Scrappy can't make it over the Blue Mountains so a new car is in order to follow in the footsteps of that great pink thing: Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
Follow the yellow brick, um, plane… Sydney Harbour Bridge Yes, we finally made it – and two days early no less! My first sighting of Oz was not exactly inspiring: a coastline shrouded in cloud and rainy mist, followed by a wet and windy landing at the airport, but then again it is ‘winter’ down [...]
Stopover 2: Fiji We stepped off the plane in Nadi at some silly hour of the morning, with the sun still rising as we made our way out of the airport. Our accommodation was already booked at the Beachouse, some way to the south west and along the main island’s Coral Coast, but now we [...]
Stopover 1: Los Angeles Eleven hours and three movies after some tearful farewells back home, we touched down in LA: alleged City of Angels. I have a habit of singing any songs relating to a place upon arrival, so it was time for some Red Hot Chili Peppers while waiting at passport control… shame I [...]
Several years ago Manchester was re-christened Mad-chester by the music press, partly due to clubs like the Hacienda and bands like James and Oasis. The bushy eyebrowed ones have since vanished from the scene however – or maybe they finally lost their voices – and the big clubs are gone. The world remembers only Manchester [...]
Hakuna Matatu? Kenya Sopa! The funniest experience we had that summer was while travelling down to Narok, self-proclaimed Gateway to the Mara. Stuffed into a rickety pick-up with an equally rickety wire-frame roof, we met our first genuine Maasai – about ten of them to be precise, plus three milkchurns and an unknown number of [...]
“Bournemouth? My gran lives there!” This is the refrain we locals tend to hear as we wander about the land, and to be honest there are plenty of OAPs in this lovely seaside town – but that’s not all. Bournemouth has grown beyond its original reputation of a retirement village and into that of a [...]
Well. Just 26 hours to go – 21 if you count the trip to the airport – and I haven’t packed yet. Oops! The Kiwi prepares to take on Oz once again Don’t get me wrong: I know exactly what I’m taking, it’s just that some of it’s in the washing machine and other parts [...]
Rob and Sophie In this great age of the backpack, it shouldn’t be too surprising that more and more people are encountering potential life partners while on their OE (overseas experience). Being friends of friends is weird enough, but falling for a bloke from the other side of the planet takes the biscuit! And when [...]
