Getting up at 5am to get the 6.30 am plane to Melbourne takes some getting used to but no more than getting up at 5am to catch the 6.30 plane to Melbourne that doesn’t leave until 7.15.  Arriving in Melbourne we were greeted with their glorious weather… Rain. By the time the plane touched down in Sydney yes I said Sydney. We were four and a half hours into our trip to Los Angeles and I had heard the safety speech twice and by the time we left Sydney for our intended destination I thought I …

Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much.

Oscar Wilde

Is there ever a good time to go bed shopping? If there is, and I am not convinced there is but I do know for a fact that it isn’t in scorching heat complete with humidity that can soak through your hair and roll into your eyes blinding you before you can say, “I will take that one thank you.”

The first shop’s air-conditioner sadly and quite pathetically was fighting a losing battle against the forces of nature outside.  I swear it was cooler out than in.

“It’s hot outside.” …

Growing up as a New South Welshman there are rules that are adhered to.  Under no circumstances do you drink XXXX as you would be considered a traitor and even threatened with being run out of the state. You will barrack for the NSW Blues affectionately known as cockroaches in State of Origin footy and you will never ever marry anyone from south of the border. I married a ‘Mexican.’ Lucky for me I had earned enough bagging Qld points to stay in NSW.

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