How cool is this? What a shame the Lotto ticket I bought this morning isn't for $10 million. I'll just have to take the extra $17m and suck it up, sigh.
skite (skait) NZ/Austral. informal. ~vb. (intr.) 1. to boast. ~n. 2. boastful talk. 3. a person who boasts.
"Only connect" [Dedication, Howards End, E.M. Forster] - a highfalutin way of saying that this blog is all about how travel isn't separate from ordinary life: once you've been somewhere, the experience is part of you and you'll be reminded of it randomly and unexpectedly for the rest of your lifetime. Or your memory's lifetime. Whichever ends first.
Thwarted country girl grows up in the suburbs of Christchurch - horse-mad, never owns one - student - reluctant student teacher - to England for 2-year OE - returns home (almost) 17 years later with husband and daughters after lots of horses and country living and travelling - back to the 'burbs - nine long years on the ground - relief teacher - aspiring travel writer - actual travel writer - award winner!
Australia:Queensland (Get Up & Go); Bay of Fires, Great Barrier Reef, Freycinet, Walpole, Tiwi Islands, Gordon River, Port Lincoln, Victor Harbor, Darwin, Broome, Margaret River, Ningaloo Reef, Bibbulmun Track, Red Centre, Tasmania, Uluru, South Australia, Coober Pedy, Stuart Highway, Western Australia, Katherine, Merrepin, Heysen Trail (Stuff); Albany WA (NZ Herald)
England:Highclere Castle (Blogger At Large, Get Up & Go); Cutty Sark (Press)
USA: Grand Coulee Dam (Press); Winthrop WA (Press); Tulalip WA (NZ Herald); Leavenworth WA (NZ Herald); Seattle (Herald on Sunday) New Zealand: Brown's Island, Akl (Let's Travel); TranzAlpine (Herald on Sunday); Kaitaia (NZ Herald); Takapuna, Brown's Island, Auckland Bridge (Motorhomes, Caravans & Destinations); East Cape (Dominion Post, Yahoo!); Waiheke (Yahoo!); Dart River (Dominion Post); SH16 (Yahoo!)
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Math isn't my strong suit, but even I can appreciate a perfect 10!
P.S. Thanks for de-lurking. Hope you stick around. You'll come in handy because I love mooching off international multimillionaires.
Welcome! Feel free to take a number for the spongeing when I win.
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