Saturday 8 September and Sunday 9 September After our week on the Narrowboat we caught up with Mick and Angela who live in Staffordshire for a couple of days. So firstly we visited Shugbough, a huge estate, previously the home of Lord Litchfield. Now owned by the National […]
Saturday 1 September to 8 September The next part of our Europe trip is a week on a Narrowboat travelling along the Kennet and Avon Canal. Narrowboats are designed to navigate the hundreds of canals through the UK. Our boat is 6 foot 10 inches wide and 65 […]
Thursday 9 August Today we start our Cosmos Tour – British Isles in Depth. It will take us around England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Wales and then back to England. Finishing on 1 September. Our first 2 days will be in London. Scroll down to see a day be day update of the tour. We […]
We’re in London for a few days as part of our European holiday. Each day I’ll add details of our adventures. Saturday After the epic flight that is required when you live in Sydney, we arrrived nice and early Saturday. We flew with Qatar Airlines via Doha and […]
Silverton was once a mining town with a population of over 3000, but today it’s only around 50. The town is 25 km north of Broken Hill and is easily accessible on a good sealed road. There are plenty of old buildings around, art and craft stores, an old […]
We visited Broken Hill, the iconic mining city, after staying in Adelaide and visiting Burra. Silver, lead and zinc have been mined here for over 125 years. Travel in any direction and it won’t take you long to be in the desert with red soil and pale scrub […]
As part of our road trip to see the Silo Art Trail and after some time in Adelaide we headed off to Broken Hill via Burra. Now Burra is a great little town – full of history, churches and a cluster of great stores and places for coffee. […]
