Hiding in plain sight in the mountains

Posted on August 9, 2020 by marilyn

BLUE MOUNTAINS NP – 8 & 9 August 2020
This was supposed to be a full weekend in the mountains, a car rally (like a treasure hunt) on the first day and then a great little canyon on the second day.  The rally was great, sadly the canyon was cancelled because the weather was freezing.  It was a blog-worthy weekend though. Continue reading →

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Sweet dreams are made of Brie

Posted on August 5, 2020 by marilyn

Part 2 of my “spend a bucket of money in rural Australia” reviews.  I’m not even sure what I Googled in order for me to find these cheese care boxes, but what a find!  I’m not supposed to eat too much cheese, but the way I look at it is this … if not eating cheese adds another couple of months onto how long I will live, I’m prepared to forego those months so that I can have cheese with my red wine. Continue reading →

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The day I took my best friend into the wilderness

Posted on August 1, 2020 by marilyn

KU-RING-GAI CHASE NATIONAL PARK – 1 August 2020
You would think I’d learn wouldn’t you.  I thought I was going to do a nice easy walk so invited along my best friend as, from what I’d seen of the walk previously, it was really nice.  Turned out not to be such a great idea. Continue reading →

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Putting my money where my mouth is!

Posted on August 1, 2020 by marilyn

At the start of the COVID-19 Lockdown, the Australian Government sent me some money. I didn’t need it, but there’s a lot of people out there in Australia who do, so I thought I’d pass it on to rural Australia where people are doing it tough, first the bushfires, then flooding and now they’re in and out of lockdown.  I spent most of my period of lockdown on-line shopping looking around for products “made in Australia” so here’s the first of my reviews …  Continue reading →

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Freeze Dried Honey – Yum!

Posted on July 27, 2020 by marilyn

GO WILD! CHATHAM ISLANDS FREEZE DRIED HONEY
Walking around Queenstown (NZ) back in February, the Legendary Louise and I popped into a liquor store (for some supplies – lol) and there was a package of freeze dried honey in a promotional display.  We raced to the counter to try and buy some, only to discover that the package in the display was all they had. Continue reading →

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