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By Dianne

Variety – the spice of life!

Spending summer in the Riverland of South Australia means endless blue skies, lots of BBQ’s, lovely walks by the river.  Unfortunately it also means multiple hot dry days, restless warm nights, dust and yukky flies! Not my favourite things. Always interesting to catch up with our friend Chris in Northern Ireland. He has the wood…

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By Dianne

Rivers, Creeks and Canals

Well here we are – safely out of COVID quarantine and settled into Berri again. Our time in quarantine seems like a distant memory and although it “could” count as an “adventure” it’s not necessarily one we want to repeat! Berri is one of a number of small towns in the Riverland of South Australia;…

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By Dianne

Lots of cuppas – picnic heaven!

We went for a drive the other day – coronavirus restrictions have been eased. Yeah! Packed a picnic lunch, filled the thermos, and drove to Inverloch – a seaside town about an hour from here. Lots of cars on the road and lots of people on the beach – all behaving themselves with “social distancing”….

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By Dianne

Mostly dogs!

Now for those of you who haven’t followed us for long we’ve been house sitting on and off since 2009. Lots of different countries – UK, Europe, Canada, NZ, and Aussie. Part of house sitting is looking after pets while their owners are away. Not always but more often than not. We’ve looked after dogs,…

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By Dianne

Catching my breath!

Just a very quick update! Flying to Chicago in the morning – packing done thank goodness so able to catch my breath and send off some Christmas greetings and our latest news. The week before Christmas was a bit of a blur – spent most of our time chainsawing, chopping, splitting and carting firewood. Love…

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