Category: family

Home at last Hobart, Australia Hobart, Australia And now we’re home. I don’t know about Lil Sis, but I tried to sleep on the flight from Brunei to Melbourne. Every time I felt myself falling into sleep, some part of my body resisted and I woke up again. I...

Last day Eastbourne, United Kingdom Eastbourne, United Kingdom Today was our last full day in Eastbourne, as you can tell by the imaginative title of this post. We had thought of going to Battle to see some of the 1066 history, but we both felt sight-seen out and history...

More history Eastbourne, United Kingdom Eastbourne, United Kingdom We don’t have amy plans for the rest of our trip. There are a few things on the ‘nice to see list’ and we might get to them, but really we want to spend time with our aunt and cousin and...

Pevensey Castle Pevensey, United Kingdom Pevensey, United Kingdom FIrst up this morning we spent some time exploring the Eastbourne Pier, which is one of Eastbourne’s most famous sights. It was built in the 1860s and 70s, and the sightseeing tour commentary said it was built so people could go...

The white cliffs of Eastbourne Beachy Head, United Kingdom Beachy Head, United Kingdom As on our first day in London, we decided to use our first day in Eastbourne to explore the city a bit with the Hop on Hop off bus tour. The tour goes along the seafront,...

The family history trail – Part 2 Gillingham, United Kingdom Gillingham, United Kingdom I mentioned that our Dad served in the Royal Engineers a few years after the end of World War II. His father had also served with them and had been posted overseas during the war. One...

The family history trail begins Salisbury, United Kingdom Salisbury, United Kingdom The main reason for our trip is to visit our Auntie R, our late father’s only sister. She lives in East Sussex, and we’ve only met her once – almost 20 years ago when she visited Australia with...

Once I’d finished my epic 12 km walk on Saturday, it was time to start preparing my feast for the Tassievore Eat Local Challenge. This was Week 4’s mini-challenge: to have a dinner party where all the food is from Tasmania. I’ll put my confessions up front. The butter...

After we’d finished exploring Cape Bruny (Day 2, Part 2), we still had enough time to head back to north Bruny and visit the Get Shucked Oyster Bar and Bruny Island Cheese Factory. Get Shucked was great.  You can buy oysters to eat there with a beverage of your...

Yesterday we went to Dunalley, the small town that was devastated by a huge bushfire in January. The road to Dunalley I’ve tried several times to write about the trip, but what can you say when faced with such huge devastation? It was heartbreaking to see the effects of...