We were pretty tuckered out after almost 6 weeks in the Blue Mountains - lunches, movies and scenic drives do in fact take it out of us. Our final day was a long one one of housework and travel. When we finally made it back to the apartamento, we hit the ground running out ventured to Llankelly Thai with Joan. The torrential rain was incredible - positively monsoonal in its display of force. We were well and truly hit with extreme humidity the following day w...

Just for once it would be nice to actually sleep the night before travel day. Unless we're heading off at 11 am or later, I invariably sleep badly, if at all, the night before we travel - be it from one side of the world to the other - or just an early departure and a 3 hour train ride to the Blue Mountains. Tired or not, having clung to our neighbourhood for almost 2 months, it was nevetheless superb to be on the go once more. Whilst Mount Victoria is a high ...

Masks. The new year brings more cases of the virus as the Northern Beaches cluster seems to be turning into the Sydney cluster. Masks are now mandatory on public transport and in supermarkets and all retailers. The last thing we want to do is take a bus or a train and then see it's date/time listed on the 'get tested and isolate for 14 days' list. This means we are more or less joined at the hip with our 'hip and happening' suburb of Potts Point. We also walk a...