During pre-trip negotiations with Jens, I only agreed to go camping in the Australian winter on the condition that we also come to Sydney to visit The Opera House. Btw, I’m so glad we did both! Ever since I was a girl, I’ve wanted to visit the Sydney Opera House. It captured my imagination and expanded my view of what art and architecture could be. More than any other iconic skyline, this building inspired my desire to travel. It did…
Traveling in an RV is pretty sweet. You get to unpack all your bags once and travel around the country. If you get hungry, you can make a snack; if you get tired, you can take a nap. Motorhomes make ingenious use of space in every nook and cranny. The boys love crawling all up, over and through it. Jens, who had become enamored with the title of Captain while skippering the boat in Tonga, suggested we continue the salutation,…
All over Frasier Island are warning sings to protect your children from the dingoes by keeping them within arms length at all times. Before we even arrived on the continent, my children had informed me that the most deadly animals on the planet reside in Australia. As 10-year-old boys, they are naturally drawn to bizarre and dangerous animals. Luckily, the peskiest creatures we’ve run into have been mozzies and sting’as (that’s Australian for mosquitos & jelly fish). Jens ate several…
Snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef is like swimming in the giant tropical exhibits at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Only better, because it’s real! I was laughing underwater as brightly colored schools of fish expertly wove around me. Ryan remarked that fish are lucky to move freely in three dimensions, and now we could too. I love that observation! That is exactly what this trip is about – living in 3D. The most amazing creatures are the giant clams with…
You know how in Alice in Wonderland, one pill to makes you larger and one pill makes you smaller? I’ve been feeling like that – disorientated and out of proportion to my surroundings. It started with jet lag and then continued with the wooziness from living on a rocking boat in Tonga and now a rolling RV in Australia. Things are just a bit off from how they are back home, like driving on the left, and sailing back into…