Shambolic Living

DAY TRIP TO ELLENBOROUGH FALLS

Janine — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 08:57:09 +0000

We took a day trip to Ellenborough Falls at Elands last week. Princess Child wanted to take photographs so we navigated the two hour drive from Port Macquarie over a large stretch of winding, dirt road, because you know I like to support my children’s ambitions. At 200 metres, Ellenborough Falls is one of the...

Visiting Whitehaven Beach on The Whitsundays

Janine — Sat, 27 Sep 2014 12:00:21 +0000

We decided to take a day trip to Whitehaven Beach. I had images of a nice sedate cruise on the catamaran yacht with food from a five star Airlie Beach restaurant and alcohol. Instead the girls chose the highspeed jetboat/inflatable thing. That was how I found myself surrounding by twenty-something backpackers, the girls in gorgeous...

Running Away To Daydream Island

Janine — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 07:21:50 +0000

I did a spur of the moment elcheapo package deal to Daydream Island in the Whitsundays after a particularly bad few weeks. We needed to clear our heads. It turns out one of Simon’s major roles in life was to try to curb my tendency to over pack for holidays. His strategy had a number...

Dorrigo Rainforest

Janine — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:45:48 +0000

While I was hold up in a country hall listening to writers debate, discuss and dissect life as we know it, my family went sightseeing. They headed off to Dorrigo. The Hippie Child, with her newly acquired “L” plates took the wheel. The Princess Child sat in the back writing her last will and testament...

Bucket Lists and Bloopers

Janine — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 05:31:18 +0000

Remember when I worked out my bucket list and one of the items on the list was set foot on each of the seven continents? There isn’t the faintest possibility of that happening, not while we are living in a financial black hole of casual jobs and owner building. So imagine my surprise when I...

Wandering Through Woolloomooloo

Janine — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000

On our recent trip to Sydney, we spent a couple of hours in Woolloomooloo. It’s a suburb that has gone from poor to posh in recent years after the redevelopment of Finger Wharf. Only had the iPhone with me but took some shots for old times sake. This was my husband’s old stomping ground when...

Exploring Tumbarumba

Janine — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:48:37 +0000

This site has featured a lot of beach shots, given our coastal location, but both Mr Shambles and myself grew up in the country. So today I’m sharing some of the great Aussie bush from a few years ago when Mr Shambles took the girls back to his home town for a holiday. The first...