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https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2009/04/diary-of-migrating-to-australia-in-1949.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: THE DIARY Continuing my mother's diary of our migration to Australia part of My Story . The ship was the Georgic a sister ship of the Titanic so I... adventure before dementia diary https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2013/07/where-rainforest-meets-sea.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: WHERE THE RAINFOREST MEETS THE SEA After our Savannahlander Train Tour and the Paronella Park Tour we then joined a 12 day bus tour from Cairns to the tip of Australia at Ca... adventure before dementia the rainforest meets sea https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2013/06/into-bowels-of-earth.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: INTO THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH After our amazing cruise on Cobbold Gorge we were driven back to the railway line to pick up the train again at Einasleigh, where we had lu... adventure before dementia bowels earth https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2023/09/ ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: September 2023 A Journal of our Adventures adventure before dementia september https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-sunlander.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: THE SUNLANDER The Sunlander is the name of the train that runs the 1000km between Brisbane and Cairns in Queensland. A few months ago we flew to Cairns... adventure before dementia https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2023/02/getting-back-into-it.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: GETTING BACK INTO IT. For those who have followed me for years (thank you), they might remember that I was writing "My Story". I was scanning photos from my many... adventure before dementia getting back https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2023/11/ ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: November 2023 A Journal of our Adventures adventure before dementia november https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2019/09/winged-visitors.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: WINGED VISITORS Now that it is Spring and all the flowering trees are in blossom in our village, many birds are visiting. Its fun trying to capture them s... adventure before dementia winged visitors https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2024/12/eagle-house.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: EAGLE HOUSE I was born in England back in 1942. At the time my parents and brother were renting a flat in Eagle House in South Woodford. We lived there... adventure before dementia eagle house https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2026/04/ ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: April 2026 A Journal of our Adventures adventure before dementia april https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2008/12/best-christmas-present-ever.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: The Best Christmas Present Ever Tomorrow our two daughters will be arriving home for Christmas with their partners. What better Christmas present could we wish for? Can you... adventure before dementia the best christmas present ever https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2019/08/ ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: August 2019 A Journal of our Adventures adventure before dementia august https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2014/07/brisbane-in-winter.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: BRISBANE IN WINTER I dropped my 'Fossil' watch on the bathroom floor and broke two links of the ceramic band. Because I bought the watch in USA, Fossil didn't... adventure before dementia brisbane winter https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2014/01/getting-prepared-for-unkown.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: GETTING PREPARED FOR THE UNKOWN The second year at college in 1963 was another year packed with fun, friendships, study, practice teaching, sport, parties and revues.Ther... adventure before dementia getting prepared unkown https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2014/02/ ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: February 2014 A Journal of our Adventures adventure before dementia february https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2012/06/st-luis-bishop.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: ST LUIS THE BISHOP San Luis Obispo is a small city located halfway between LA and San Francisco. The name is Spanish for St Luis the Bishop. It is one of Cal... adventure before dementia st luis bishop https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2012/03/malls-balls-and-more.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: THE MALL'S BALLS AND MORE After our tour of WA and SA some months ago we spent a few days in Adelaide the capital of South Australia. After we visited the Pandas at ... adventure before dementia the mall balls https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2014/01/hobby-artist.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: HOBBY ARTIST Our daughter, Carol-Ann. is on holidays from work. After spending a week in Victoria she and SIL David, went back to their home in Sydney ... adventure before dementia hobby artist https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2017/11/sleeping-in-convent.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: SLEEPING IN A CONVENT. After we left Glen Innes on our recent road trip, we drove north over the border and back in QLD towards home, but we stopped overnight in... adventure before dementia sleeping in convent https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2013/09/trying-to-post-from-my-ipad.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: TRYING TO POST FROM MY IPAD Whoops rookie error. Too much chocolate ice cream. adventure before dementia trying post ipad https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2019/09/home-improvements-1978.