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Author Archives: Thea Stainsby
Farewells
It has been a week of farewells: “see you in a year…”. Perhaps the most poignant was afternoon tea with “my oldies”, the friends I have made at Fairway, where I have helped them use the computers that are available … Continue reading
The Last Doggy Walk
For the last 6 months Sally and I have joined a gorgeous group of dogs with their delightful”mums” for a walk-and-talk and coffee/chai on Wednesday mornings. Sally has become very attached to her doggy friends, especially young Chloe, whilst I … Continue reading
Homeless with a Plan
Well we are officially “homeless” – we have no home to call our own, having vacated the apartment this morning. Life at the Sandy Pub is interesting, but the view not as good. But we have a plan – a … Continue reading
Website Rebuilt & Ready To Go
So I was hacked. Truth is, every time I removed the malicious code, it reappeared with 72 hours. I do not understand why it happened, but Hayden believes there may have been a WordPress bug. I used the opportunity to … Continue reading
Hacked!!
I have been hacked. I am not sure how or to what extent or even who did it. All I know is that this web site didn’t look right – just the header with the flowers and menu were displayed … Continue reading
Home from the “Sunday Drive”
It took 4 Sundays and the 18 days in-between for our “Sunday Drive”. We got all the way west to Cape Naturaliste and south to Albany and covered 9,044 km. It was a great journey of stunning Aussie landscapes, beautiful … Continue reading
West as West can be
We reached the western edge of the South West region of Western Australia, and felt closer to Hayden in Barcelona from there, at least 3,000km closer! By now we have travelled 4,500km and we are ready to turn around and … Continue reading
We have crossed the Nullarbor!
We made it! Crossed the Nullarbor – in the Astra. A lone “car” amongst the trucks, 4-wheel-drives pulling caravans and camper trailers and motor homes of all shapes and sizes! Blue sky and gums blowing in the breeze at Norseman … Continue reading
Spring is in the hair
It is delightful to walk on the beach as the days get warmer and brighter. However Sally’s Winter coat was catching everything – sand, grass, seed pods, burrs. So it is time for a haircut, Here are the befores and … Continue reading
North Road to Mordialloc
We have completed part of my quest to search for water bubblers between Port Melbourne and Mordialloc. Now we just have to cover the Port Melbourne to North Road bit. Steve from the City of Kingston was very helpful with … Continue reading