Category Archives: Travelling

SECOND HELPX – SHEPPARTON CHARLIE LIVING ON THE (H)EDGE In between leaving Castlemaine and going to our next HelpX, we went to Mildura for a few days and took a paddle steamer ride on the Mighty Murray. Apparently because there had been a lot of flooding many of the red gum trees had drowned andContinue reading “CHAZ AND MAZ DOWN UNDER 2012”

FIRST HELPX CASTLEMAINE – FEBRUARY 2012 After leaving Scotland, we visited Singapore, Western Australia and Melbourne. Stopping over in Singapore was a real treat and meant we had no jetlag. We saw some amazing beaches, lots of kangaroos and lots of bush. We even managed to catch up with a friend’s sister and her husbandContinue reading “CHAZ AND MAZ DOWN UNDER 2012”

INTRODUCTION In 2012, Charlie and I took a gap year. I was 62, and he was 60. We were both retired and had the freedom and money to go travelling, something neither of us could have done when we were young. We spent six months in Australia, starting off in Perth, Western Australia, where Charlie’sContinue reading “CHAZ AND MAZ DOWN UNDER 2012”