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.
Tag: travelling
Eat street markets – Brisbane
We went to Brisbane’s Eat street market, which was the most amazing food market I think I have ever been too. On the outside it looked like large pieces of Lego, built up of brightly painted shipping containers, inside it was a lot more open and the containers made up the walls with an open roof. (My first thought was what do they do if it rains? But it’s Australia and it apparently doesn’t rain an awful lot).
Understanding Australia – The big salty
So my first experience with Sydney has left me rather impressed, the area where Iain’s Aunt lives is lovely - very picturesque. So far we have done about the most Australian things you can do, go to the beach, drink beer and visit the iconic Sydney opera house.
Arriving in Australia
Not going to lie, when I realised the travel time was 31 hours to Sydney I thought oh great I can sleep the whole way. But in reality, sleeping on a plane is near impossible when you have children in the row behind you and you’re sat in the middle seat of the row.
Last post before Australia
Now that the UK is slowly becoming colder I am looking forward to bypassing the defrosting the car season for wearing sandals and our only concern being are we going to have air-con?
The dreaded packing
This is it, the time has come for me to empty the contents of my wardrobe into my suitcase. This may be easy for the average person who has a couple of outfits they wear, but not me. I have a large wardrobe followed by a chest of drawers, both are stuffed full which is … Continue reading The dreaded packing
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