The birds down under sound so very different from the ones I'm used to back in the UK. With so many brightly lit parrot-like birds squawking its easy to imagine yourself on some tropical island.

We visited an Alpaca farm today and asked questions about the care and keeping of …

Just because I'm the other side of the world on holiday doesn't mean I haven't had an eye on what's going on back home. The papers in Oz have also had the global financial crisis headlining as the great and the good gathered in London. With all this talk of …

I'm slightly wary of posting anything on Internet Lie Day but I'm guessing it all depends on the timezone.

Today has mostly involved lounging around the house while the unseasonable weather dumps another load of water on Sydney's parched streets. This evening we joined the Wine Society for an evening …

Australia is a country of feast and famine. Even coastal Sydney operates under water restrictions most of the time as it is a precious resource. The house we are staying in here uses phosphate free washing powder so the run-off can go straight into the garden without killing the plants …

We have finally arrived back in Sydney after our extended tour of western New South Wales. Internet at the hotel room in Mudgee proved to be extortionate hence the flurry of posts now we are back.

Wine tasting can be a tricky exercise. Even taking all possible care to rinse …