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: HOME IMPROVEMENTS 1978 My Story Continued: By 1978 Bill had recovered his health and was learning to live with Sarcoidosis of the brain membrane. He has to ta... adventure before dementia home improvements https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/p/savannah-way.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: SAVANNAH WAY AND KANGAROO ISLAND 2016 It Started in Cairns Cobbold Gorge Outback Towns The Gulflander Croc and Crab Cruise , Karumba The Biggest Crocodile in the World 25 ... adventure before dementia kangaroo island savannah way https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2014/08/flying-south.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: FLYING SOUTH My sister in law, Ann, is visiting Australia from England. I haven't seen her since 2008 when we met her and my brother in Switzerland for... adventure before dementia flying south https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2019/10/happy-family-time-in-1978.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: HAPPY FAMILY TIME IN 1978 My Story Continued: It was June 1978, when my parents came from Sydney to Brisbane to visit us and celebrate Carol's sixth birthday. I... adventure before dementia happy family time in https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2013/07/big-bauxite-mine.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: BIG BAUXITE MINE We drove on and on through Savannah country towards Weipa on the west coast of Far North Queensland. It is the site of the biggest bauxite ... adventure before dementia big bauxite mine https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2016/12/ ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: December 2016 A Journal of our Adventures adventure before dementia december https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2025/04/daisy-hill-conservtion-park-or-my-forest.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: DAISY HILL CONSERVTION PARK (OR MY FOREST) Our retirement village borders onto Daisy Hill Forest its fancy name is Conservation Park. I call it my forest because I have been walking ... adventure before dementia daisy hill park forest https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2012/01/off-to-orrorroo.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: OFF TO ORROROO We passed an old farmhouse and wagon. After spending 3 days exploring Port Augusta, we continued on our tour of South Australia a few ... adventure before dementia orroroo https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2009/02/koala-sam-rescued-from-bushfires.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: Koala Sam Rescued from the Bushfires. A Country Fire Association Fire Fighter named David Tree stopped to give a Koala a drink. This is unusual because koalas rarely drink water... adventure before dementia from the koala sam rescued https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2012/04/too-busy-to-blog.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: TOO BUSY TO BLOG On the morning of April 27 at 5:00am we had tap on our bedroom door. Sonya announced her time had come to go to the hospital and so we wer... adventure before dementia too busy blog https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2012/07/always-something-new-to-learn.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW TO LEARN For some time I have been going to investigate HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography but kept putting it off until I read MTWaggin Blog and... adventure before dementia always something new learn https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2011/10/riding-wave-rock.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: RIDING WAVE ROCK After York, we continued our tour of WA towards Hyden and Wave Rock. We drove through beautiful farmlands of grain and sheep. Fields o... adventure before dementia riding wave rock https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2014/12/its-all-over-red-rover.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: ITS ALL OVER RED ROVER Christmas is over. We had a great time with our eldest daughter, Carol-Ann and her husband, David. They had just completed their four mont... adventure before dementia all over red rover https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2012/02/sightseeing-with-silvana.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: SIGHTSEEING WITH SILVANA School kids having a surfing lesson. Silvana is a young lady visiting us from Switzerland. She is backpacking her way around Australia.... adventure before dementia sightseeing silvana https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2015/10/sight-seeing-in-switzerland-1970.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: SIGHT SEEING IN SWITZERLAND 1970 (Continuing My Story ) In 1970 Bill and I went to Switzerland, his homeland, with the intention of staying for at least two years and m... adventure before dementia sight seeing switzerland https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2012/07/napa-valley-wine-train.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: NAPA VALLEY WINE TRAIN. Ever since I saw a documentary about the Napa Valley Wine Train I added it to my bucket list. Then I saw a post on Pat's blog, about when... adventure before dementia napa valley wine train https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2023/ ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: 2023 A Journal of our Adventures adventure before dementia https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2019/03/ ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: March 2019 A Journal of our Adventures adventure before dementia march https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2022/09/ ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: September 2022 A Journal of our Adventures adventure before dementia september https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2012/07/a-day-on-bay.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: A DAY ON THE BAY When we were in San Francisco we joined Tauck Tours. They took us for a catamaran sail on the Bay. While we waited for the yacht we walked... adventure before dementia on the day bay https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2012/04/heatwave-of-disappointment.