It’s hard to convey to excitement of being part of a crowd of over 80,000 people and the misery of seeing the demise of England’s finest cricketers. The barmy army kept us entertained until MT got sun burned and that brought on new depths of despair. It didn’t help knowing that our ticket for the [...]

View from hotel at night MT in conversation with the locals in Treasury Gardens Free tram that trundles around the CBD making it easy to get to all the sights across the city

At 4am we started Christmas part two to get to the airport to fly to Melbourne. Luckily it’s only 20 minute drive to the airport and with no parking or traffic hassles to contend with we were on our way around 0630. Our hopes for a hot Boxing Day were dashed by a southerly blowing [...]

Christmas kiwi style, like pretty much much else here, is a low key affair. Certainly the shops don’t get angsty and over the top with the commercial push and since there is a pull in many households as whether to go traditional or not the food shops have schizophrenia. We’ve enjoyed traditional with the First [...]