Summer in Melbourne

Our first full day on holiday and Melbourne recorded it’s coldest minimum between Christmas and New Year since 1968. It got down to 9 degrees. It was snowing in Alpine Victoria! We had the wood heater going over night. Tuesday wasn’t quite as cold but it...

What do you do on holidays

Well. If you’re reading this, you, like me, got past Christmas. For me this year it was a really wonderful family time. A really good Christmas. Sad, but good. Christmas has always been an important time in my family. First as a child and then starting our own...

Christmas without Mum

Today I celebrated my 52nd Christmas. It was the first Christmas I have celebrated without either of my parents. So it’s now up to Mum and Dad’s three surviving children to keep up the tradition by ourselves. It’s happy sad. On the one hand it is...

Christmas Eve

After a hot Christmas Eve eve in Melbourne, it’s been a relatively cool day today. I can’t believe it. I have time to reflect. All of a sudden, time to reflect seems like a very precious commodity.