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
Cairns, Port Douglas & the Daintree 2022 Ioana, 31 December 202531 December 2025 We arrived in Cairns just before 6 pm and got a rental car to be able to drive around and visit places. We stayed at an interesting hotel called the Abbott Boutique. It’s in a fairly old building that has been renovated well and has lots of first page covers… Continue Reading
The Whitsundays June 2022 Ioana, 25 December 20259 January 2026 We left rainy Perth on a Qantas flight to Brisbane, where we landed just before midnight to a chilly 6 degrees. We stayed at a hotel near the airport and next morning got onto another Qantas flight to Proserpine, in a small Dash 8-400 plane. Proserpine Airport is small but… Continue Reading
Victoria Falls & Cape Town Ioana, 17 December 202520 December 2025 Victoria Falls is the only part of Zimbabwe that we visited. From the lookout cafe we could see the bridge over Zambezi, into Zambia. We learned that the Zimbabwean president’s son was getting married 2 days after our arrival at this very venue, and even the walk in front of… Continue Reading
Namibia & Botswana April 2024 Ioana, 17 December 202520 December 2025 Namibia is not easy to get to, particularly from Perth. We flew Qantas Perth to Sydney then Sydney-Johannesburg, and then South African Airways to Windhoek. From the airport in Windhoek we took a taxi to Namibia 2 Go to pick up the car, then we drove to Okapuka, to join… Continue Reading