In August of 2022, we decided to take a very last minute holiday to Lady Elliot Island. As we had four nights on Lady Elliot, we decided to add a few extra days and visit Fraser Island. None of our Aussie mates have been there. One even asked, “Isn’t that just a big sand island”? […]
In April of 2022, we travelled to William Creek to do some aerial photography at Lake Eyre, which was renamed Kati Thanda in 2013. Kati Thanda was the sacred name for the flat saltpan and meant “the name of the lake which was formed after the skin of a kangaroo was spread over the ground”. […]
In April of 2022, we planned a trip to William Creek to do some aerial photography at Kati Thanda – Lake Eyre. William Creek is not easy to reach – the options (from most to least expensive) are: Fly to Coober Pedy (via Adelaide) and arrange a charter flight to fly you to William […]
(There’s a long preamble for this trip, so click here if you just want to read about Kona). We’d been isolated in Australia for 26 months. TWENTY SIX MONTHS! To be fair, there are far worse places to be confined. When the Australian border reopening was announced, we immediately booked flights to visit my mom […]
When the Australian border reopening was announced, we immediately booked flights to visit my mom in the US, who we haven’t seen since November of 2019. About a month before departure, we got an email from Qantas about a flight schedule change. Not only did we now have a 16 hour layover in Los Angeles, […]