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Sunday, 4 Oct 2009 | Views [41]
My time here is almost up, sadly, but Mother Nature, knowing I don't get a summer this year as I'm leaving Perth at the end of the winter and going back to the US during the fall, has blessed me with a few days of beautiful sunshine for my last weekend ... Read more >
Tags: perth, beach, cottesloe, swan river, western australia
Wednesday, 30 Sep 2009 | Views [69]
The island paradise of Bali exceeded my already-high expectations, and considering it rained on us most of the time, that really says something about this small isle in the archipelago that makes up Indonesia. There was a lot of relaxing-on-the-beach ... Read more >
Tags: bali, indonesia, beaches
Wednesday, 16 Sep 2009 | Views [82]
After our two days in Sydney, Jess and I flew up the coast of New South Wales to the much-loved holiday spot of Byron Bay, in the northeastern corner of the state. All year I've been hearing and reading out how great Byron Bay is, and it did not disappoint.... Read more >
Tags: byron bay, surfers paradise, new south wales, queensland, australia, gold coast, beaches
Wednesday, 16 Sep 2009 | Views [59]
It took me nearly a year of being in Oz to finally make it to Sydney, home of the famous Opera House and Harbour Bridge, as well as many other beautiful pieces of architecture. It also boasts great parks, a waterfront botanical garden, ferries to take ... Read more >
Tags: sydney, australia, new south wales, harbour bridge, opera house, the rocks
Wednesday, 16 Sep 2009 | Views [56]
It's not quite warm in Perth, but spring has sprung for the wildflowers and the newborn birdlife. The sun has poked through a few times in the past couple weeks, bringing with it gorgeous pink wildflowers in King's Park and adorable ducklings and swan ... Read more >
Tags: kings park, perth, spring, wildflowers, western australia
Tuesday, 18 Aug 2009 | Views [72]
While Seb's parents are traveling, we have the good fortune to dog- and house-sit for them at their luxe condo in the cute enclave of South Perth, a neighborhood on the south side of the Swan River, directly across from downtown Perth. The pad, with ... Read more >
Tags: south perth, swan river
Tuesday, 18 Aug 2009 | Views [60]
I woke up in Margaret River a few weeks ago to this little creature gracing us with his presence on the deck. Luckily, he was silent during his time with us...kookaburras make the most annoying noise. The first time I heard it, I thought children were ... Read more >
Tags: kookaburra, margaret river, australia
Monday, 27 Jul 2009 | Views [74]
We had a much-needed break Sunday in the cloudy skies that have overtaken Perth this winter, so I spent some time rediscovering the Perth coast. Or discovering new parts of it, I should say. Normally, I find myself on the wide sandy stretches of Cottesloe, ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, perth coast, indian ocean
Tuesday, 14 Jul 2009 | Views [76]
Mother Nature was very kind to us this past weekend with glorious spring-like weather. After a lot of rain and storms, it was a welcome distraction, so Seb and I took advantage with a little winter mini-break. We headed north about 1.5 hours to the tiny ... Read more >
Tags: perth, swan valley, lancelin, mindarie, swan river
Tuesday, 14 Jul 2009 | Views [57]
Trying to celebrate an American holiday anywhere other than America is, obviously, not quite the same. But I did my best. We couldn't find any American flags, but there happens to be one red wall in our house, which made a perfect base for some hastily ... Read more >
Wednesday, 1 Jul 2009 | Views [101]
Riding the wave of success that Australia had with its Best Job in the World contest a few months ago (a job living in paradise on Hamilton Island in the Whitsundays), Taiwan has announced a Best Trip in the World contest to promote tourism in the ... Read more >
Thursday, 25 Jun 2009 | Views [97]
One of the easiest and most cost-effective ways I amuse myself these days is by observing the various species of bird and duck that live around my local watering hole--Lake Monger. My favorites are the cockatoos. While the black swans and the dozen ... Read more >
Tags: perth, lake monger, birds, cockatoos, western australia
Monday, 8 Jun 2009 | Views [112]
As luck would have it, Melbourne, Victoria, notoriously rainy and chilly in the winter, where we were expecting clouds and drizzle, miraculously gave us a bright blue sky for our day of exploring. So we took it and wore ourselves out wandering around ... Read more >
Tags: melbourne, st. kilda
Monday, 8 Jun 2009 | Views [108]
Last week, I finally made it over to Australia's lovely east coast. After eight months of being in Western Australia, it was fantastic to see more of this expansive nation. Queensland, Oz's northeastern state, was our first stop. We started in the ... Read more >
Tags: queensland, australia, pacific ocean, beach, noosa national park, whitsundays, airlie beach, sailing
Wednesday, 22 Apr 2009 | Views [115]
We traipsed down to the southwest tip of Australia on our long Easter weekend (that's right, Easter is a lovely four-day weekend here). Augusta is a cute small town that sits in a great spot near Cape Leeuwin where the Blackwood River turns into Flinders ... Read more >
