February 2025 - (Cocos Keeling Islands, Sydney, Palm Cove and Melbourne)
^Dinner in Darlinghurst, Sydney Wow! What a month February has been! What a whirlwind! What a lot of opportunities I had and, after a Conference in Sydney, I now have. But I’ll get to that… Three trips, eight flights (nine if you count sitting on the plane at Learmonth [Exmouth] as we refuelled), five different accommodations, some time at home and some time at Rye. I think I am getting to the stage of having a travel bag permanently packed!! First up was the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Words do not do justice to the beauty of this place. But it was a trek to get there from Melbourne – fly to Perth and overnight there then fly to West Island (part of the Cocos group) via Learmonth. Also, wind back 4.5 hours (3.5 hours if ...