Hugh & Justine’s Excellent Adventure

I apologize for being a week late with this week's episode! Mom and Andrea were visiting for a couple weeks and we had such a fabulous time! They returned home on Tuesday and I've been back in the deep end at work. The good news is - I actually didn't work for the 2...

So I had no idea about the big comet event last week until my friend Ray emailed last weekend to ask if we could see it Down Under. I looked it up and it was going to be reasonably visible for a couple days and we have a good view to the western sky from our house, so...

Yes indeed, we got our second lemon from our lemon tree! The lime tree is slow to produce gin and tonics for us, so far just that one lime ages ago, but the lemon tree is going strong. The big decision was of course what to make with our second ever home grown lemon -...

Once again, I seem to have too many things to share! It really is such a tremendous privilege to live here and share our new experiences with all of you! Last weekend, a curious phenomenon occurred - we had a major wind shift bringing hot, dry air from the west (west...

OK, no saving the best for last today, I'm jumping right into the whales! Last weekend our friend Melbourne Rob took us out on his boat. Here is Hugh eagerly awaiting our departure from the Rosslyn Bay marina: (As an aside, the hill you can see in the backround...

Well, it's September 1 - the first day of spring in Australia. And what a truly fabulous weather weekend it's been! I wasn't out and about too much at this time last year (weird to think the cancer diagnosis and hysterectomy was just a year ago) so I'm essentially...

Well, here we are in our final weeks of winter and spring is already in the air - thank goodness! Having to wear long sleeves, long pants, and socks in my sandals was getting to be a bit much. It was nice this week to get back to my usual garb of skorts and T-shirts...

For all you early risers who get up on Sundays at the ridiculous hour of 6am and enjoy a coffee whilst reading this blog - I apologise for being late getting it out today! But I have a good excuse - friends from Canada arrived this arvo! Hence the title of the blog -...

We are definitely having a cold winter here! After having an unusually rainy autumn, we're now having an unusually cold winter. Check out the description of just how cold it's been south of us (the vocab used is what Canadians use when it hits -20C!): Fortunately, it...

Hard to believe it's July already! Even though it's the dead of winter now, it's still a comfortable 21-22 C during the day and a somewhat chilly 16-18 C overnight - much better than the temperatures we had a couple weeks ago in Hervey Bay! Those temps were, however,...

Well, I probably shouldn't have waited two weeks in between blogs because we had some terrific experiences across the past 2 weeks that resulted in LOTS of photos! We visited 3 different islands - just love having so many beautiful islands around, for real, not just...

Well, winter is indeed upon us in the sub-tropics! While it's still in the low-to-mid 20's during the day, the early mornings and evenings are downright chilly! It was below 10C yesterday morning: I skipped outdoor yoga as I didn't think I stood a chance of staying...