Australians and New Zealanders it seems, have an inbuilt wish to do at least one ‘Big Lap’ of Oz. It’s almost as if one can’t meet one’s maker without having first done the ‘Big Lap’.
Not that long ago we found ourselves only a day away from home and enjoying lunch in the Gift Hotel in Stawell, Vic. It’s located right opposite the sports ground that hosts the famous Stawell Gift foot race. I was on crutches due to a recent stumble (a different kind of trip but more on that in another post) and we were enjoying an excellent roast. There was a huge map of Australia on the wall and we couldn’t take our eyes off it. “Scary isn’t it?” said Brian. Yes it certainly was we had just driven half way around the country! In four months we had done 18,000kms, and due to the crutches we had done the last 3,500kms much faster than planned. At that moment it slowly dawned on us that we had also completed a figure eight of Australia in just 12 months and 2 weeks. Four months up the East Coast to the Gulf of Carpentaria and back down through Western Queensland. Four months at home planning the Western leg before taking off to spend another four months on the road, across the Nullarbor, up the West Coast to Katherine in the Northern Territory and then down through the Centre in fresh plaster and in a bit of a rush. What a trip!
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Woweee! More please. There will be so many stories to share, I bet!
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I’m trying to follow your blog and haven’t found the “follow” button. Make it easy for me, please.
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I’ll fix that.
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I have subscribed. Had to go out of this screen to find it on the reader.
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Thank you! I hope I can keep you entertained.
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Hariatahema, I’d like to place a comment on your Nature and bees story, is there a comment spot?
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Hi. Thanks for letting me know you can’t see a place to comment, as I thought there was. Let me check and get back to you. I really appreciate you taking the time to let me know.
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Hi again. I got this info from David Cutlip:
I was dealing with a similar issue on my Pen Scratch Themed blog. But it appears to be the same on you. You can read the entire blog post on the main blog page, but there is no comment or like section. To leave a comment or like the post, you actually have to click on the blog post itself. Then you can leave comments and like. I’m new, but I was told most WordPress users know this.
Please feel free to leave a comment, and thank you!
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