Friday, 3 Apr 2009 | Views [96]
Last week, some wonderful, adventurous members of my family made the long, long journey to this remote corner of the planet to pay me a visit. Mother Nature was kind enough to give us sunny, blue skies and not too much wind. We had a fantastic time ... Read more >
Wednesday, 11 Mar 2009 | Views [155]
Last weekend, we had the good fortune to be invited by our friend Julia down to her family's weekend house in the delightful town of Mandurah, about an hour south of Perth. Mandurah has a fantastic setting between the Indian Ocean, the Peel Inlet and ... Read more >
Tags: western australia, mandurah
Wednesday, 4 Mar 2009 | Views [187]
I found some video that I took when we went to Penguin Island that I want to share. Now, I am certainly not the world's best videographer, or anywhere near it, so please bear with me. The fairy penguins are simply the cutest little things I've ever ... Read more >
Wednesday, 4 Mar 2009 | Views [121]
Just when I've started to take being in Oz for granted, I have one of those weekends where I'm slapped in the face and woken back up. This past Monday was Labour Day in Western Australia, so I took advantage of the holiday weekend by tagging along with ... Read more >
Tags: western australia, perth, rottnest island, marjorie bay, indian ocean
Tuesday, 10 Feb 2009 | Views [141]
Last weekend we journeyed up to the small country town of Dongara, about 4.5 hours north of Perth, for Kitestock 2009. The wind was pumping for kitesurfing enthusiasts from across Western Australia. Pumping way too much, actually. Because of the cyclones ... Read more >
Tags: western australia, kitestock, kite surfing, kite boarding, dongara, indian ocean
Tuesday, 3 Feb 2009 | Views [134] | Comments [1]
A Sunday drive a couple of weeks ago took us through the little town of York. The oldest inland town in Western Australia (settled in 1831, two years after Perth), York has a cute, historic main street with charm and kitsch not unlike a tiny Colorado ... Read more >
Tags: western australia, york
Tuesday, 3 Feb 2009 | Views [149] | Comments [1]
There is a French photographer, Yann Arthus-Bertrand , who takes these amazing ariel shots all across the planet. He has had an exhibit of thousands of photos, Earth From Above , since 2000 that has traveled around the world. I walked through it many ... Read more >
Tags: yann arthus-bertrand, photography, perth, western australia
Friday, 30 Jan 2009 | Views [110]
After spending the past two Australia Days in Vail surrounded by raucous Aussies skiing around the mountain with Aussie flags tied to their backs like capes and singing ridiculous songs at the top of their lungs, I finally experienced the day in its ... Read more >
Monday, 5 Jan 2009 | Views [129]
After a stop at Torndirrip National Park in Albany (a couple cool rock formations on the coast), we finally rolled into greener pastures, literally. The Denmark and Walpole areas are fantastic...rolling hills, farmland, big leafy trees, cool rivers, ... Read more >
Tags: western australia, denmark, walpole, wine country
Monday, 5 Jan 2009 | Views [101]
We got back to nature at our second camping location. We stayed in a very rustic homestead in the middle of nowhere run by a funny German couple. Actually, it was in the middle of the very large and deserted Fitzgerald River National Park and was only ... Read more >
Tags: western australia
Monday, 5 Jan 2009 | Views [142]
I thought I had seen the most beautiful beaches in Western Australia. Boy, was I wrong. It turns out that the most beautiful beaches in the state, and quite possibly the country, are in and around the small town of Esperance, on the south coast. We ... Read more >
Tags: western australia, beaches, esperance, indian ocean, southern ocean
Monday, 5 Jan 2009 | Views [171]
Our southwestern road trip began in the southern coastal town of Esperance...the furthest east I've been yet. But first, we had the great fortune of some touristy stops along the way. It turns out that Wave Rock is, well, wavy. But nothing spectacular.... Read more >
Tags: western australia, wave rock, tin horse highway
Monday, 5 Jan 2009 | Views [121]
I have survived my first summertime Christmas. It was weird. Nice, but weird. Christmas Eve was a beautiful and warm day that consisted of some picnic-ing in the park overlooking the river. Christmas day was a lovely lunch (not too diffferent, after ... Read more >
Monday, 22 Dec 2008 | Views [105]
Seb finally got me to a match of Australia's favorite pastime. I used to think baseball was a fairly boring sport to watch, but I now find it quite enthralling compared to cricket. The match (against South Africa) started at 11:30. I made it about five ... Read more >
Monday, 15 Dec 2008 | Views [145] | Comments [1]
I don't have much to report this week...I am too consumed with the recent temperatures. I am trying desperately to tell myself it's Christmastime, but I remain unconvinced. As the mercury rises, my holiday spirit falls. I am not complaining that I spent ... Read more >
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