Category Archives: Travel
24 hours as tourists in our home city
Anyone who has followed this blog will know that, as well as visiting other countries, Maggie and I like to explore various corners of Australia. The most recent, and shortest, of these adventures was to spend an afternoon, evening, night … Continue reading
Healing journey for a heavy heart
(This post begins with some sad stories but eventually opens out into some pleasant travel and food experiences.) In a short post late last month, I said that I would be having a quiet period, blog-wise, due to a task … Continue reading
Last of the ham goes into our first terrine
Some followers of this blog will know that Maggie and I spent three full days and nights in the Cote d’Or region of Burgundy in April 2014. To recap: we spent a sinful amount of money on food and wine. … Continue reading
Not dreaming of a white Christmas …
… but we are remembering one Our first visit to France was in 2009 and we arrived in Paris in the second week of December. The first three days were sunny but more and more chilly. Then, on our fourth … Continue reading
Beaune-inspired-and-infused chicken dinner
This is the second-to-last of the many dishes that we enjoyed during our travels in Europe earlier this year and have since added to our repertoire. (Tafelspitz will be the last but that is a project for winter 2015.) We … Continue reading
NE Victoria: food & wine
A leading commentator on televised matches of Australian Rules football is renowned for his quick-witted quips and puns as much as for his football knowledge. Possibly the best known of the terms he has coined is “centimetre-perfect”, which is used … Continue reading
NE Victoria: towns
A common theme in the post-colonial histories of North America and Australasia is the rise and fall of rural towns. In some cases, a meteoric rise fuelled by the discovery of gold or another precious metal has inevitably been followed … Continue reading
NE Victoria: countryside
This second post about our recent excursions in the north-east of Victoria presents a few examples of what we saw as we drove to and around the region. About once a decade I drive along this stretch of highway and … Continue reading
NE Victoria: high country
Maggie and I spent five days and four nights in the north east of Victoria last week, driving there on the Tuesday and returning home on Saturday. We had a diverse and enjoyable experience of this region, which I will … Continue reading
Long-distance travel plans
Don’t you enjoy that feeling of the uplifted spirit that you experience when you have booked and confirmed the last of your flights and tours for an overseas trip? You know, the one that is closely followed by “Thank God … Continue reading
Rick and Maggie's food and travel adventures 