A rainy day in Kalbarri. Roddy is fiddling with electrical stuff. He finds that some electrical equipment, like the fridge, is interfering with his HF radio reception so he is now busy building insulators, soldering away merrily. We are spending much more time in Kalbarri than my itchy feet allow as we are waiting for […]
Gold rush, dust, teaching and a medical emergency
After two weeks in the interior we have now been in Kalbarri for a few days and will stay for the week. Kalbarri is a small town situated within a national park north of Geraldton. It’s a typical holiday destination and thus very well equipped without being in any way Benidormed. No high rises here […]
Perth to Yalgoo
That’s us on the road! Our big trip around Australia has finally started. A few weeks ago we took our van Gecko for a trial week because we wanted to detect any rattles and shakes that needed sorting out. It’s so much easier doing this in Perth rather than somewhere in the back and beyond. […]
And off we go!
Finally and at last, treatment is finished. The last scheduled PET scan has been had and the result showed no remaining trace of the dreaded melanoma or any other cancer cell cursing through his body. We are free to travel, returning to Perth for six-monthly PET scans, the next one booked for October. Looking back […]
Why write a blog?
For some time I have been thinking about writing a blog. Somehow it feels like I have to justify this choice because it seems a little self-indulgent. However, I guess it is one way of expressing myself. Many years ago a friend asked me what I used as ‘an outlet for my creativity’. He was […]
Inside My Mind 