Houseblogging: on the home run

Technically speaking home is a long way away so this home run is a long one. About 10 weeks in fact. Still, the house seems to sit with increasing glory as progress is made both outside and in. It looks like a real house now with colours, doors, and skirting...

A truly British experience

Been a busy ol’ week on the socialising front – a visit to the theatre to see the Royal Shakespeare perform The Seagull, a cocktail party for a book launch at the British High Commission and a break with kiwi tradition to go boozing after work on a...

Hands off our milk

No houseblogging till later in the week. Life’s too short to be peering into windows to look at plaster. Have weekly accompanied site visits on Friday’s from now so will be able to have a good look around and see what’s been happening. From what I...

Photoblogging: crocodile magic

We’d heard about the crocs in Northern Queensland but it didn’t prepare us for the real thing. We saw them in the wild and also in a nature reserve and although didn’t quite get up close and personal we were close enough for comfort. For more on...

Photoblogging: warmer climes

A few snaps of the holiday locations in and around Palm Cove, North of Cairns, Northern Queensland.The sunset in Palm Cove after another warm day of around 26 degrees. Views in the other direction of Palm Cove to the pier, normally decked with people fishing Cape...