What a fantastic experience! I got to run the F1 Australian Grand Prix 5.3km circuit track this morning The location obviously helped me with my fastest run ever! I came 228 out of 1,208 runners 1/2 #AustralianGP #F1 #GrandPrix2026 #melbournegp #Melbourne #albertpark #runthetrack

A fun day at Adelaide Zoo

An echidna just crossed the road in front of us tonight! So cool #echidna #portfairy

What an amazing night seeing @deaconbluemusic.bsky.social at the Forum Melbourne and we finally got to meet the band after all these years! #deaconblue #australiantour2026 #thegreatwesternroad #melbourne #forummelbourne

Wow, this photo was posted yesterday by the Port Fairy Visitor Centre, taken in 1958, in front of Peasoup Beach. I retook the photo this morning in roughly the same position.

Fantastic night at the Australian Open Men's Semi Final! #AUSTRALIAOPEN2026

What a brilliant night seeing #Garbage at the Palais Theatre in St Kilda, #Melbourne

Kangaroos! 🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘 #dunkeld

Sitting atop Mt Surgeon looking across to Mt Abrupt and the Grampians Peaks Trail

On Mount Abrupt looking back at Signal Peak and the Grampians Peaks Trail #gariwerdnationalpark #thegrampians #grampianspeakstrail #bushhiking

A beautiful Gang Gang bird on our bush hike this morning #ganggang #bushhike #gariwerdnationalpark #thegrampians #grampianspeakstrail #hallsgap

Lunch spot in Gariwerd National Park #bushhiking #gariwerdnationalpark #thegrampians #grampianspeakstrail #gariwerd #hallsgap #lunchspot

Steve at The Pinnacle with Halls Gap below #gariwerdnationalpark #thegrampians #grampianspeakstrail #thepinnaclelookout #hallsgap #bushhiking #gariwerd

#SpotifyWrapped for 2025. #Madonna was my most played artist. My most played song of 2025 was Kate Nash’s “GERM” #katenash My most played album of 2025 was Kim Wilde’s “Closer” #kimwilde My Top 100 most played songs of 2025 playlist is here: 🎧 open.spotify.com/playlist/37i...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas 🎄🎅🦌🌟🛷🎁🐨

A visit to Tower Hill to see koalas 🐨 , emus and kangaroos 🦘🦘 #towerhillwildlifereserve #koalas #emus #kangaroos #towerhill

We managed to see the Aurora Australis (Southern Lights) from our front garden last night! #auroraaustralis #portfairy #southernlights

I saw a Nankeen Night Heron on my run this morning 😍 #nankeennightheron #portfairy #morningrun

On this morning's run, I came around the corner and was stopped in my tracks by this #kangaroo in front of Griffiths Island! 🦘 We very rarely see kangaroos here (lots of wallabies). I reckon this might have been the kangaroo on our garden cam the other morning. #portfairy

#morningrun #griffithsisland #wallabies #sunrise #portfairy 🦘🌅

I found a very young seal on the Griffiths Island causeway this morning, not looking too well. I reported it to the Marine Response Unit and they are monitoring it. Fingers crossed it's ok 🤞

Our resident black swans have had 5 cygnets this year! 😍 #blackswans #cygnets #russellclarkreserve #portfairy #morningrun

Morning wallaby on Griffiths Island, Port Fairy 🦘 #portfairy #griffithsisland #wallaby

Had to go and say hello to my wallabies this morning! 🦘 #morningrun #wallabies #griffithsisland #griffithsislandlighthouse #portfairy #sunrise #poryfairysunrise 🌅

We've had a fun last day in #Vietnam, exploring #HoChiMinhCity aka #Saigon. We started at the Reunification Palace aka Independence Palace, which was built in the 1960s to replace the French colonial palace. It really is a time capsule from the 1960s! 1/4

A lone parakeet seems to have moved into our road 🦜 #parakeet #cliftonville #margate

The sun came out for our last day out in Margate before heading down under 🇦🇺 We started with a hearty Dalby Cafe breakfast and then checked out the latest exhibition at Turner Contemporary, followed by a walk across Margate Main Sands to The Sun Deck for smoothies.

