Roving Lemon's Big Adventure

Sunrise over Mt Ainslie, June 2018 The time has come - after a hectic six weeks three months we are sitting in the airport waiting fo...

Despite the fact that it's officially autumn in Australia, March in Canberra so far has mostly been unseasonably stinking hot - recor...

Despite being the national capital of Australia, Canberra is a little off the beaten path. It’s unusual that we get visitors passing th...

Whoosh! There goes another month. Items of note, as recorded on my phone photo album: My boss sent me flowers! To say thank you for my ...

  I hope that title hasn't given anyone heart palpitations; it's just that I'm feeling slightly more on top of things than u...

Pavlova season (and eating-outside season for that matter) is pretty well over in Canberra as of this week; we turned the clocks back ov...

Today is 30 November, which means, in Australian terms, that tomorrow is the first day of summer. The holiday party season has already kic...

Still cleaning up the carnage from an immensely enjoyable Thanksgiving dinner with 16 of Canberra's best guests, but wanted to say Hap...

And so happy to be here. Honestly, I don't remember the last time I was so thrilled to get back from a trip. Turns out it's a lot ...

Today Miss B and I joined forces with another temporarily single-parent family, and took a trip out to Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve , 40 min...

Sometimes, daily life can feel like a little bit of a slog. Halfway through the last term of school and summer vacation still seems a long w...

Spring in bloom in Canberra (anyone know what this flower is?)

Last week, we had one of those encounters which make you say, ‘Wow, it really is a small world, isn’t it?’ And it reminded me of my ult...

As I mentioned in my barely-qualifies-as-a-post yesterday, among our activities this weekend was Miss B's primary school fete. School ...

This morning I did my usual Saturday farmers’ market run. I was a bit more pressed for time than usual, so I had to prioritize what I rea...