Destination: Australia

Safari sisters 2 - week 3

Fri, 19 Oct 2018 | By mekikepilala | Views [262]

Safari sisters - week 3  So now begins the mad dash across Tanzania and to the bottom of Malawi in time to attend the Lake of Stars music festival - the biggest music festival in Africa and one of the top ten in the world apparently. Although ... Read more >

Safari sisters 2 - week 2

Thu, 11 Oct 2018 | By mekikepilala | Views [259]

Safari sisters part 2 - week 2 So the blog was a good idea in theory but not so practical in reality, with patchy internet access and incredibly limited and unrealisable wifi, it has proven challenging to provide regular updates. At this stage ... Read more >

Passport - check! Tickets - check! Pre-flight anxiety - Check!!

Sat, 6 Oct 2018 | By mattso | Views [363]

You'd think with 9 months of planning, preparing, psyching up that I'd be chafing at the bit right now. This is one of those bucket-list trips which I'm still unable to accept is actually happening. Counting down 11 hours until I leave Perth for Lima, ... Read more >

Photos: Safari Sisters take 2

Sat, 29 Sep 2018 | By mekikepilala | Photo Gallery

Day #9 - Keld > Reeth (?)

Sun, 12 Aug 2018 | By simonehawkins | Views [338]

Grouse - today is grouse :)

Tags: trekking

Day #3 - Rosthwaite > Grasmere (9.5 miles)

Mon, 6 Aug 2018 | By simonehawkins | Views [262]

'The loveliest spot that man hath found' Sunshine? What is this? Where does it live? Not in the morning I'm in that's for sure! Today sees me start out with some dark clouds above me and a determination to ignore all the weather forecasts I've read ... Read more >

London, Tuesday 24 July

Tue, 24 Jul 2018 | By europe2013 | Views [266]

Finally got the diary up to date again before catching the bus/tube off to the hockey.  The first game was Japan v New Zealand and Japan won in a tight game.  As our seats were the other end to our crowd we wandered down and caught up to find ... Read more >

Photos: No rest for the weary...

Wed, 4 Jul 2018 | By ac | Photo Gallery

No rest for the weary...

Wed, 4 Jul 2018 | By ac | Views [336]

Today was our final full day in Canberra - the pace of our tour is starting to show but the boys again were admirable in their behaviour and attitude. We started with a HUGE HEARTY breakfast with most boys have 2 plates of bacon and eggs with many ... Read more >

Photos: 6 activities in 1 day!

Wed, 4 Jul 2018 | By ac | Photo Gallery

6 activities in 1 day!

Tue, 3 Jul 2018 | By ac | Views [433]

Well that was a packed and exhausting day! Today we started at the Old Parliament House - now known as the Museum of Australian Democracy. This place is very interesting as we got given swipe cards that we touched to a screen which lead us on a ... Read more >

Photos: Let the learning begin

Mon, 2 Jul 2018 | By ac | Photo Gallery

Let the learning begin

Mon, 2 Jul 2018 | By ac | Views [407] | Comments [1]

Today marked the first of our full on days where we visit and experience some of the amazing educational venues that Canberra has to offer. Our morning was a little slow, important information from Electoral Education and the High Court but not the ... Read more >

Photos: Snow Day

Sun, 1 Jul 2018 | By ac | Photo Gallery

SNOW DAY!!!

Sun, 1 Jul 2018 | By ac | Views [338]

We awoke this morning to a more traditional Canberra morning with fog and minus temperatures! This however turned into the most spectacular day up in the Snowy Mountains at Perisher where we had to actually go and buy additional suncream (this was hilarious ... Read more >