Day 12: Padrón - Santiago de Compostela (26 km/16.1 miles) Our final day of walking! It took us just over 4.5 hours to reach Santiago today, setting off in the dark. There was plenty of elevation and lots more walking through quaint villages and forests. #caminodesantiago 1/4

Day 11: Caldas de Reis - Padrón (22.5 Kms/14 miles) Our penultimate day had us walking for 4 hours along small roads and woodland paths. The walk started off with a long steady climb but the rest of the day was mainly downhill and through valleys, woods and vineyards 1/2

Day 10: Pontevedra - Caldas De Reis (24.7 Kms/21.2 Miles) Today was a very pleasant walk along small roads, with vineyards and through woods, with only one main climb up to San Amaro 1/5 #caminodesantiago

Day 9: Redondela - Pontevedra (16.8 Kms/10.4 miles) As we were already at the top of the mountain outside of Redondela, we had a much shorter walk today into Pontevedra, with only 3 hours of walking. A relaxing morning as we didn't set off till 9.30am. #caminodesantiago 1/5

Day 8: Vigo - Redondela (22.7 Kms/14 miles) Last night before dinner we visited the cathedral in the old town. We left Vigo in the dark this morning (the sun does not until 8.30am) and found a cafe for breakfast. It just happened to be a chocolateria! #caminodesantiago 1/5

Day 7: A Ramallosa - Vigo (27 Kms/17 miles) Our walk today took over 5 hours. It was varied with some elevation, walking along small roads and through forests and lots of walking through Vigo. #caminodesantiago 1/5

Day 6: Oia - A Ramallosa (25.5 Kms/16 miles) We set off in the dark (due to the timezone difference) this morning after breakfast, for a 5 hour walk along the coast and over the mountain into historic Baiona. #caminodesantiago 1/5

Day 5: Caminha - Oia (17 Kms/10.5 miles) Today started with a 7am ferry across the River Minho to Spain. I say a ferry, it was actually a water taxi with a maximum capacity of 8 people. It was super fast, only taking 10 mins but also super cold as it was before sunrise! 🥶 1/5

Day 4: Viana do Castelo - Caminha (29.5 Kms/18.3 miles) Our last walking day in Portugal, took us 6 hours to walk to Caminha, with lots of elevation again ⛰️ It was a varied walk taking in cobbled streets, laneways and more eucalyptus forest tracks. #caminadesantiago 1/5

Day 3: Esposende - Viana Do Castelo (17 miles/27 Kms) #caminodesantiago 1/4

Day 2: Vila Do Conde - Esposende (18 miles/28.6Kms) Today was another walk along the coast, only coming inland towards the end of the hike. It took us 5.5 hours to walk with a couple of refreshment stops and church stops to get our Credencial stamps #CaminoDeSantiago 1/5

Day 1: Porto - Vila Do Conde (21.2 miles/34 Kms) We set off this morning from the cathedral in #Porto and started our 12 day #CaminoDeSantiago walk. It took us just over 6 and a half hours to walk the 21 miles along the coast to #VilaDoConde 1/5

Porto Day 2 started off with a Port tour and tasting at the Burmester cellars. Nothing like 11am Port to start the day! #porto #burmestercellars #port 1/4

A fun day wandering around #Porto. We are lucky we got here after going to the wrong airport yesterday! We started at the cathedral where we picked up our passports for doing the #CaminodeSantiago pilgrimage walk, which we'll be starting on Sunday 1/3

Fantastic Turkish feast at Lazeez, Northdown Rd #cliftonville #margate #lazeez #turkishrestaurant #northdownroad

Lovely sunrise on my morning run. Definitely turning chillier though! #morningrun #sunrise #margate

Making the most of the end of summer, swimming at Walpole Bay. September is always the warmest the water is ever going to be too! #walpolebay #newgategap #cliftonville #margate #seaswimming #endofsummer

Today we completed our walk around the whole of the Isle Of Sheppey. We walked 18.5 miles/29.5 km in just over 6 hours, from Leysdown-on-Sea back to Swale on the mainland, where we started yesterday morning. #isleofsheppey #englandcoastpath #coastalwalk 1/6

We caught a train back to Swale this morning and this time headed across the Kingsferry Bridge onto the #IsleOfSheppey The Isle's always been a mystery to us & 18 years after moving to this part of the world, we're finally exploring it! #englandcoastpath #coastalwalk 1/5

Today we did a 34km/21 mile hike from #Swale (by the Sheppey Bridge Crossing) to #Rochester, mainly along the original #SaxonShoreWay The first couple of hours were in strong headwinds with driving rain in our faces which was not very pleasant! ☔🌬️ 1/6

Perfect start to the #bankholidaymonday with a swim at the #walpolebaytidalpool followed by breakfast at the #dalbycafe 🏊‍♂️🥽🍳🥓 #walpolebay #cliftonville #margate #bankholidayweekend #summerholidays

Fab night at #dreamland seeing #razorlight and #thewombats !! #dreamlandmargate #margate

Beautiful evening for a swim at the Walpole Bay tidal pool ☀️🏊 #walpolebay #cliftonville #walpolebaytidalpool #margate #beachlife