"Home Sweet Home" What an amazing Walkabout we have had the privilege to go on. We have seen so many wonderful places and learned so much about Australia and its people. We covered as much of this huge country as we could have done in the couple of months we allowed, leaving perhaps only the north west for another time. With nine flights, various cars, a few trains, trams, cable cars, boats and even a camel we have travelled we think about 25,000 miles and incr...

Over the last couple if days I have indulged in a bit of a trip down memory lane. We lived in Singapore for a while in the late 1960''s. Leaving when I was 10 my memories are mainly of carefree days by the pool, going to The Cold Storage for shopping and to cool down (one if the only public buildings then with air con) and of our bus trips to and from school. Yesterday we crammed a lot in as we only have 3 days here. Little India and its Hindu Temples was much a...

How Singapore has changed since we were here 15 years ago and certainly since my childhood days of the late 1960's. I hardly recognise a thing. Any of the old colonial buildings are dwarfed by all the high rise blocks of shiny glass and metal. There are a few echos of familiarity though. It's clean, tidy, very hot and humid. It's full of people and traffic. The locals are always polite and friendly, respectful and always offer to help if you look lost. There is ...

"Farewell Ode to Australia" We love the Australians who are relentlessly cheerful. Rain is seen as a blessing and they can be so stoical often in the face of great adversity. They are more laid back than us, nothing seems too much trouble and their favourite saying is "no worries". Australians have a habit of shortening many words and often adding "ie" at the end. It has taken us a while to get used to it but as we pack our bags to leave I think we have got the...

"A Picnic in the. Park" Our penultimate day in Australia found us packing a picnic and heading for Kings Park. We spent a couple of hours here last month and vowed to return if we could. Over looking the city of Perth and at over 1000 acres there is plenty to see and do. The spring flowers were looking at their absolute best under the blue skies as we walked through the botanic gardens, over the treetop walks, climbed the tower for fab views and then plunged in...