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! …

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…

…and it was 50 years ago! — When I first started teaching way back in the dark ages, I lived in Townsville — 1350 kilometres from Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland. Two or three times a year, my husband and I drove to Brisbane to visit my grandmother and to attend educational workshops, or “summer schools”…

Girls just wanna have fun — Stacey, my eldest daughter, had the use of her friend’s van for a few days so decided a trip to Carnarvon Gorge would be a perfect break away from the city. She thought it might be fun if Keeley, my youngest daughter, and I joined her for a girls’ trip. …

Our new writing challenge begins! — Firstly my apologies to Scott-Ryan Abt not only for leaving out his story in my weekly roundup of stories but for missing it completely in my reading. I don’t know how it escaped my beady eyes. Here it is if you missed it too — I don’t think a lot…