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: A HEAT WAVE OF DISAPPOINTMENT In January of 1960 we had a heatwave and a visitor from England. Mrs R was the mother of my parents' friend, Ida from Mudgee. Mrs R was o... adventure before dementia heat wave disappointment https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2010/07/ ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: July 2010 A Journal of our Adventures adventure before dementia july https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2013/07/half-way-there.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: HALF WAY THERE After lunch at the Hann River Roadhouse we continued on our trek to the tip of Australia. We rumbled along the dirt roads for miles and mi... adventure before dementia half way https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2011/02/yasi-sure-is-scary.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: YASI SURE IS SCARY The map below is to gives an idea of the size of the cyclone which is just arriving on the north coast of Queensland as I am typing (4:30pm)... adventure before dementia yasi sure scary https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2013/04/ ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: April 2013 A Journal of our Adventures adventure before dementia april https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/p/usa-mississippi.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: USA-MISSISSIPPI RIVER CRUISE 2014 Visiting Family Far Away Family Fun for a Short Time and then Bye Bye Nashville Brrrrrr Nice Nashville Getting to Gatlinburg Exploring... adventure before dementia mississippi river usa cruise https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2011/08/zion-np-usa-adventure-part-29.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: ZION NATIONAL PARK After Bryce Canyon we stayed overnight at Cedar City before going to the Zion National Park. We drove along the floor of the Zion Canyon, w... adventure before dementia zion national park https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2012/01/boy-stuff.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: BOY STUFF We were driving from Port Augusta to Burra in South Australia. On the way we stopped at Orroroo for morning tea (last post) and we stopp... adventure before dementia boy stuff https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2011/08/lake-ontario-usa-adventure-part-14.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: LAKE ONTARIO After Niagara Falls, our bus headed towards Detroit. First we stopped by the Whirlpool, a circular formation in the Niagara River made from... adventure before dementia lake ontario https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2013/07/we-made-it-to-tip.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: WE MADE IT TO THE TOP This was the day I had been looking forward to for some time. The day that I could tick off "Tip of Australia" from my bucket list. We drov... adventure before dementia we made it to the top https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2013/06/lush-lake-barrine.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: LUSH LAKE BARRINE After we completed our 4 day Savannahlander Train trip we had to wait 2 days in Cairns before our 12 day tour of Cape York departed so we ... adventure before dementia lush lake https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/p/singapore.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: SINGAPORE AND MALACCA 2018 Little India Colonial District and River Cruise Temples and Towers Gardens by the Bay and the Super Tree Grove Breakfast with the Orang... adventure before dementia singapore malacca https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2026/03/st-patricks-day-dinner.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: ST PATRICK'S DAY DINNER Our lovely Dinner Committee organised a St Patricks Dinner with our chef Poz. We tried to all dress in green and the green and white chairs ... st patrick s day adventure before dementia dinner https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2011/12/baby-news-is-ok-now.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: BABY NEWS Last August Bernie and Sonya (our daughter) came back to Australia from USA for Bernie to host another series of 'Beauty and the Geek Aust... adventure before dementia baby news https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2025/07/ ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: July 2025 A Journal of our Adventures adventure before dementia july https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2026/04/easter-sunday-lunch.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: EASTER SUNDAY LUNCH Our lovely daughter and family invited us for lunch on Easter Sunday. Sonya made a booking at the Lighthouse Restaurant on Cleveland Point. ... adventure before dementia easter sunday lunch https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-marriage-mix-up.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: THE MARRIAGE MIX UP It was 1969, after a whirlwind romance, I was soon to be married to a Swiss boy. We were living in Papua/New Guinea and we had to decide w... adventure before dementia the marriage mix https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2012/07/oops-i-forgot.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: OOPS I FORGOT My darling other half especially made me a video to add to my post yesterday and I forgot to include it. Not a good move to keep harmony in ... adventure before dementia oops forgot https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2011/10/york-western-australia.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: YORK-WESTERN AUSTRALIA Western Australia (WA) is a huge state occupying a third of the continent covering 2,645,615 square km. It only has 2.3 million inhabita... adventure before dementia york western australia https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2009/04/fascinating-find.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: FASCINATING FIND I can't believe it is 15 years since I had to put my dear old mum into a nursing home, and cleaned out her apartment and brought her stuff ... adventure before dementia fascinating find https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2019/04/ ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: April 2019 A Journal of our Adventures adventure before dementia april https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2024/12/christmas-with-family-2024.