23 to 25 August 2020 Sequoia at Mount Lofty House

Posted on 29/08/2020 by Greg

With no overseas travel and not even Queensland travel because of Covid, we have taken a few a days to spoil ourselves in the Adelaide Hills, Mount Lofty House to be exact.
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10 to 15 August 2020 Victor Harbor, South Australia

Posted on 18/08/2020 by Greg

We arrived down at Victor Harbor at about 2:30pm. The house was ready and we got straight in. The house we have is through a company called Petlet. They hire holiday homes where pets are welcome, and so we had Billie and Vince with us.

The house is an 1860’s cottage overlooking the sand dunes and straight out onto the bay between Granite Island and Victor Harbor. Continue reading →

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6 August 2020  Life goes on but not as we would like.

Posted on 06/08/2020 by Greg

Victoria has gone nuts with Covid-19, all States have shut their borders to varying degrees to the Covid infested state.

SA has basically shut our borders to all states except Tasmania and WA, but neither of them is letting anyone in.

Queensland has effectively shut its border to NSW, requiring anyone entering from NSW to quarantine for 14 days at their own expense in designated hotels.

Our Port Douglas holiday is laying in ruins around us. So we have cancelled it and are now having a couple of trips away in SA.

We have 5 days in Victor Harbor and a couple of nights booked in the hills. There is a fairly high probability we will be able to do these 2, no flights and no cross-state borders to contend with.

My continuing monthly blog on the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Pandemic is posted at the start of each month, the latest edition can be found here. https://gregndeb.com/zero-hr-covid-19/7-july-2020-covid-19-complacency-is-our-greatest-danger/

It seems as the longer we go into this the more I am starting to focus on the numbers, and they are scary. I hope that soon they will start to show some hope, but without a vaccine I am really not too optimistic.

I am sure there are brighter times ahead, but they just seem to be getting further out.

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1 July 2020 Life goes on in a Covid sort of way – Booking Flights again :-)

Posted on 01/07/2020 by Greg

Hey all, Its been a while.

We have a holiday booked for August in the sun in North Queensland and Deb has just booked us some flights to get us there!

We are going via NSW so we can call in and see how mum is going in Gosford, then up north to thaw out and warm ourselves.

I had a thought at the start of all this Corona Virus / Covid-19 thing, that in the years to come we probably wont remember how things really were, so I have been keeping a record of how things have evolved both locally in Australia and world-wide. If your interested, I have posted monthly update pages that can be found here, https://gregndeb.com/zero-hr-covid-19/ . There is a lot of information, numbers and things and a wide range of daily information, I hope those that have a look find it at least a little bit enlightening. The stats on cases and deaths are truely frightening if you look at the way the virus has spread and progressed. You can also see the way different countries approached the pandemic and what that meant for them.

Happier updates to come, promise. 🙂

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Holidays Postponed

Posted on 21/03/2020 by Greg

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 with have decided to pause all our travel for this year. It was a very difficult decision but in the end with the data present it was easy to make.

Our travel agent Jenni has been amazing in juggling all our requests and helping get as much of our deposits etc back, and some travel deferred.

We will resume our travels when it is safe to do so, and we have some interesting plans.

Rather than just sit back and watch the COVID-19 impact on us, Australia and the world I have decided to make a record of the timeline of the Pandemic. I will be updating it monthly. If you have a look on our opening screen you will see a Page title Zero Hr COVID19, this is where you will find my musings. Or simple click here, https://gregndeb.com/zero-hr-covid-19/

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Greg’s ramblings on England, Iceland, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland in 101 Days May to August 2019

Posted on 29/08/2019 by Greg

Wow, what an amazing time. Deb and I are home now, and feels a bit strange. First night in our bed, with our pillows, in our apartment in Adelaide, how can that feel strange?

There was no time condition on breakfast,  hey, no need to get dressed for breakfast (mmm, too much information? , lol), no plans for sight seeing, nothing new to explore, no dinner reservation to be made, all our stuff is here. Yes, it was strange to wake and realise we are home. ?Yes, so much is different, but the same! 

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Day 100 and 101 27 to 28 August 2019 Dublin to Home via Dubai

Posted on 28/08/2019 by Greg

And so our adventure draws to a close, it has been an amazing holiday.

We both struggled to sleep much last night, but we eventually got a few hours.  We had a late breakfast and then packed our bags for the last time this trip.

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Day 16 Ireland, 27th August 2019 Deb’s musings on Ireland ??

Posted on 27/08/2019 by Deborah

We had 15 days in Ireland, it was a long held, dream for me to be here.  It is a beautiful country, full of fabulous scenery, history, culture and people.

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Day 99 26 August 2019 Day 15 Ireland Dublin

Posted on 27/08/2019 by Greg

A lazy no travel anywhere day, no car day. Just us sort of day. Exploring things we missed when we arrived here in Dublin.  

We left the hotel around 10:30am, I did say it was a lazy day!, and walked to St Patrick’s Cathedral, founded in 1191. It is currently the National Cathedral of the Church of Ireland. I say currently on purpose, because over its existence the Cathedral has seen its denomination change a few times, particularly between the 16th and 17th centuries reformation period. It has remained Anglican since William of Orange’s victory at the Battle of Boyne. The Cathedral has a high ceiling supported by huge pillars either side of the naïve, and it has exceptionally intricate stained glass windows. There is lots of history within its walls.   There is a display about Johnathan Swift, author of Gulliver’s Travels, he was Dean of the Cathedral in 1714-1745. The south transept is used for a learning space and other areas have various displays. I like the display that outlined the origins of the saying “ to chance your arm”, a brave offer of trust at the time.

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Day 98. 25 August 2019. Day 14 Ireland Kinsale to Dublin

Posted on 26/08/2019 by Greg

Martin picked us up a little before 9:30 to start our last day of our Little Gems Tour. The skies were a little cloudy with the sun peaking through.

I forgot to mention this in yesterday’s blog. We finally got to try the local lobster last night at dinner. It was small by home standards, but sweet and juicy, delicious. I am disappointed it took so long to try it. It was a very tasty meal, we shared 4 entrees – mussels, prawns & squid, crab and lobster, with a simple salad of mixed leaves.

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