Week 5 on our sabbatical saw us visiting our 4th different 5km event in 2025, which isn’t bad seeing as we only did 3 new events in 2023 and 2024 combined. Originally we were scheduled to do another event on our trip to Tasmania, however, due to a “mix up” (polite way of saying FUBAR…

To be fair the visit to Tasmania got of to a bad start as the powerchair wasn’t delivered to the plane door like it was supposed to be. Therefore there was a very anxious 30 – 40 minutes whilst we waited for it to arrive. Then the issues continued as the car hire place was…

There was no way that we weren’t going here. (Clicking on any picture will open it/them in an easy to navigate album but larger in size)

(Clicking on any picture will open it/them in an easy to navigate album but larger in size) Still not used to setting the alarm for 05:20 to go to parkrun, however, that is what is required. As Mabel the dog was ill during the night, Wendy stayed at home to be with her, whilst Darren…

We behaved like proper tourists today – a trip to the museum to Discover Ancient Egypt, also went around a fascinating animal exhibit. A trip on the Brisbane Wheel and pictures by the Brisbane sign. (Clicking on any picture in each set will open all photographs in an easy to navigate album but larger in…

For the first time in just over 6.5 years we decided to go swimming. A lot has happened since I was last in a pool. In fact a quick look through my phone pictures shows me in a pool during a holiday to Grand Caymen in July 2018. For todays trip we went to Dunlop…

After 3 weeks in Australia, it was time to get back to what we love doing on a Sunday morning and get back to volunteering at junior parkrun.  We had a slightly longer journey than we have got used to and was in the car and on our way 35 minutes ahead of our scheduled…

Having missed our fix last week due to the Cyclone, it was nice to be able to set the alarm for parkrun. Not so nice to be setting it for 05:30, however, due to the heat, all events in Queensland start at 07:00. As this was our second trip to this event and because I…