I'm back!
My travel Blog, like so many others has been gathering cyber dust! so I thought it is now time to sit down and write just a few words about what's been happening in our world. God only knows that I have had ample time to do this prior to now but I just felt that I didn't want to put fingers to the keyboard. We all suffered through and so many are still suffering through the impact that Covid has had on and upturning our lives.
So where (insert you own swear word!) has that 3 years and 3 months gone? and ... what a crazy ride we have all been on .... Good, bad and indifferent I would have to say. It certainly has given us all some time for reflection and even more time to reevaluate what's important in our own lives, our own stories and the impact on us and the people around us.
You who have followed my Italian Cooking Trip (extended gap year blog) would know my travel stories thus far. Now, travels will be defined as Pre Covid or post Covid.
Pre Covid we were flying back into Malaysia from Dubai early January 2020 after a cruise around Sri Lanka and up west coast of Indian when at Singapore airport we were greeted with a thermometer to the forehead to check our temps, at that point Sandy and I were impressed with what a proactive country about incoming passengers health but unaware of The Covid ! it was not until we arrived back into Australia later in January that we heard the news and then ... ours and everyone's worlds stood still.
My beautiful and oh so supportive wife of 36 years this coming Anzac Day (give the lady a massive medal) and I have been so lucky and privileged to be able to traveled the world and then in 2013 I started this travel Blog.
We live in Tamworth, regional NSW Australia, where we were so lucky in the lockdowns as we have a big garden to wander and a great raised bed vege patch to keep us in some fresh produce, but our small boutique accommodation business The Retreat @ Froog Moore Park suffered greatly, it has bounced back but in a different format to that of pre Covid. So now it's time to rethink of what our new lives and future will look like.
During Covid we built a holiday house in Cygnet, Tasmania ... probably not the best time to build with lock downs, lock outs and the rising cost of building materials, but we needed something to keep our creative minds busy.
So Port Cygnet House was born! Check it out www.portcygnethouse.com.au
Fun, quikey and fabulous!
2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, adults only accommodation.
With great views over Port Cygnet and the boats bopping around on the water,
so relaxing.
So with Port Cygnet House now completed and ready for people to enjoy it's time for Sandy and I to do some exploring around Australia, hit the roads again and continue extending our "gap year".
Where to and what to do now?
Drink cocktails in fabulous Tasmania bars like here in The Birdcage in Hobart.
Tag along for the ride ... Cheers Peter and Sandy XX