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: CHRISTMAS WITH FAMILY 2024 We were lucky to celebrate Christmas with the whole family as well as a cousin from Switzerland. We celebrated on Christmas Eve like they do... adventure before dementia with family christmas https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2013/07/happy-campers.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: HAPPY CAMPERS From Weipa we travelled east, back to the main road north. We took a short cut through Batavia Station, a huge property which has been giv... adventure before dementia happy campers https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2014/07/bear-takes-up-teaching.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: BEAR TAKES UP TEACHING Birthday bear time again. If you don't know about our Birthday Bear tradition read more here . This time the celebration lunch was for my b... adventure before dementia bear takes teaching https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2012/07/home-sweet-home.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: HOME SWEET HOME Last Tuesday afternoon we left Sydney and drove towards Brisbane and home. We stopped at Maitland and stayed overnight at a friend's place... adventure before dementia sweet https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2018/07/warm-up-in-brisbane.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: WARM UP IN BRISBANE A few weeks ago Sonya and the boys came to Brisbane to visit us and to warm up, as the weather has been very cold in Melbourne. Bernie was ... adventure before dementia warm up brisbane https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2021/12/catching-up.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: LUNCH WITH NEW FRIENDS We went to lunch with new friends, Bob and Robyn, from our village. Dot also came but unfortunately, Peter, her husband was in hospital. Bob... adventure before dementia lunch new friends https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2014/08/birthday-bear-chills-out.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: BIRTHDAY BEAR CHILLS OUT It was my friend, Helen's birthday and our Birthday Bear Group went to Sunnybank Hotel to celebrate. Helen and Paul recently went for a h... adventure before dementia birthday bear chills https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2010/12/rainrain-go-away-come-again-another-day.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: RAIN,RAIN, GO AWAY. COME AGAIN ANOTHER DAY. We have been having rain and tropical storms everyday this week. For weeks now we have been having lots of rain. All our dams are full and w... adventure before dementia go away come again rain another https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-unique-bullok-creek-cafe.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: THE UNIQUE BULLOCK CREEK CAFE We left our rustic but comfortable cabin in Chillagoe and we were bussed back to the Savannahlander Train to continue our 4 day tour of no... adventure before dementia the unique bullock creek cafe https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2011/03/have-you-seen-bat-plant.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: A BAT PLANT? This weekend we were invited to visit Ben and Lyn's house on the Gold Coast. Ben and Bill have been friends since before they migrated from ... adventure before dementia bat plant https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2021/12/christmas-2021.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: CHRISTMAS 2021 Luckily our state border opened on the 13 Dec. So Carol and David were allowed to come from NSW to visit us for Christmas but they had to ge... adventure before dementia christmas https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2026/03/walking-in-forest.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: WALKING IN THE FOREST For years I had been walking in Daisy Hill Forest. We have lived in four different homes but all were close to the forest. Now we live right... adventure before dementia walking in forest https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/p/chapter-06-arond-world-in-1970.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: Chapter 06-Around the World in 1970 Belated Honeymoon in 1970 Californian Coast and Cousins A Jumbo Drama in New York Meeting the In-Laws Sight seeing in Switzerland in 19... adventure before dementia around the world chapter https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2009/06/ ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: June 2009 A Journal of our Adventures adventure before dementia june https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2014/07/these-little-piggies-went-to-mall.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: THESE LITTLE PIGGIES WENT TO THE MALL We are back home in Brisbane, Queensland where it is warmer than in Adelaide, South Australia, where we recently spent 4 days. Our daughte... adventure before dementia to the little piggies went https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2010/02/ ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: February 2010 A Journal of our Adventures adventure before dementia february https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2021/12/tranquil-avenue-street-party.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: TRANQUIL AVENUE STREET PARTY Once a year we usually have street parties. Ours was this week. We were celebrating that every home in our street has been sold now. We set ... adventure before dementia tranquil avenue street party https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2013/06/out-of-outback.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: OUT OF THE OUTBACK We have just returned from 3 weeks in outback Queensland. We flew from Brisbane to Cairns where we stayed over night. The next morning at 6... adventure before dementia out of outback https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2013/09/an-afternoon-of-art.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: AN AFTERNOON OF ART After we had visited the Tar Pits and Page Museum, it was time for Sonya to go to work. Bernie came to pick up the boys and Carol and I we... adventure before dementia afternoon art https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-great-train-robbery.