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Making Kefir - Instructions

The following step by step instructions was written by me with photos of my culture. I hope that you'll find this useful. If you wish to find out more about kefir,...

Delicious Green Salad

Had a crazy day yesterday fitting in too much and I ended up arriving home late for lunch with no idea what to prepare - all I had was this desire to use a perfect avocado ...

My experimental raw green pasta sauce

Everyday lunch is a challenge. Whilst I am perfectly happy to munch on a big salad every day, David gets a bit bored with the same textures so sometimes I try to whip up ...

My Raw Food Experiences (Michelle)

A few months ago, I was introduced to some raw vegan foodists and thus began a whole new journey of discovery about food. I've always been interested in nutrition, cooking,...

An Evening on the Green

Michelle and I cut out of the office early today and hit Kings Park for the Evening on the Green concert featuring all our favorite 80s bands. Simple Minds, Devo,...

A few days in the WA Wheatbelt

Our family was well overdue for a little getaway in the bush. So we set aside a few days midweek during the recent school holidays and simply hoped to get a few nights ...

Dryandra Woodlands - Ochre Trail

Nice 5km walk around some very nice woodlands. Easy/medium walk no problems with our kids 7 & 11.

Dryandra Woodland - Congelin

We drove down from Perth yesterday and arrived around lunch time at the Congelin Campground. We spent a few hours in the area and did the Congelin Siding Walk and a tour of the ...

And we're off

The start of the 2012 Mainpeak Multisport on Toodyay.

Weekend Camping Trip Dad's & Kids (Wilbinga)

Over the weekend we had our annual fathers and kids camping trip. This year we decided to head to Wilbinga after some good advice from our ExplorOz friends....

USA blogs complete with pics

Just confiming that as of today, I have finished all the blogs and added photos. If you read the reflections blog yesterday,...

USA Reflection Blog

As promised, here is my thoughts upon reflection about America and the American way of life based on my 5 weeks in 4 states recently,...

San Diego

Trip Day 33 Friday 7th September, 2011 Leaving Anaheim/Disneyland was rather sad! We all enjoyed it so much - for me, way more than I expected....

Disneyland

Trip Day 29 Monday 3rd September, 2011 I started the day with a 45 minute morning run. I find this always helps me get oriented with an area and although it was just a ...

Santa Monica & LA

Trip Day 27 Saturday 1st October, 2011 Today was the beginning of what was to become a long series of lucky moments for our family....

Monterey

Trip Day 25 Thursday 29th September, 2011 This morning we wanted to see San Francisco from a different perspective so after check-out we drove around the bay and over the ...

San Francisco

TRIP DAY 23 Tuesday 27th September, 2011 We were all a bit stiff and sore in the morning so popped a few nurofens to start the day!...

Yosemite

TRIP DAY 21 Sunday 25th September, 2011 Mammoth Lakes is a fascinating place but was an unexpected part of our itinerary so we really didn't have time to make the most of ...

Valley of Fires State Park

TRIP DAY 18 Thursday 22nd September, 2011 I gave in and tried the huge yummy waffle with maple syrup! We are too tired to run in the mornings but hoping the hikes will ...

Zion National Park

TRIP DAY 17 Wednesday 21st September, 2011 Breakfast was included in our accommodation so we gave it a try... first time I've ever seen a waffle maker but whilst David and ...

Bryce Canyon National Park

TRIP DAY 15 Monday 19th September, 2011 As mentioned in the previous blog we had a half day driving and stopping enroute to Bryce from Page today,...

Beatty, Death Valley to Mammoth Lakes

TRIP DAY 20 Saturday 24th september, 2011 Quick breakfast in our room in Beatty thus morning then pack up and hit the road. First stop was Rhyolite ruins just out of Beatty....

Henderson, Death Valley and Beatty (Nevada)

TRIP DAY 19 Friday 23rd September, 2011 We awoke at about 7am and had our hotel included breakfast in the Comfort Inn at Henderson....

Glen Canyon

TRIP DAY 12 Friday 16th September, 2011 Page, Arizona During the drive from Grand Canyon to Page we started phoning to secure accommodation and realised it was a grouse ...

Hoover Dam, Route 66, and Grand Canyon South Rim

TRIP DAY 10 Wednesday 14th September, 2011 We left Vegas quite early so we could enjoy the sights along the drive to Grand Canyon....