I did it again! Almost exactly fifteen years after my previous Achilles surgery, I managed to rupture the Achilles on my other leg. Once again it happened at squash, and in a very similar way. We were midway through our second game; I hit a return of serve, and then started moving back to the …
Clifton Gardens (also known as Chowder Bay) is a polarising dive site located in Sydney Harbour. Talking to divers, they tend to either love it, or hate it. Regardless, all Sydney-based divers have dived it at least one (well, almost all). So why is it so polarising? Well, for a variety of reasons. To get …
Sharon and I suck at planning…sadly. Thankfully, we have an amazing family who gifted us tickets to a movie at the Sydney’s open air cinema. We arrived at 6pm, after a slow stroll through the Botanic Gardens, and enjoyed a few drinks as we watched the sun set behind the Sydney Opera House and Harbour …
With Kerry out from Perth, what else would we do other than go for a sneaky dive. The initial plan was to dive with Kerry, but sadly she wasn’t able to do her refresher in time so Sharon stepped in to fill her shoes (fins). We packed up the family early on Sunday morning and …
In March Emma was spoiled with a SUP for her 9th birthday. Sadly, with all the rain, she hadn’t been able to get it onto the water. So as the skies cleared, and with aunty Kerry being in Sydney, we headed to Bobbin Head to finally get it wet. Despite the sunny skies, it was …
While Nick and his family were in Sydney, we were constantly on the lookout for family friendly dive sites. As such we headed down to Kurnell, and dived at the Monument. The site is situated on the on the southern headland of the Botany Bay National Park. Entry into the water is close to the …
After 10 weeks in lockdown, including a week of school holidays, we had serious cabin fever and had to get outdoors. And so we strapped our mountain bikes to the car, and headed for the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Emma was still a little bit too small for the bike we got her for Christmas, …
I don’t usually make off topic posts, but moving into our first Australian home seemed like a big enough life event to share a few photos.