I have to like a Port with my namesake. Port Douglas, as previously mentioned still seems to have a good vibe, at least when a wedding party doesn’t start a bawl at the Iron bar at midnight. On both Saturday and Sunday, Lisa and I journeyed into Port Douglas to find the best that there…
View MoreOn the beach, I did spend an afternoon watching a bunch of beginners taking Kite Surfing lessons. Kite Surfing is where you wear a harness connected to a large kite and then slide your feet into a wakeboard and take off across the water and for short periods of time you can obtain low altitude…
View MoreThe Thala Beach Lodge is said, in some publications, to be a five star hotel. Lisa and I wouldn’t quite give it that many stars, but did like it very much. Instead of rooms connected to one another where you can hear what channel on the television another guest is watching — which seemed like…
View MoreOh yes, back to the blog. So on the Friday morning before Easter, Lisa and I started our escape. Lisa awoke early so she did some additional checking on our destination hotel, the Thala Beach Lodge and found a review from someone complaining that they had to walk eight minutes to get to the main…
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Just across the Sydney Harbor Bridge is a large area called Sydney North. You can drive across the bridge or take the tunnel under the harbor if you have a car. I decided to walk across the bridge; the east side of the bridge has a protected walkway for walkers and joggers and the west…
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Hi, I’m the Easter Bilby. Douglas and Lisa just got back from Port Douglas, Queensland and I thought, as the official Easter Bilby, that I’d let you know that the mates made it back fine and dandy. Why not an Easter Rabbit, you ask? Well, rabbits breed, er like rabbits, so they are not endangered. …
View MoreSorry there haven’t been a lot of updates to the blog lately, but things around our Sydney household have slowed a bit. Last Sunday, whilst I was off at my second sailing lesson, Lisa was at her yoga class and there was a bit of a mishap and she injured her hamstring. The Monday after…
View MoreLisa has really excellent taste in wine, especially reds. I have fair taste and a greater feeling for money in my pocket. Here are some of the wines that we have been enjoying of late. I doubt many of these are in the states, but might be worthwhile to keep an eye out. First on…
View MoreThis is a snap that Lisa took of me and a cooler of my ‘victims from last year’s Microsoft Central Texas Spring Party. Both Lisa and I are missing our mud bugs, our crayfish, our bugs. After extensive web surfing, found out they do have them in Australia. During Lisa and my dinner with Michelle…
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