Journeyer's Chronicles — Life is a journey

Australian Travel Writing and Photography Opportunities

May 19, 2009

Image by Leanne Nelson
With the lovely gift of a new camera for my birthday and our frequent travels around this great country, some wheels have started turning inside my head.
What if I could learn to take great photos and write great pieces about the places we visit? What if someone else (namely an editor) also [...]

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Windmills

May 13, 2009

Little Mermaid loves windmills. It took me a little while to figure that out because she used to call them wombats. I was often surprised at the number of wombats she could spot in the middle of the day on western Victorian roadsides.
One holiday, less that an hour after we’d left home she declared it [...]

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A new, curvier me

May 11, 2009

A couple of months ago a Curves gym opened up in our town. If you’re not familiar with Curves, it’s one of those women’s only, 30 minute workout places.
I have never liked gyms. I held a membership once for a month and went about 3 times. Too many sweaty blokes and beautiful people looking at [...]

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The pleasure and the pain

May 8, 2009

The girls had birthdays over the last week, Little Mermaid (now 4) last Friday and Cinderella yesterday (now 6). We’re very clever to get them close together like that I know. So far I’ve been able to get away with one birthday party between them, with a cake for dessert on the day of each [...]

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Expanda – Our New Home Away From Home

April 22, 2009

Over the weekend we were fortunate to have a kid free day. We took full advantage and headed off to the local Jayco dealer to finally order our new caravan – an Expanda.
We chose the Expanda because of its versatility. We essentially get a 24′ caravan that tows as a 16′ one, because of the [...]

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10 Benefits of Yoga

April 15, 2009

Photo by tarotastic
After a long time thinking about it, I was recently able to swing childcare, school and location so I could enrol in a yoga class. I knew some of the benefits of yoga and they seemed to fit well with what I wanted from a health perspective. My yoga teacher has been doing [...]

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Early rise

April 7, 2009

I love daylight savings. The extra hours of daylight make a walk or game of backyard cricket after tea a lovely reality. That said, there are a couple of times when I wish for the clocks to be back to normal. The first is usually the week after daylight savings begins. Dragging myself and the [...]

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