Tag Archives: Travel

A MORNING OF ‘LIFERS’

Posted on November 1, 2024 by jbwye

Sunday 1st September, 2024 A morning of “lifers” during a three-hour drive / walk in the forest surrounding the Seven Spirit Bay lodge. A bantang – Indonesian buffalo with slim horns and a white bum, there are now 3000 of … Continue reading →

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A STRANGE, STRANGE FEELING

Posted on October 26, 2024 by jbwye

Saturday 31st August, 2024 After a 45-minute dash down the eastern side of the Coburg Peninsular, our classy craft cut its engines and glided onto a pristine beach. But we were warned to look out for crocodiles and hastened up … Continue reading →

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BREAKDOWN! AND STUNNING ROCK ART

Posted on October 19, 2024 by jbwye

Wednesday 28th August The flora changed as we drove south, then west, then northwards, entering stone country with Zimbabwe-like gigantic outcrops. In a little donga by a wettish patch, we stopped with a punctured back tyre. Aidan, instructed by Ian … Continue reading →

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MORE STORIES AND A BUMPY BOAT RIDE

Posted on October 11, 2024 by jbwye

Sunday 25th August 2024 – Arafura swamp An old bay stallion was cropping the short green grass alongside our tent when I awoke. He raised his head and strode swiftly away towards the swamp as we walked up the path … Continue reading →

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A CHAPTER OF MISHAPS

Posted on September 27, 2024 by jbwye

I’d checked into my Qantas flight online the day before, and waited ‘til after the 9am rush hour before calling an Uber…… when my phone peeped. It was a message from Qantas at 8.59am. “We have had to make changes … Continue reading →

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When Sales are Poor…

Posted on September 14, 2018 by jbwye

Sometimes people fall into a business without much thought. Authors, for instance  write books, and we only realise we need to be business-like when sales are poor. Can you turn a hobby into a business? Lucky you, if you love … Continue reading →

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The Power of Dreaming

Posted on February 7, 2017 by jbwye

Are you the right sort of person to have your own business? Only you can answer that question. But here are some pointers to help towards a decision. Running your business is scary. It’s not like having a job, with … Continue reading →

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Always a Dreamer

Posted on January 15, 2016 by jbwye

As a child, I would curl up in a corner of the window seat, looking out onto our glorious African garden in the Highlands of Kenya – I was always a dreamer… Beyond the fence of our twelve acre plot lay … Continue reading →

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An Example to Us All

Posted on March 11, 2014 by jbwye

What an honour it is to host Tammy Robinson from New Zealand today. Proactive, daunted by nothing, she just gets on with it. And she lives in a beautiful part of the world. Tammy – you self-published three books last … Continue reading →

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Shout to the World

Posted on May 25, 2013 by jbwye

It has been an amazing week. First, I discovered that Amazon bracketed BREATH OF AFRICA with Daphne Sheldrick‘s new book, An African Love Story, inviting readers to buy both together as a package. It was an honour to be thought … Continue reading →

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