The countdown is on. Work is behind me and my holiday has officially started. In 4 days I will be on my way to London. All my gear is ready to go into the bag, all the electronic gear and spare batteries are charged, all the cables and chargers are accounted for. Can anyone tell me what people filled their luggage with before they had all this hardware to take with them? Perth is on holiday today to mark the start of the CHOGM Conference that will be opened ...

November 1st is the big day. And it is now less than three weeks until I take off. Most of the big plans are already in place and I'm down to the real details. I've been looking at what I want to do while I'm in London. A week in London seemed like a lot, until I really started to plan what I wanted to do and see in that week. A lifetime goal - to see The Mousetrap. MUST DO! There are so many other shows and all of them can be seen in Australia but not The...