Two is enough — I love planning my own trips — the full itinerary — researching where I want to go, how to get from point A to point B, and booking my accommodation. Bus travel is my least favourite form of transport. I love trains! If there’s no train, I’ll hire a car…

How? — Pene Hodge prompted me to write how I fly overseas so frequently on a tight budget. The Qantas Frequent Flyer Program Here is why I don’t pay for overseas airfares — well, actually I pay the tax, not the flight. I joined Qantas Frequent Flyers in 1994 even though I was anything but a frequent…

Basic Rules of Travelling — I’m not usually one to give advice but some people obviously need it — not you, dear readers. Number One: Don’t lose your passport as soon as you enter the country. Number Two: Plan how you are going to get from the airport to your accommodation. Don’t expect your host…

Believe it or not — it’s my real name. G’day. I thought I had better start with that although I never actually say g’day in real life. But at least you know I’m an Aussie. Yeah, we do say Aussie, not Australian. I have been described as “a riddle wrapped…

Turns out I’m not as much of a woos as I thought. I’ve been having painful teeth for a couple of weeks. I diagnosed myself with sensitive teeth aggravated by the methotrexate injections I have to have now. But the pain has been keeping me awake at night and I’ve…

What would we do without them? — Let me tell you something you may not know. When you see large families, you think how lovely they are — think The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family. Everyone gets on for the most part — siblings don’t hate each other or with the other dead. This is what…

Why do I let this happen? — Why is it my mood seems to be dependent on men? I like to put the blame firmly on a man’s shoulders, but the blame really belongs to me. Why do I permit it to happen? I’m my own person, aren’t I? Why do I let men affect me so…

The hotter, the better… Onsens in Japan 2006 I fell in love with hot water in 2006 in Japan. My eldest daughter and I went on a road trip around Northern Honshu in a borrowed car. We packed a tent so we didn’t have to sleep in the tiny car as we had no…