Backpacking in Australia: Top 5 Experiences on the East Coast

My Australian adventure of 2009 – 2011 started unbelievably 10 years ago this month. I really find it hard to fathom that it was so long ago, but it was. I toured five of the countries 8 Provinces and Territories – missing out on Western Australia, Northern Territory and South Australia only. This included spending Read more about Backpacking in Australia: Top 5 Experiences on the East Coast[…]

Australia v Ireland (Lansdowne Cup)- Rugby Union in Brisbane, June 2010

It must be stressed than generally in life: 1. I HATE rugby 2. I HATE anything associated with bringing the two countries in Ireland together However over the years I have gotten into rugby a lot more mainly due to the Ulster rugby team winning the European Cup in 1999, but also my time here Read more about Australia v Ireland (Lansdowne Cup)- Rugby Union in Brisbane, June 2010[…]

Friday’s Featured Food: An Ulster Fry At North Lakes, Queensland, Australia

In 2005 I had gone to Austria, Vienna to be exact with Northern Ireland fans to watch our last World Cup Qualifier with Austria. It was an away trip that I went on with my Dad and some of his mates. I knew a few of them, but not all of them. One of the lads Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: An Ulster Fry At North Lakes, Queensland, Australia[…]

Road Trip Part 22: “Adrian” Bogan Logan – Owen Millar Reunion *

I hadn’t seen Owen Millar for 3 years, well 2 and a half really. Since the SOENISC meeting in Weymouth in December 2007, I finally met up with my good old mate in June 2010. Both our lives had changed somewhat in the intervening years. Yet we both ended up in Australia somehow. Even in Read more about Road Trip Part 22: “Adrian” Bogan Logan – Owen Millar Reunion *[…]