Almost exactly a year has passed since we last visited this part of the world, and we wrote Sketches One, Two and Three. During that time, our granddaughter has spent seven months studying in England and visiting several places in Europe; our niece in Melbourne gave birth to a second daughter; we were visited byContinue reading “Sketches of Merimbula, Four, (May 6 to 10, 2014)”
Category Archives: Australian Travel
Sketches of Merimbula (Three)
Post Script Lest some of our readers may have gained the impression that we did not enjoy our stay in Merimbula, let us hasten to reassure them that we enjoyed every minute. It is true that we may have painted a somewhat jaded picture of the apartment. Every word was true, but reported with tongueContinue reading “Sketches of Merimbula (Three)”
Sketches of Merimbula, (two), May 30 to June 3, 2013
We finished our last blog by stating that we were just going out for dinner somewhere. We in fact went to Wheeler’s Seafood Restaurant, directly opposite the golf course. Like the golf course, the food is expensive. But unlike the golf, which you may recall was skewed toward the crap end of the curve, theContinue reading “Sketches of Merimbula, (two), May 30 to June 3, 2013”
Sketches of Merimbula, May 24 to May 30, 2013
This time last year, that is to say June 2012, we were preparing to leave for a 12-week trip to Europe. The toll that trip took on our finances—already somewhat diminished by the Great Financial Crisis of a couple of years earlier, led to our decision this year to re-visit one of our favourite AustralianContinue reading “Sketches of Merimbula, May 24 to May 30, 2013”
Slingsby's Miscellany 