Two Drifters

Well, let me start by saying that our motorhome trip to the Sunshine Coast never happened. But, I’ll get to that! The 1st of March (a Saturday) was spent by me, L and G at a brand new culinary experience in Main Ridge on the Mornington Peninsula. Owner, Ciara, hails from Ireland. Her gorgeous property includes ten acres of vines (currently looked after by Foxey’s Hangout and, when we visited, on the cusp of harvest) and a house formerly occupied by the property manager. Last year, Ciara decided to renovate that house and she has created a bespoke kitchen with a dining space around a huge, curved stone bench plus tables inside and out. Ciara’s cooking is home-style, seasonal Mediterranean and she uses as much produce from her garden as possible. A real farm-to-fork experience. Ciara demonstrates what she is cooking, all the while giving cooking and entertaining tips to the group.  At the end of the demonstration, the group all ate lunch together. It was a lovely day and, if you’re l...

March has been split between Palm Cove (Far North Queensland), Melbourne, Rye (Mornington Peninsula, Victoria) and South Australia. Something a bit exciting happened to me which was that my first piece of writing (other than letters to the paper!) was published -  https://www.australiandoglover.com/2023/03/motorhoming-adventures-with-two-golden.html This is a story and some photos of a trip we had in December with our  Golden Retrievers, Albus and Harry, when we hired a motorhome for a few days in country Victoria. We thought that the motorhome was a bit cramped so we are trying something else this month with our trip to South Australia (SA). It’s an experiment of renting pet friendly accommodation and also towing our boat. Andrew is a very keen fisherman so he hoped to fish a lot whilst we explored a part of Australia we had never visited.  One of the reasons we organised this holiday was to give our adult kids a break from looking after the dogs full time. Ironically, ...