Tradewind Guest Suites on Salt Cay Turks and Caicos

... her and some passanger who appeared to be in the medical profession). I didn't mind much as I had a good nap and the man didn't seem to mind when I needed to get up to visit the ladies. I watched something on the TV, listened to something on the music thing and watched something on my laptop (I was pretty out of it) before they served some salad rolls. I ate one of them but couldn't eat the other. On our decent into Melbourne, I talked a bit to the ...

... of humour..... Our third character but certainly not our last was Triffi, a 66 year old semi hippie wearing Bob Marley T's, travelling with her 75 year old boyfriend (who is still on their first date which has lasted a very long time). Triffi has the most wicked and left of centre (particularly for an American) sense of humour, that at times was hard to follow but definitely entertaining. Our eyes were popping at the clangers she was dropping and it made a change from me ...

... all the way through the minute silence!Winter is beginning to settle in here now and the weather has been pretty rainy and chilly.  There is already a good base of snow at the snow fields in Victoria (good news!).  Kirsten is originally from Perth and was going home at the beginning of May so after looking at the weather forecast on the internet (17 degrees and raining in Melbourne or 28 degrees and sunny in Perth) I decided last minute to get a flight and head to WA for some sunshine!! 

... night decided to have a fund raising night, and myself and Caroline decided this was the time for us to attend the Neighbours night, as all proceeds would be going to to the Victorian Bush fire appeal. Seeing as it was going to be a special event, there would be a lot more of the cast attending than usual. Normally 3 to 5 show up, on this night 25 cast members, from past and present wold be showing up. Unfortunately for me I had ...

Arriving off the ferry from Tasmania we weren't to know that the week we stayed in Melbourne would be the darkest in Victorian history. Over the next days the record temperatures climbed well over 40 degrees and terrible bush fires swept across the state at a devastating pace, wiping out entire townships. At present the fires have claimed nearly 200 lives but with hundreds still missing the number could be as high as 300. Thousands have been left homeless ...

Back in the city for New Years Eve. We joined some of Mark and Rene's friends on the bank of the Yarra river for yet another barbeque. It wasn't the warmest of days so we had to drink to keep warm...at least thats our excuse. There were a couple of warmup fireworks displays and for the real deal we wandered into the city to see the amazing New Years firework display. We cracked open a bottle of ...

... Beach also goes by the name of Summer Bay (when on telly). There indeed was the surf club, lighthouse and beach of Summer Bay. There's nothing else there that I could see that was Home and Away based, but it was strange to think that I'd grown up watching these pine trees and shores. It is also a lovely spot on it's own merit -quiet, and a really nice beach, and only 1 hour on the bus from Sydney. It ...

... the first time on our walk we were wearing shorts. We started consuming much larger amounts of water and after lunch we started using our umbrellas for relief from the scorching sun. Along the way, one of Ruah's relatives, Mary, who lived along our route in Monrovia, joined us. This allowed Ruah and Mary to catch up on family gossip. Later we took advantage of a bathroom break and refreshment stop that our walk coordinators had arranged at the home of an Orange Grove ...

... as you and bernie.... is Mary Poppins.) So we had a fun last week in George Town and off we sailed to Rum Cay - oh! that's where I sent the picture of the gignormous lobster - and they only keep getting bigger. serious - these lobsters are huge out here. We were in Rum for about a week - we did a lot of spearfishing and snorkeling all on the reefs there - one day we were in the water nonstop for almost 6 hours. it is so beautiful there. The marina is set ...

... choisir pour mes prochaines vacances. Peut-être que je me réserverai celle-ci pour ma retraite. A moins qu je ne prenne celle-là. Ou celle-là. Si ça continue, je vais avoir une retraite très active. J'ai intérêt à planifier avec soin. Avec tout ça j'ai oublié de vous dire que nous venions de passer Nassau. Nous nous dirigeons maintenant vers les îles de Turks et Caicos. L'atterrissage se fera à Provinciales pour ...