After four years our return to New York has finally arrived. Things are a bit different this time. Qantas has a new flight, QF3, which departs Sydney and goes via...
Saturday, 11 March rolled around pretty quickly and before I knew it, I was in another taxi, on another flight, but this time it wasn’t Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane. It...
Harvard Business School: 26 July to 4 Agues 2019 26 July 2019 I wanted to expand my leadership skills and as such over the last 12 months I explored a...
We pack and get ready to depart. Our tradition now is that I sit in Times Square for a while, reflect and then we grab Shake Shack for brunch and then...
452,256 steps in the Big Apple375 kms walked554 floors climbed, those Dann subway steps59 trips on the subway31 perfect nights at the always feels like home AKAToo many burgers6 great...
Waking Tuesday morning to a balmy but dark Canberra, we gave ourselves about an hour to do a few last little things before our cab arrived. 3.45 quickly became 4.45...
We are due to fly home later tonight and arrange late checkout. We start packing and then head off for our last breakfast. Delicious as usual. After breakfast we wander...
As most Australians celebrated a horse race, Mardi and I lit out of Canberra for our sixth New York City odyssey. Luigi didn't want us to go, the other felines and...
We started our last day with the massive task of packing. Left overs for breakfast and lunch, an odd selection of cheese, porridge, chocolate and fruit. A bit different but...
I use our free morning to visit the Top of the Rock. Mardi drops me off. I’m still lacking confidence in getting around and Mardi’s help has been invaluable. I...
Wow, what a year. People often say they sometimes live on a roller coaster of a ride for their life. Well, ordinarily I’d say, not me. Life is reasonable calm,...
Who would have believed that for the third year in a row we would get an opportunity to visit the Big Apple. This time though it was a deliberate choice...
Time to go home. We pack and ready ourselves for the 30 odd hour journey back to Canberra. I visit Times Square one last time and soak in the vibe, the...
Our last day in New York. What a trip it has been. Today we walk to Central Park for one last visit and enjoy the beautiful surrounds and tranquility of...
In late 2009 Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) announced a tour of the USA where he would recreate the classic Pink Floyd shows of 1980/81 featuring the seminal album The Wall....