So its a reasonably early start in order to get from Perth to Sydney. Packing is becoming a bit of an art form, especially packing in the few bottles of wine I bought on my lone wine tasting tour! Its all about travelling today, not much else. Perth airport is pretty easy to navigate, although … More Farewell Perth, Hello Sydney….
So, I say farewell to my fabulous host Ali at Manuel Towers, she’s very sweet and puts out a mini Christmas cracker for me!! I will take that with me I think. Another wonderful breakfast and then I hit the road off to Perth… well Fremantle to get the ferry to Rottnest (Rotto as they … More Jump around!
I get up early and its already windy, lovely and sunny, clear skies! Perfect. So I do a little run (not too far!) to warm up the old muscles and use the beach gym as well so that I am nicely warmed up before I head off for kite lessons. I nice hearty breakfast courtesy … More Its Windy, lets go fly a Kite…
So once again its the early morning 4am cockrell wake up call, I do my best to sleep through it as long as I can but 5.30am is my limit. I want to make an early start anyway so that I can drop off the two people I have been travelling with for the last … More Farewell to Farm life, hello again Manuel Towers
So, farm life… blimey, whats with the flippin’ cockerel at 4am… I can see why the Airbnb didn’t invest in blackout blinds, lets face it the cottage would need sound proofing too!! so basically from 4am, light dozing only until just getting up at 6am and a leisurely preparation to head into town for 8am … More Margaret River at its best
So, 7am its out and on the road for a quick drive to Denmark and Greens Pool, to be honest this spot is amazing (last year I made it for sunset which is a must!) and somewhere it would be easy to spend the day, as long as you have insect repellent!! Sand flies are … More Albany to Margaret River
Well, we leave Bhutan sadly at 7.45am, another sunny day and we land in Kathmandu just around 9am and start the drive to our hotel. Its certainly back to earth with a bump as we see a car incident in front of us and the door hanging off someone’s van, but everyone just keeps moving! … More Kathmandu Part 2
Tiger’s nest (Taktsang Monastery) Up at the crack of dawn literally, we are in the car by 6.30am and at the base of the hiking trail by 7am. Walking boots on, layered up (although its pretty damn cold at night at around 3C its pretty hot during the day with blue skies and sunshine 18-20C … More Last day in Bhutan
Punakha to Thimpu to Paro Day 2 starts with us heading up Dochula Pass to the 180 Stupa’s (well 108 really), a great view of Everest and the mountains through the clouds its a lovely scenic drive and we are fortunate as well to catch a few Himalayan monkeys playing in the tree’s. We have … More More of Bhutan
Paro to Thimpu to Punakha Well I finally arrive in Bhutan, after a 5am wake up call, breakfast, plane journey with a fab view of Everest, the airport is in a valley in the mountains so its quite an interesting flight in flying so close to the hillside. We meeting with our guide who gives … More Bhutan, finally arrived
Spin My Own Dreams 