Dawn's Australian Adventure

The pups have been to the garden centre, Irene is running upstairs, Wilma sleeps, Sprouts chuckles and the Norwich are growing up almost...

It was very easy to say “of course, I can climb Sydney Harbour bridge”. It is very easy from the comfort of my sofa on the other side of...

The view from our hotel room 😍 these pictures were taken at 6pm on 8th May 2023.

Didn’t we have a lovely time, the day we sat in an airport 🤣🤣 So far, I have counted 63 planes, 82 children, 5 of which were screaming,...

updated 8th May 2023, to see pictures of the winning cairns, see below click here (link takes you to CTCV website) We woke up to a wet...

We hired a car and got “out and about” today, driving up to Castlemaine about 90 minutes from Melbourne. Castlemaine is an old gold rush...

I didn’t share with you the beauty of the theatre where we saw Harry Potter last night. The theatre is one of the oldest in Melbourne and...

Needless to say, I was delighted to receive a message from Molly back home, sending me lots of pictures of the dogs having fun. Enjoy!...

Above photo – tickets for one of the best stage shows ever made! and a goodie bag from the CTCV – thank you very much! We stayed in the...

On the flight from Dubai to Melbourne, the good old TV came into its own… In flight activities consisted of either sleeping, walking...

The first flight was 7 hours to Dubai. It went quite quick really, watching TV, snoozing and chatting. We landed at ridiculous o’clock. I...

I am sat at Birmingham airport, awaiting departure to Dubai. Flight Number 1 of our 31 day adventure. There is an eclectic mix of travellers all condensed together, Their reasons for travel intrigue me…

In about 19 hours we will be sat on an  Airbus A380 on our way to Melbourne, Australia. (Birmingham to Melbourne – Dawn’s unofficial...

Planning to go away is more about the dogs than me!

I have thought about writing a blog for several years. Always put off by the thought of being out there and opening myself up to criticism. Criticism may well come, but the over-riding drive to be blogging, to be sharing my experiences, knowledge and life has risen above the worries, so here we are!