The day to travel to Nepal had arrived, quicker than I would have liked. I had signed up to spend a week in Dulikel, a village just outside of Kathmandu, helping to build a house as part of the Habitat for Humanity Everest II Big Build volunteer project. Unfortunately for the kids I had to …
Category Archives: Diary
2011 Christmas Letter
We hope you have enjoyed an exciting 2011. Best wishes for a wonderful Christmas, and we hope you enjoy many happy celebrations for the Festive Season. For many of you it has been a year since you have heard from us (sorry!). The major change for us being the birth of our third child Casper on August 31st. He …
The Old and the New of Kyoto
After a few days in each of Takayama and Hiroshima, we are at the final destination of our two weeks in Japan. Another fast train got us to the old Japanese capital of Kyoto in an hour from Himeji. We had chosen a hotel near the station for convenience, only a three-minute walk they said, …
Hiroshima in Peace
Here is the diary of our few days staying in Hiroshima, Japan. We travelled here from Takayama, and will be heading to Kyoto next. Today was mostly a travel day. The train journey was easy and efficient as usual. We left Takayama at 9.45 and arrived in Hiroshima at three in the afternoon. We had a very short stop …
Take me to Takayama
Here is the diary of our flights to Japan and the first few days in Takayama. After this, we continued on to Hiroshima then Kyoto, spending two weeks in Japan. Leaving Perth We left Perth at 4 pm, a much more pleasant departure time than for our previous overseas trips, however it meant we had to travel through …
2010 Christmas Letter
Hi Everyone. We are getting our Christmas message out early this year as we have gone to Melbourne to spend time with some of Rob’s family. We wanted to share some of the highlights of our year in 2010. For our second year back in Perth, we tried to pack in lots of adventures as usual. …
2010 Wood Family Summit
With our family spread all around Australia plus a few in the USA, it is rare for all of us to get together. Since the kids have grown and spread their wings, the brood is getting bigger, so we make the most of any chance we get to spend time together. In 2010 we travelled …
2009 Christmas Letter
Hi and apologies to all those expecting a fancy animated Christmas image like last year, unfortunately we have been too busy with the new addition to our family who has been quite demanding (though not surprising for a seven week old!). In fact the whole year has been a very busy one for us. We …
Final Update from Around Australia
This is our last trip update as we have reached the end of the road for now (see the map of our journey). This may seem a little late for some, as we have been in Perth now for a couple of months. We arrived just before Easter and in time for Olive’s second birthday. …
Our ‘Round Australia trip: 2008-09
Between May 2008 and April 2009, Clare, Rob and Olive travelled around Australia in a VW Transporter Camper Van (a follow up to our around the world trip in 2005). This time there was three of us, as our family has now expanded with our bundle of joy, Olive. You can see our complete journey on this map. You …