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Great pics. We are so lucky to live in such a beautiful country

Instead of getting grumpy, let's just be pleased that they are getting quite a nice holiday and seeing some otherwise unvisited places (what's to look at in Redbank I wonder). I've been trying to track a parcel via a courier company and for the last 10 days the message is 'tracing details not...

Just got the urge to get some large 'O's" printed to stick up and play noughts and crosses

Do you know, it's apparently a 'thing' that some people can't smell boronia? I have a young English cousin who emigrated here 10 years ago, and I bought her a poit for the garden. Scored it myself when she couldn't smell it. Truly bizarre but apparently not uncommon

Someone recently told me that magpies can recognise faces. So given I feed a number of them twice daily I should be ok. The things that swoop around here are the wattlebirds who are extremely aggressive and fearless, they will have a real good go. Drives our dog crazy

My 9-1/2 Miele dryer acted up - in the process of trying to fix it the repairman broke it, so under their 10 year warranty I got a brand new machine. Figured it'd be sensible to replace the washing machine too (Murphy's Law was sure to strike the minute the warranty ran out!) It now goes to the...

Stuff catching up with friends and family once we are allowed out again (Oh - I'm in Melbourne!!) every single store will be going gangbusters with sales.

And what's worse, they actually don't care that they are woefully ill-informed about the rest of the world!!

MrMac & I had a marvellous experience flying SQ in J to CDG and back home from LHR. I'd gotten a part time job for a couple of years beforehand so we could realise our dream of living in Paris for a month to celebrate our ruby (40) wedding anniversary. A dear mate gifted us his Krisflyer...

I'm puzzled that Andrew Crisp, the Emergency Services Commissioner hasn't poked his head up since this all began; in fact since the bushfires when he was all over the tv like a cheap suit. I've only heard his name mentioned once, that was by Dan a week or more ago. Maybe like they were preparing...

Just look on it as a version of a treasure hunt. It's keeping us all guessing! Good old AP

I wonder how many people blurt out "Blessed are the cheesemakers"? - and im guessing not terribly amusing to the Italians!

Fab TR thanks - in freezing Melbourne it's rather nice to see some sun. Actually in lockdown Melbourne it's even nicer to see snaps from outside our borders! These remind me of a marvellous holiday we had in Port Douglas; we stayed in a very economical apartment & did a daytrip up to Cape Trib...

Every few days I'll get a call on my mobile - one ring only then hangup. Sometimes I'll get 2 0r 3 . From very weird sounding places. I know they are robo calls, but what's the aim? To capture my contacts? I don't use my phone for emails so I can't work out what the scam would be

I just remembered the last - appropriately it will have been our last o/s trip ever. 8 years ago, travelling to France for 3 weeks in Paris for our 40th wedding anniversary - I got a part time job for 4 years to save up the money, & then my cousin's wedding in San Tropez. Travelled J on SQ...

Reminds me how hysterically funny my English cousins found my remark (well they found a lot of things I said very amusing) on my first visit - 'Oh look white swans"

Another fab upgrade was when we'd been to meet our backpacking daughter in Rome - she and her pal had been away for 6 months. We fluked business seats on a special deal with Emirates for Collingwood - way back at the start. So by departure time we were pretty knackered after 5 weeks away. MrMac...

Had flown to Boston with SIL & BIL to our (favourite) niece's graduation from Boston Uni in 98. A most splendid occasion. Afterwards my SIL's friend had booked accommodation over that internetty-webby thing - we had visions of arriving in NY sans accommodation and deposit. The friend had booked...

I think after we've emerged from lockdown, and with international air travel stymied for some considerable time, we'll set about exploring Oz, and get a new appreciation of what a beautiful and interesting country we live in. Even for those who've travelled quite a bit there's surely still heaps...

Drron this may be a silly question but why would they need a customs house in Goondawindi? As far as I recall it's in the middle of Woop Woop