Here is the highly anticipated annual letter form the Woods of Perth. It has been a year of mostly highs, but a death in the family was a significant low for us this year and made us reflect on the importance of family and life balance. With the children rapidly growing up and the occasional aches and pains […]
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A Week of New Zealand’s North Island: Culture & Nature
New Zealand had been on our travel wishlist for a long time, and after constant prompting from our oldest son, we finally took the plunge and crossed the ditch. There are direct flights to get us there from Perth, but as usual, we went with the cheapest flights (how do you think we can afford […]
2018 Annual Letter
Another wonderful year has passed, 2018 for us has been very exciting and has seen us grow and learn some more … As always our year has been full of travel. Our trips this year have included a two-week adventure to Sri Lanka in April, with an action-packed stopover in Kuala Lumpur! We have not […]
Mirissa by the Sea
After a great introduction to Sri Lanka staying in the heritage-listed fort area of Galle, our next destination was a short distance along the coast to the beachside town of Mirissa. As is always the way with travel, the journey there can be just as good as the destination. Mirissa is only one hour from […]
Easy Introduction to Sri Lanka at Galle Fort
Our first destination on our holiday to Sri Lanka was the southwestern city of Galle. The old part of town, Galle Fort, is a world heritage site. We chose to start our Sri Lankan adventure here not only to explore this historic site, but also as it seemed like a quiet, clean and organised town. […]
2017 Annual Letter
Another year has raced on past, so quickly, in fact, we couldn’t get this annual year in review out before the end of the year! It’s always a time where we reflect on the year, and to update all our friends, family, and online followers. Enjoying the unseasonal snow in Hasliberg Switzerland We would have […]
Haarlem: A Mini Amsterdam
When we mentioned we were traveling to the Netherlands, we had a suggestion from a fellow traveller to stay a little out off the city of Amsterdam, in the town of Haarlem. It turned out to be an excellent idea, thanks Thomas. We stayed for six nights in Haarlem. Coming directly from our visit to Morocco […]
The Good and the Bad of Morocco
For a long time we have been wanting to visit Morocco, hence we planned our European route with Morocco as a must see (even though it is not part of Europe!). We had high expectations of Morocco, and in some ways it lived up to them, but it was not all great with a few disappointing […]
Where’s Ketut? The Real Ronda
It may be a long way from Bali, but coming to the town of Ronda in southern Spain and all we can think of is the Australian TV ad featuring the love story of Ronda and her Balinese friend Ketut. In reality, we couldn’t be further away from Bali, with the only similarity being the […]
Spectacular Seville
We have been to Spain before, visiting beautiful Barcelona and Madrid in 2005, this time heading to the south of Spain with the kids in tow. There were many cities we wanted to visit in the region, such as Córdoba, Málaga and Granada, but due to limited time have just come to Seville, and will […]