forests that had been incinerated and left lonely trees black with soot. It was quite a scary sight.

How does Christmas make you feel?

Christmas is fast approaching and it is beginning to sink in that I am going to be having my first ever Christmas without my family and with Iain (I don't think I've ever seen him on Christmas day itself!).

Why doesn’t Australia celebrate Halloween!?

It was a shock to the system when Halloween came around and it wasn’t -1 in the evening (imagine?!). Being brought up in Scotland you learnt to get on with it rather than to change your costume because of the weather. There has been many a Halloween night I have literally frozen but it’s okay because it’s Halloween and everyone’s the same.