Kangaroo Island Day 5
Friday 4th September 2026 Time for departure and our flight to Adelaide. It was a very short flight, less than 30 minutes from take off to landing. We walked about 2kms from
Kangaroo Island Day 4
Thursday 3rd September 2026 Richard and Kate packed up and moved onto Vivonne Bay. We took a drive down to Flinders Chase National Park. We visited Admirals Arch. The area i
Kangaroo Island Day 3
Wednesday 2nd September 2026 The four of us set off for Stokes Bay this morning to explore the beach and some very old rocks. Along the way we stopped several times to take a close
Kangaroo Island Day 2
Tuesday 1st September 2026 We enjoyed beautiful sunshine yesterday, but it’s a bit cloudy today, although no rain. The island has had a lot of rain recently though as it is so gr
Kangaroo Island Day 1
Monday 31st August 2026 We flew from Brisbane to Adelaide on Sunday. After a short time at the Adelaide airport we caught the connecting flight to Kangaroo Island. Picked up our hi
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne to Gatwick Airport
Sunday 12th July 2026 Time to farewell northern England and drive south to Gatwick Airport for our overnight stay in preparation for our flight back home departing Monday at 10am &
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Day 5
Saturday 11th July 2026 Woodhorn Museum and 2nd Birthday Kate, Richard and Conker took us on a drive to the north today to visit the Woodhorn Museum at the former Ashington Collier
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
Saturday 11th July, 2026 After our excursion to the Ashington Colliery we drove on towards the coast, which was a short drive, to visit Newbiggin-by-the-Sea and have a morning coff
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Day 4
Friday 10th July 2026 This was a fun morning. Two wonderful sisters related to Geoff through the McAndrew clan had been in email contact for several months, and we agreed to meet a
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Day 3
Thursday 9th July 2026 This morning we set off by 9am to drive out to Hadrian’s Wall at Housesteads. It’s one of the best examples close by Newcastle being less than a one hour
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Day 2
Wednesday 8th July 2026 Blue skies, sunshine and 26C at 5:30pm. What a glorious day to be out and about exploring the local area with Richard and Kate. We donned our walking shoes
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Day 1
Tuesday 7th July, 2026 We set off down the road to find the closest Metro and travelled into the city centre. We followed the suggestions of our hosts and spent hours in the Discov