#hereandthere

I've been on a few helicopters over the years, cool but also sort of scary at times as those buggers sometimes fall out of the sky. I've not had one do that yet so I'm not dead and to celebrate I thought

This is a really cool location and even cooler because it's so bloody close to my house, although there was a time it might as well have been on the moon. The problem was, we were confined to our houses

I'm not able to count the number of aircraft in which I've flown including fixed wing and other aircraft like helicopters. I've been around a bit and spent a fair amount of time in the air for various

Here's the last part of my photos from the air show I went to many weeks ago so if you're already bored with them you can look forward to this post being the last one. Again, I've added in that jet I love

A while back I was in the Barossa Valley for an air show with a difference, model planes not full-sized ones. It was very cool; loud jet engines, superb flying by expert pilots - especially because they're

A little while ago I had a three day weekend after too many days of work in a row and decided a hike was going to be part of the weekend. Because I didn't want to range too far away from home I decided

Camping in remote places is something I'm very comfortable with; I have no fear or worry about being in remote and far away places, I thrive in them. I love the simplicity of it and the way that I seem

I've spent a lot of time in outback South Australia; I feel comfortable there with no one else for hundreds of kilometres and the need to be self reliant, prepared and knowledgeable. Getting those things

It's not a destination I'd usually choose - there's so many other places I'd prefer to go - but I had a reason and considering how much travel I'd already done around the world I decided it was time to

In 2007 I decided to take on the challenge of the Kokoda Trail in Papua New Guinea, a one hundred kilometre trek across the Owen Stanley Mountain Ranges, as a mark of respect to the thousands of Australian

Australia is a very diverse country and due to its size has many different climates all at the same time which is pretty cool. One can go snow skiing in one part while someone else is basking in the tropical

I come from a lot of places, I mean my ancestry, and have done extensive research into the people who came before me, who they were, what they did and where they came from. That's a post for another time,

I'll be back, is what I thought after only a few days in Finland; I loved it immediately. Nope, I didn't (and still don't) speak the language but I don't need to, I have family there who do. I didn't really

We had kind of a whirlwind Sunday. We were in DD, and the next hour or so, we were in the other house. Sometimes, my hooman parents do things abruptly; they make me feel confused and excited at the same

Sometimes it's cool to throw plans out the window and just let things be as they'll be and doing exactly that was what brought me to the lovely little city called Wells in Somerset. We'd been staying in

I spend a lot of time away from the city and would spend even more time should I not have to work - I guess the motivation to turn up each day is knowing that I've not got long to go before I'll be able

It's called Victorian Gothic Revival architecture where high-pitched roofs, pointed arches and a strongly vertical aspect is presented along with intricate and decorative detailing. I had to look all that

I first went to Thailand about twenty years ago with the intention of a quick and cheap holiday; the ten days I spent there were very relaxing and enjoyable, although it was bloody hot and humid. It wasn't

A short while ago I took a drive north to a small coastal town favoured by many as a short-stay holiday spot, long weekends and the like. I was only there for the day but the 320 kilometre round-trip was

I've not been all over Italy but have seen and enjoyed and fell in love with a lot of it with more favourite places than I could easily list; high up on that list is the Tuscany region and the city of