Last weekend we ventured into the Blue Mountains for a night, which was either very adventurous or really stupid, considering that one of the two roads there was already closed due to aggressive bush fires. We made it there safely and stayed south of one major fire and due west of another. We bunked at […]
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I love spring, so it’s quite lucky that I get to experience two spring seasons in 2013! Thus far in October, we have celebrated Labour Day, set the clocks ahead one hour, and watched spring blooms fill our neighborhood with color…needless to say, my northern hemispheric tendencies feel a bit confused. Blooms have arrived early […]
Margaret River is a fantastical mix of rugged coastline, magical trees, winding roads, and gorgeous vineyards and breweries. In American terms, it is a heaping of Sonoma, a dash of Big Sur, a touch of Pacific Northwest, and a good measure of Vermont. I’m forever trying to compare places here to landscapes that I know […]