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I'm going where the sun keeps shining, through the pouring rain.
Going where the weather suits my clothes.
Banking off of the northeast winds, sailing on a summer breeze
And skipping over the ocean like a stone.
Henry Nilsson
Compellingly Delicious
To be honest, I really thought that Cambridge was going be full of quite posh, intellectual scholars… being the home of one of the...
Joanna
Nov 6, 20247 min read
Go Pies
Now I would never call myself much of a football fan. Not at all. You can lump the NFL and the CFL into the ‘ not a football fan ’...
Joanna
May 2, 20248 min read
Back Together Again
Have you ever thought about those life-defining moments? I have... I've thought about it a lot. When I can successfully pinpoint a real...
Joanna
Apr 24, 20244 min read
Too Ripe for the Pickin'
I was finally. making my way up to see Ashlynn... in Bundaberg. I was going BACK to Bundaberg? After 30 years? THIS could NOT be real......
Joanna
Apr 22, 20246 min read
Continuing down Memory Lane
Driving in Australia has been slightly better than I expected. I think I can attribute my comfortableness with it to my time spent in...
Joanna
Apr 16, 20248 min read
Aussie Mom
I knew coming to Australia would be emotional for me, but I had no idea how extraordinary it would be. Actually... that's a blatant lie....
Joanna
Apr 14, 20246 min read
Going Home...
I love the page in my journal I dedicated to my homecoming... I WANT MONEY! ... then... "ya right!" Seems fitting! I also wrote; Thing I...
Joanna
Aug 17, 19952 min read
Derek Gonna Die. Derek Gonna Die Soon.
July 31st-August 2 Bus trip to Darwin Nathan: "This trip has all the ingredients that a bag of steaming excrement contains. I’m on the...
Joanna
Jun 1, 199511 min read
Broke & Trippin' Up the Coast
Travels up the coast of Australia. Airlie Beach. Sarah spent an entire afternoon scaling a palm tree to retrieve the ONE coconut that was...
Joanna
May 16, 19958 min read
Leaving Bundaberg for good...
Ahhh... although Bundy was hell for its early mornings, crappy money and feeling dirty ALL the time... I would not trade those months for...
Joanna
May 14, 19952 min read
Adventures with Roger in Oz
We are not closing. This store is definitely NOT closing. Sorry - we're closed. From Fraser Island... Roger and I headed down the coast...
Joanna
May 3, 19951 min read
Fraser Island
Fraser Island Adventure memory book entry ~ Day 1... Pouring rain. Flat tire. We are all so dirty, like we’d never left Bundaberg. Engine...
Joanna
May 1, 19951 min read
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