My Travel History

Sunrise in the Sahara


I first travelled overseas in 1999, leaving home three days after my 50th birthday. I kept a hand-written diary and sent a lot of postcards!
Then came emails to different individuals, followed by a single detailed “Dear Everyone” email.
Blogs took over from the emails and those not really interested in detailed travel stories no longer had their in-boxes cluttered with such trivia.
The first blog was born in 2008. One blog has become three as I ran out of free space (because I’ve been lucky enough to go on more “see a bit of the world” adventures) and as I’ve experimented with different ways of adding information.

To those who enjoy the results and tell me so, Thank You.


My trip on this blog
Last Hurrah Tour 2014

Two previous overseas trips are recorded at ...
The Grand Plan 2008
The 10 Cities Tour 2011

Earlier overseas trips are recorded in handwritten travel diaries
Italy, Spain, Portugal and the UK 1999
The UK, Russia by road and sea from London, Amsterdam & Paris, Malta & Tunisia 2000
Paris, Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, the UK 2003
North Island, New Zealand 2006

My Australian Travels are recorded at …
Central Australia – 2012, May
The Kimberley – 2012, August, September
Central West NSW – 2012-13, December, January
Hobart – 2013, February
Cairns & Atherton Tablelands – 2013, May
Adelaide – 2014, February
Brisbane & Townsville – 2015, September
The Flinders Ranges & north-west Victoria – 2016, September




Is Barcelona, is Gaudi – Sagrada Familia (pt.1)

Gaudi is the reason I included Barcelona in the itinerary of my Last Hurrah trip. I’ve loved his work for as long as I can remember. My fi...