It’s not often that we get a chance to escape the Australian winter and get back to a northern summer, but July saw Orlando and me flying off to Europe to the wedding in France of our friends Ariane and Igor. To make the most of our time, Orlando headed back to his beloved hometown … Continue reading the road to dingle
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easter in the blue mountains
They say the Blue Mountains have some of the best scenery in Australia, certainly in New South Wales. We booked an apartment in Leura in the heart of the Blue Mountains, and headed off in our rental car with Helen who was visiting from the US. The sun shone as we drove out of Sydney … Continue reading easter in the blue mountains
a weekend on the great ocean road
Orlando got a trip to Bangkok. Then he planned a side trip to Cambodia. I couldn’t go with him so I reckoned I deserved a little trip for myself. Victoria can be wonderful, even in autumn, but the sea needed to feature in my odyssey. After weeks of over-thinking the damn thing, Lee said something … Continue reading a weekend on the great ocean road
New Zealand
Now, explain to me again why we haven’t travelled to New Zealand before? It took a school reunion of sorts for us to decide to fly to our nearest English-speaking neighbour. Orlando’s schoolmate Helen visited us in December from her home in Connecticut where she works as a research fellow at Yale. She went on … Continue reading New Zealand
Máiréad Doyle 