That's the Swan River in the background!Here in the western third of Oz today we've got a public holiday. It's one of those not-as-important public holidays - in other words (a) about half the people you ask won't remember why they didn't have to go to work, (b) some people still do have to go to …
Australia
T-shirt travel: The Endeavour returns to Fremantle
H.M. Bark Endeavour was launched in Fremantle in 1993 Back when I was ... well, a lot younger than now, my father and I went down to Fremantle, the port town of Perth, to watch the launch of the replica of the H.M. Bark Endeavour - a replica of the ship which brought Captain Cook down here to …
Towns starting with Q: Quorn, South Australia
On the road to QuornI must confess to a small addiction to playing Words With Friends on my iPhone lately (want to play me? - you'll probably win. My username is the unimaginative amandakendle). If you don't know it, it's basically Scrabble, but they're not allowed to call it that. Playing this has …