Little Wandering Wren …. chats!

It wasn't the best lead up to my first ever blogging conference... Unprepared, overworked and knowing no-one,  I rocked up Thursday evening to survey the scene  at the RACV Royal Pines resort  full of nervous trepidation. Whilst experienced bloggers packed their conference essentials:  cameras, computers and copious amounts of sparkling talent.  I travelled light.  Just little old me @blogspot.com Except that, I came with 20 kilos of addition baggage just in case, AND   two non-blogging friends,  happy to be my roomies  for a  girls Gold Coast weekend away.  There was always that thought that I could always join them if required... Not that I needed a blogging bolthole as it turned out, happily  we all survived. Me with a big grin.  My girlfriends got a much-needed break  and  I made some great new connections in the Aussie blogging world. Woo Hoo! A billboard advertising the Australian...

Next year we have lived in Australia ten years. Queensland is always a popular 'local' holiday choice for us and I would never get bored of going there. It is so different to my suburban Melbourne life...   A walk through the Tropical rainforests is like stepping straight into an Aussie version of Jungle Book - can't you just see Mowgli swinging through the trees, or even (moving jungles) Tarzan arriving with a loud bash on his chest and his famous unulating yell?   Everything seems to be on a bigger scale up north! Let's not go there on the spiders, I'm talking bugs. I cheated, I didn't really want to get close to a real life massive flying something or other, but this sculpture gives you the general idea.... HUGE!   Beware strange animals Even the animals are different. This sign warns you of the Southern Cassowaries which are an endangered species. I reckon extinct is a far better word because I've searched and searched, and I've...