Christmas lights 2025 Ioana, 3 January 20263 January 2026 City of Perth did a reasonable job with the Christmas lights this year, although we didn’t get to see all of them. But Mandurah, as always, put on a real show. Continue Reading
Riviera Raft Up December 2025 Ioana, 19 December 202520 December 2025 Some photos and a short video of the 2025 Riviera raft up at Matilda Bay. Continue Reading
Japan 2025: part 1 Ioana, 7 December 20258 December 2025 We spent just under 3 weeks in Japan in October 2025, initially as part of an organised trip with Intrepid Travel and then by ourselves. We flew via Singapore. The flight from Perth arrived not long before sunset and we were amazed again by the number of ships waiting to… Continue Reading
Japan 2025: part 2 Ioana, 7 December 20258 December 2025 You can read about the first part of our 2025 Japan trip here. We took the bus from Kyoto Station to Koya-san or Mount Koya, a sacred site and also a UNESCO sacred site and pilgrimaged route. We drove through the industrial area of Kyoto, past rice fields mixing young… Continue Reading