I wanted to have a discussion about the issue of safety on trains, with regard to female safety in particular, following the suggestions made by the NSW Rape Crisis Centre, and the Rail, Tram and Bus Union, on International Women’s Day that there should be a trial of women only, pink carriages. My initial reaction was […]
I know what you might be thinking at this stage, “How Bloody Long Is This Journey Nanna?!!” I’m pretty sure it was only ten days but I appear to have made it last for weeks instead. I promise you this is the last bit, the very end, well The Top End to be precise, as […]
For three days we were shuffled backwards and forwards between Alice Springs and Uluru so that we could see a sunset and a sunrise on this magnificent and incredible sight. Uluru really does change many different colours, and is also a very different shape depending upon which side you are on. Four months before setting […]
Before we move on to the incredible sight of Uluru (Ayers Rock) I feel I should write a short post about my rationale to ‘add’ WordAds to my blog. This morning I’ve noticed that at the end of my last post there is a small advertising box. It hasn’t come as a complete surprise you […]
For the next three days we toured the surrounding area and discovered that squashing such a big trip into a short timetable has a few disadvantages, namely, coach travel. No offence, but this really is not the best way to see some of these incredible sights, and we got peevish very early on with old […]
Following yesterday’s post I’m concerned that some of you may have doubted the folding loo story, and that’s a fair call as I am very hard to take seriously, but………behold! That my friends is NOT a holiday, we were travelling on The Ghan not The Calcutta Express remember. And no, I’m not posting a photo […]
