The Bellingen Community Market is one of the largest regional markets in Australia and held on the third Saturday of every month at the Bellingen Sports Oval off Church Street. A gold coin donation to the local Rotary Club will…
London 2012 – Olympic Park
After an awesome night in Hyde Park for the official London 2012 Opening Ceremony party, we were keen to get more of an Olympic fix and decided to meet my friend Claire the next morning and head to Stratford to…
Umbrian antics
As we prepare to leave our Umbrian palace, Laguscello, we will all be doing so with fond, fond memories. My top memories are: Getting ridiculously lost trying to find the villa, despite having written instructions, verbal instructions from a local…
Pharmacy convenience Italian style
This is the first time I have seen a pharmacy vending machine. Quite a good idea really and I imagine it would be very convenient, especially in small towns where there are limited shopping hours. In this vending machine there…
Lightest backpack ever
I don’t think I told you the results of my packing efforts 13 days ago. A new record has been set! I am very pleased to report that my backpack weighed in at just 15.7kg. Whilst 15.7kg may still seem…