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY After lunch at Almaden and watching the Great Wheelbarrow Race we climbed aboard the Savannahlander Train for the last time. We thought ... adventure before dementia the great train robbery https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2014/01/new-digs-and-flat-mate.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: NEW DIGS AND FLAT MATE In January 1963 I was starting my second year at ASOPA (Australian School of Pacific Administration) where I was studying to be a teacher... adventure before dementia new digs flat mate https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2013/12/flown-coop.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: FLOWN THE COOP Once again we have packed our bags and flown away. This time we flew to Melbourne, hired a car and drove for 2 hrs south to Rye on the Morn... adventure before dementia flown coop https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2017/12/ ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: December 2017 A Journal of our Adventures adventure before dementia december https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-story-caravan-holiday-1958.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: CARAVAN HOLIDAY 1958 In 1958 and we had been in Australia for 9 years. My Mum and Dad took five years to build their house themselves and they were still both ... adventure before dementia caravan holiday https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2012/05/learning-to-be-grandparent.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: LEARNING TO BE A GRANDPARENT We are getting the hang of being Grandparents. We go to the park..... then onto the Grove mall.... where Fox shows us wh... adventure before dementia learning grandparent https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2014/06/birthday-bear-blunder.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: BIRTHDAY BEAR BLUNDER I must apologise to Birthday Bear participants and Birthday Bear too for being slack and not keeping up reporting on Bear's activities of ... adventure before dementia birthday bear blunder https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2017/11/bridging-friendship.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: BRIDGING A FRIENDSHIP When we were visiting Grafton, we were so lucky to meet a blogging friend, Karen from "Pieces of Contentment". I have always admired he... adventure before dementia bridging friendship https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2017/10/winter-holiday-on-sunshine-coast.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: WINTER HOLIDAY ON THE SUNSHINE COAST 1973 Continuing My Story In July, Mum and Dad came up from Sydney for a holiday. We went to Mt Coot-tha and then on to the Sunshi... adventure before dementia the sunshine coast winter holiday https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2012/12/ ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: December 2012 A Journal of our Adventures adventure before dementia december https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2022/03/ ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: March 2022 A Journal of our Adventures adventure before dementia march https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2013/09/la-brea-tar-pits-la.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: LA BREA TAR PITS LA When I was in LA last week my daughter, Sonya, managed to take us to the Tar Pits before she went to work. She did a wonderful job of showi... adventure before dementia la brea tar pits https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2013/12/it-started-to-happen.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: IT STARTED TO HAPPEN 1962 was a good year for me. I had made a big mistake in 1960 and messed up my life but I tried to make amends and start a new life for my... adventure before dementia started happen https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2015/01/lets-go-on-photo-safari.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: LETS GO ON A PHOTO SAFARI !!! When we were in New Orleans with friends, Kathy and Rob, we booked up with American Photo Safari for some photography lessons on locati... adventure before dementia lets go photo safari https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2012/02/boys-went-bananas.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: THE BOYS WENT BANANAS After Gumeracha we headed for the pretty little town of Birdwood in the Adelaide Hills. Our friend George was the driver and he is wa... adventure before dementia the boys went bananas https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2016/ ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: 2016 A Journal of our Adventures adventure before dementia https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2021/10/october-dinner.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: OCTOBER DINNER It was our village monthly dinner again. We had a choice of Chicken Kofta with corn and vegetable potage or Lamb Kofta with cous cous and ve... adventure before dementia october dinner https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2014/12/back-home-after-another-adventure.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: MORE EXPLORING IN THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS After 28 hours of travelling and waiting for planes we are finally home, pooped and jet lagged. We don't usually suffer from jet lag too b... adventure before dementia in the exploring smoky mountains https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2013/07/on-to-cooktown.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: ON TO COOKTOWN We were travelling along the Bloomfield Track to Cooktown. On the way we stopped at Wujul Wujul a small aboriginal settlement of 300+ peop... adventure before dementia cooktown https://diane-adventurebeforedementia.blogspot.com/2014/01/new-job-new-country-new-life.html ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: NEW JOB, NEW COUNTRY, NEW LIFE I had finished my last prac teaching session in Nov,1963 in Lae, in the Territory of Papua/New Guinea. I had passed my final exams with sur... adventure before dementia new job country life

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