Today we visited Petersham’s historic hotel. Opened in 1886. Originally named after aristocrat, British politician and then Governor of NSW, Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire, Lord Carrington — the Lord Carrington Hotel. Seven years before arriving in Sydney, Lord Carrington married Cecilia Margaret at Whitehall’s Chapel Royal before…

“The doctor has told me that I’ve only got a few months to live…maybe 6 months, max”. That’s how Terry McDermott broke the devastating news to my wife and I that he was battling cancer. It was July 2020 when we bumped into Terry at the Watsons Bay Hotel. At…

The Parramatta to Carlingford 5.7km cycleway has been constructed alongside the new Parramatta Light Rail and follows the former rail line from Carlingford to Camellia. In recent weeks, workers from the Parramatta City Council have been adding the finishing touches to the cycleway by constructing signage, adding line markings and…

The most unbelievable start to a game of rugby league that I was ever involved in happened at Dolphin Oval on Queensland Cup grand final day in 2002. 9,000 footy fans turned up to watch the Redcliffe Dolphins play the Ipswich Jets — the two teams had played in a…

A popular pilgrimage is Thailand’s ‘Death Railway’ and the Hellfire Pass rail cutting. ‘Death Railway’ is the name that was given to the rail line built during World War II — the 420 kilometre Thailand-Burma Railway line. The railway infrastructure was built by Japanese’s prisoners of war and forced Asian…

During the pandemic lockdown, social media companies dramatically increased the two-factor authentication on accounts. This is good for account security reasons, but it also means that a lot of social media accounts are now tied to a domestic mobile phone number or cell phone number for authenticating an account login. Changing SIM cards overseas …

Museum Siam is a Thai discovery museum located near the Grand Palace in Bangkok’s Phra Nakhon District. The one thing I enjoyed about visiting the Museum Siam was being able to walk through the historic building — the former home of the Ministry of Commerce.

One of Thailand’s popular Buddhas is the ‘Reclining Buddha’ and can be found in the Temple complex near the Grand Palace in Bangkok’s Phra Nakhon District. The Temple is located at Wat Phra Chetuphon Wimon Mangklaram (Wat Pho) วัดพระเชตุพนวิมล มังคลาราม (วัดโพธิ์) and was a passion project for King Rama I…

The National Museum Bangkok is home to the most amazing display of historic and prehistoric items in Thailand. In fact, the museum is so good, that you’ll find yourself spending most of the day at this museum — arrive early and prepare to leave at closing time.