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By the time Carl returned from his excursion with the in-laws, we had well and truly over-stayed our welcome at Lilianfels, plus it was time to return to Sydney in time to become organised for the working week. We started heading back down the mountains (because I’m of Kiwi extraction I’m going to have to [...]
Whenever I’m staying in a hotel or resort I always like to experience the buffet breakfast. For a five-star resort, I think the buffet breakfast at Lilians Restaurant at Lilianfels in the Blue Mountains is very good value. At $25.00/person if you book at the time or checking-in or $35.00/person if you turn up without [...]
It’s been one of those weeks where I’ve had to see the osteopath due to a seized-up back. He has diagnosed me with lap-top syndrome where I have been spending too much time lying down on my couch glued to my lap top gazing into the blogosphere. The cure is to shut my lap top, [...]
During our holiday at Boambee Bay Resort, Carl found out about a swim club that meets at 9am at Sawtell Beach every day of the year except Christmas Day and they do an ocean swim then head back to the club-house for coffees. Carl joined them and was warmly welcomed into the fold and quickly [...]
Miss Arabella has a job. It’s at the Buena Vista Hotel in Mosman. She was quite fortunate to get the job because there are rumours the manager isn’t keen on hiring girls who attended Arabella’s School for Princesses. Anyway, overcoming that obstacle, she talked her way into the position and has proven herself reliable and [...]
In the weeks leading up to the Oscar’s, Carl and I made an effort to see as many of the nominated films as possible. As Tuesday is known as ‘Cheap Tuesday’ because movie tickets are discounted (not by much), that is the night we would meet at the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace to see great [...]
There was a reason Carl took me away for the weekend. And it wasn’t for a romantic getaway. You see, Carl is into Australian history and in a few months there happens to be the bicentenary of the crossing of the Blue Mountains. And Carl wanted to be at the event that was raising funds [...]
A few weeks ago Carl and I went to dinner in Dee Why, a beachside suburb on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. I first found out about Dee Why beach when I was about 14 and sitting in art class opposite a boy whose father was a policeman in Dee Why. Mark used to tell us stories [...]
On the last night of our holiday in Noosa we went out to dinner as a family. Choosing a family-friendly restaurant isn’t as easy as you would think as most of the restaurants in Noosa are fine-dining and therefore expensive and even if you’re prepared to pay the high prices they are not always as [...]
After the mop-up from my time on the high seas, my employer, who had been away at the same time but on a different P&O ship, wanted to take me out for lunch to celebrate our hard work that had resulted in a very happy client. I was thinking we might be taking an hour [...]
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