2025 – Our Year of Bikes
In January we bought a new bike – a bright yellow Trisled Ahoogah – the Lamborghini of bikes. It replaces our 19-year-old Schwinn Sierra Tandem which has served us well and led to us having...
Journey with Peppa Blog Posts
Magdalena the Robot – 2020 to 2023
Magdalena the Robot was created in early 2020. She was a feature at the wedding of Alana Hunt and Sofia Chapman, and a street sculpture at the west end of Woolacott St Coburg for...
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...
Battery Worries at Broome and Barn Hill Station
One of our reasons for delaying our departure from Broome was that I like using the electric induction stove instead of gas. Unlike gas, it barely heats up the caravan. Also, we can plug...
Metal on metal scraping at Balladonia
Crossing the Nullarbor, the last town in the west is Norseman WA. From there, it is 1200km to Ceduna SA. About two hours east of Norseman we stopped to refuel at Balladonia Roadhouse. Moving...
