Little Wandering Wren …. chats!

1. Welcome to our Aussie Summer! Yep we're officially in Summer and it feels good. The house is quiet. With University over, the kids are away, and this empty nester is free as a bird! 2. Daughter Number Two has been in Cuba this week celebrating the end of Uni life.  This is her latest text:   "Cuba is amazing,  but has become a strange place as they are mourning the death of Fidel Castro. No music, no dancing, no alcohol' How many of you are like me, worry wart parents, when your kids are travelling? Well, doesn't this just sound perfect to you? It did to me! Gold Coast Summer, Queensland, Australia 3.  I would love to travel to Cuba, if we can get there quickly!  She writes:  "You must come to Cuba, it is fascinating and I keep thinking you would all enjoy it. It is safe and everyone is friendly and until Fidel's death there was a fun Caribbean vibe. Lots of history, pretty and an interesting way of life." Of course we w...

Up the creek without a paddle! Australia is blessed with some great beaches, so it is always interesting to see where the most popular holiday spots are. You'll rarely if ever, find a beach that fails to deliver... Yet  what stands out with the best frequented Victorian coastal destinations, is that they often offer both the sheltered, calm swimming beaches, together with the surfing ocean beaches.  Inverloch, Gippsland, Victoria Inverloch, a seaside holiday town 143 km South East of Melbourne has both ocean and inlet beaches. Despite being on the choppy Bass Strait, which is great for all forms of surfing, it also has the gentle, protected waters of Andersons Inlet. It justly deserves its reputation as a wonderful location for a family holiday. I hope you have your walking shoes on because today I'm going to take you on the Screw Creek nature walk to take in some fresh salt air. Our little wander starts at the back of the Inverloch Foreshore C...