When we arrived back at home in Australia I made a list of all the beaches I wanted to go to. The area of the far north coast of NSW were I grew up has some of the best beaches in the world. I wanted to see my favorites, share them with the girls and […]
A week in Maine was a treasured experience. We were invited to Yarmouth to stay with my friend Beth. We met Beth through the Waldorf playgroup in Brooklyn. Beth was one of Maya’s teachers. We are so grateful for being invited, as otherwise we would not have made the trip North. We went to Maine […]
The whole reason we chose to go to Maine was to visit Mackworth Island, the home of the fairies. We heard about this island one afternoon while sitting and building fairy houses under a tree in our front yard. Emma, one of the older children in our street was walking home from the train and […]
Friday we drove south of Kennebunk for the second time, stopping along the way at Old Orchard Beach. Images of this beach had caught my attention as it is famous for the Pier that extends into the ocean with shops built on it and the games arcade on the beach. My hunch was that it […]
On Monday we visited the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge. We went to one of the visitor use areas named Carson Trail, which is a small portions of the 5300 acre refuge. The Carson Trail is a one-mile walk along an upland edge which offers amazing views of one of southern Maine’s most valuable ecosystems. The trail walk […]
Our first beach outing in Maine was to Parsons Beach. This is a private beach, owned by the nearby landholders who allow the general public to use it, with the understanding that at any point they can change their mind. It is a quaint drive to the beach, along a narrow country road that has […]
Surprise! We are in Maine! Welcome to Kennebunkport! Cam finished work at Spotco on Friday and to celebrate the end of an era we planned a family vacation in Maine. I found a house in Kennebunk, Southern Maine through VBRO, and given it is off season in this sea side village, it was reasonably priced […]
So hear we are back to the beach again…this time visitng Evans Head. Evans, as locals call it is a small coastal town half hour drive south of Ballina. It is about the same distance as driving to Byron from Ballina, but the other direction – heading south down the coast. It is sandwiched between two […]
Lake Ainsworth is a fresh water lake at Lennox Head, the next beach town North of Ballina. It is a 15 minute drive along the ocean from Grandmda’s house, and half way to Byron Bay from Ballina. The Girls and I went to Lennox Head a few times while we were in Australia as it […]
I mentioned Bangalow in my last post – specifically about the Bangalow market, and while looking through my photos I realised I also had lots of images of the Bangalow boutiques. I mentioned that Bangalow has fantastic shops, and so you can see what I was talking about, I am going to show you…I know […]
If I were living my parallel life (meaning the life we left behind in Australia) today I would be going to the Bangalow Markets. Held on the fourth Sunday of each month at Bangalow show-grounds, of all the North Coast markets, Lismore, Nimbin, Byron, Ballina, Lennox Head, and the Channon, Bangalow market is my favorite. […]
Ok now, before Spring officially arrives here, I am going to get back to blogging about our trip to Australia, where we were lucky to enjoy a month of beautiful Spring there. I feel blessed to have been able to skip a month of the cold North American Fall and replace it with balmy sub […]
I am a little embarrassed to admit, I did not know about the Bay of Fundy before our trip to Canada, was planned. After hearing about it, it seemed as though it was remarkable and I should have known…anyway, I know about it now, and can share it with you, in case you too had […]
“Oh my goodness, oh my goodness, this is amazing, quick, take a photo, ahhhh!…quick take another photo. Oh my goodness, this is amazing. Where has everyone gone? Oh, I had better catch up….quick take another photo….oh my goodness!” This is the mental chatter you would have heard if you were present inside my head at […]
Here I am! I have zipped off to for a four day solo trip to attend the wedding of my Brother, to his fiance Natalie – from Canada. I can understand if this comes as a surprise to you as I did not have much time to think or talk about the trip prior – […]
One of the best days out we had while in Australia was to visit Crystal Castle. To me Crystal Castle is the epitome of the North Coast of NSW. When I think about all of the wonderful things the region offers, and why people flock to the area for holiday, Crystal Castle rolls it all […]
One of the best things about being back on the North Coast, was the easy access to numerous amazing beaches. I can’t talk enough about the beaches in this region – they are breathtaking. During the month we were back, I tired to visit many of the beaches that I grew up with, the first […]
When we arrived back in Australia, one of the first things I wanted to do was to go to the farm. This is the farm that I grew up with, and lived on during varies stages of my upbringing. My Grandparents bought this farm not long after they immigrated from America to Australia in 1969. […]
One of the positive things about jet lag, is waking to see sunrise. For the entire first week of our trip to Australia (and then some), the Girls and I woke at dawn. I had not seen the sun rise for a long while and I really enjoyed the morning light. Together we sat on […]
The Key West Butterfly Conservatory – One more post I have to do about Key West – a place we visited that we really, really enjoyed! Conveniently located cross the road from the Hotel we stayed at – The Key West Butterfly Conservatory is an excellent Key West attraction. We spent a couple of hours there […]