Why I’ll Always Backup My Work From Now On

Last week I got robbed and stranded at the beach wearing only a bikini a couple of sizes too small, then this week my computer died. That’s right, one minute I was typing away happily and the next minute the screen froze and the computer refused to restart, even when I got my clever geek, [...]

Daylight Robbery, Little Cove, Noosa

Watch Out Watch Out! There’s a Thief About In Noosa I’ve been feeling a bit lonesome this week. I’m now six months into my new life in Australia and I think anyone who’s moved overseas will know this feeling: the newness of being in a foreign country has passed and it’s still too early to [...]

A Winters Weekend in Noosa, Queensland

It May Be Winter But It’s Not Wintry It’s almost mid-winter here in Queensland but we’re still getting out in the water and enjoying our new stand up paddle board. It’s perfect for exploring the canals and rivers of Noosa while getting a bit of exercise and the kids like playing round on it too. [...]

Shaggy Dog Story From the RSPCA, Noosa

Dogs Love Noosa Too Australia has one of the highest levels of dog ownership in the world, and one Noosa resident told me that I wouldn’t be a local myself until I got a dog. So I was naturally interested in the ‘Champ Pooch of the Day’ event that was held last Sunday by the [...]

Give Fear the Finger and Feel Fine

Inspiration for Overcoming Fear OK, I confess, when it comes to giving fear the finger it’s not all plain sailing. When people ask me what I do, I want to tell them I’m a writer, but often I chicken out. “I’m doing some writing at the moment.” I’ll say, looking shifty. So I’m definitely still [...]

Give Fear the Finger For Good

How to Overcome Fear of Change Still feeling scared? Try this quick experiment. First ask yourself what’s the worst thing that can happen if you do overcome your fears and follow your dream. Then ask yourself what will happen if you let fear rule you and stick with the life you’ve got right now. Well, [...]

Give Fear the Finger, and Live the Life You Want

There’s one major hurdle that stops us from achieving our dreams. Fear. In particular, the fear of failure. Life can get off track if you let fear make your decisions for you. At least, it did for me. When, at that crucial age during the final teenage years, I was asked to decide what job [...]

In the Hot Spot is What?

I was just rereading an article I wrote called How to Move Overseas or Emigrate to Australia, Costa Rica, or New Zealand. Modesty aside(!), it is a great little post, but there’s one glaring problem with it: the stuff I write about in the article has nothing to do with the title at all. Ooops. [...]

Don’t Give Up the Day Job?

Here are a couple of photos taken at Australia Zoo that I couldn’t fit into my article, Sunshine Coast Tourist Guide: Australia Zoo. I could even expand on this theme and compile a book called “Why Animals Don’t Need Mascara (Apart from Reptiles)” Enjoy!

Sunshine Coast Tourist Guide: Australia Zoo

Thanks to a timely visit from my brother, his wife and their wee ones, we had plenty of excuses to drop tools and do the tourist thing over the Easter Holidays. A definite highlight of any visit to the Sunshine Coast has to be Australia Zoo, home of the late ‘Crocodile Hunter’, Steve Irwin. Thankfully, [...]