The Travelling Bee

So this is the end of my blog for now. After 3 months away from home I am looking forward to seeing my daughter and my friends. I am also wondering if I will find my house in a jungle of its own! I spent the last few days mooching about Cairns with Maya (Chinese). … Continue reading Australia – Last Days

Let me introduce Maya, Maya, Yuna and me! I hired a car to go back to the Daintree for a day and invited the girls from my digs. Although it rained pretty much all day and nearly all the board walks were up for repair, we had a good time. It was very interesting to … Continue reading Australia – Daintree revisited

I think I landed on my feet in Cairns with regards to the accommodation. I am staying in a four room apartment. There is a pool and a lovely little garden. Currently there are three girls here too. A Japanese, a Chinese and a Korean. It sounds like the start of a bad joke I … Continue reading Australia – Back to Cairns

I had one more day in Brisbane and after exhausting the museum's, art galleries and botanic gardens I decided I would try a walk along the Brisbane River. I caught the Ferry across to an area called Teneriffe (no idea why as it was named by an English chap in the 1800's). I then walked … Continue reading Australia – One more day in Brisbane

Ellen's parents live near Warwick. The area is beef country and in other areas its arable. Their home is on a hill in open Eucalyptus woodland and a really beautiful spot. I know it's not anything like Scotland but, it reminded me so much of where my mum and dad used to live in Aberdeenshire, … Continue reading Australia – Warwick

This is a big topic to condense into a few words. It is truly mind blowing. Here we go, the earths crust is constantly moving and all land is moving in mega slow motion all the time, quite literally taking millions of years to move. At some points in time there is more land and … Continue reading Australia – Gondwana for Ellie and Ethan

Ellen cleared her rather hectic schedule to a degree (no pun intended) and we headed inland for a couple of days. This was quite special because she had made time away from her immediate family too (I know this is often hard to do when your kids are at school). We drove out of the … Continue reading Australia – Chiming Birds

Brisbane is lovely, as cities go. It has some lovely parks and green spaces. Just look at this amazing Bottle Tree (Brachychiton rupestris) in Anzac Square. The Cities main feature though is the Brisbane River. Its meandering is not as smooth as the Thames or some other major cities, in fact it's tortuous and much … Continue reading Australia – A day of culture

Perhaps you thought I'd gone home, well not yet. I've been silent because I have been busy catching up on 20 years with Ellen. Ellen (an Australian) and I met working on a Moshav (a cooperative farm) in Israel in 1985/1986. I was 22 and it was an experience we shared and possibly shaped us … Continue reading Australia – Long Lost Ellen

Dad and I visited the wetlands at Boondall reserve on his last day in Australia. On arrival the information centre was shut and building works were in full and very noisy flow. Dad was, limping a bit but very determined that he would rest his foot on the plane tomorrow. We walked along the path … Continue reading Australia – Thoughts and our last day of Birding Australia