Journey with Peppa Blog Posts

Helping Mum Move

11 October 2024 My mother Marj, in her 80s, bought a new house a couple of months back.  Dad died in late 2019 and their home since 1985 was a bit much for her...

Zamps Festival Tour 2024

Antigone is a member of the Zamponistas, Australia’s premiere Bolivian roving panpipe band.  Since her stroke, I’ve been assisting by pushing her in a wheelchair for roving performances and I have been welcomed to...

Parkrun Milestone – 25 Events

Today Antigone participated in her 25th official* parkrun event.  We have attended Coburg parkrun most Saturdays since returning to Melbourne.  Exceptions were attending Castlemaine parkrun during Maldon Folk Festival and Inverloch parkrun last weekend...

An Unexpected Guest at Malcolm’s Birthday Dinner

Yesterday, 11 February, would have been Malcolm’s (Bob’s Dad’s) birthday. He’s been dead four years, but we continue to get together and remember him on his birthdays. The dinner was at Steve’s, who typically...

Walkers

Walkers, 4-wheel walkers, rollators.  They seem to have lots of names and there are many varieties.  I used to think they were all pretty much alike.  I remember years ago asking my friend Marie...

Peppa Explores Eucla Ruins

The Eucla Telegraph Station was built in the 1870s, with this history quoted from the Nullabor Roadhouse website. The photo above was taken in the Eucla Museum. History of Eucla and the Old Telegraph...

Water Worries on the Nullarbor at Eucla

I hadn’t fully registered that driving across the Nullarbor, the distance between towns is 1200 km.  We bought plenty of food in Norseman, but did not think to top up the caravan water tank. ...

A Big Day Out for Peppa – 12 September

Tuesday morning started like many others, with Peppa lying on Antigone’s chest.  This is the view I often wake up to living in our caravan. Ying invited Antigone and Peppa to join her for...