Month: September 2014
Commemoration of Grandpa Wilson’s WW1 Service
We have just begun four years of commemoration of those who served in WW1. It seems a bit quaint these days to think that these Australians fought for ‘The British Empire’, but that was the feeling of patriotism at the time. My grandfather, Walter Wilson was a Sergeant in the 57th Battalion 1st AIF and […]
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A Tongue in Cheek Comparison of the 1950’s and 2014
Sadly, I’m old enough to remember the 1950s. I say sadly, because this puts me into the category of people that the TV news reporters now call ‘elderly’. I started school in 1954 – the year that Queen Elizabeth first visited Australia. I still have the medal that was given to all school children in […]
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Some Good Family Times
At the moment, I am very happy that we have caught up with our family and everything seems to be going well for us all. The good times began a few weeks ago when Cathy joined me for lunch on Father’s Day and we had a very nice meal at a new restaurant called ‘Dine […]
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From Apples to Tulips
On Friday morning we were roused by screams and cheers from the crowd down below in the street as the Apple store opened just before 8 am to start selling phones to those who has slept out in the street overnight. Apparently, the reasons to why there was a large number of Asian people inn […]
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Sunny Perth
While it has been cold and wet in Melbourne, today has been 26 degrees C here in Perth where we are visiting David and Yuki. We have enjoyed the nice warm weather and are looking forward to the next few days when this nice sunny climate will continue. We started our morning with a visit […]
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Travel Scams Around the World
40 Tourist Scams to Avoid I have seen this infographic on many web sites, so I thought that I should do my bit for tourist safety by reposting it – especially since we are such frequent travellers. I don’t know who originally created it. I think that it might have first appeared on the blog […]
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