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Well, as you read this I will be sitting on an aeroplane heading from Busan to Hong Kong to Sydney….time to go home! I have a day in Sydney with my sister and family and then go home to Broome…..hopefully not delayed by the threat of a Qantas baggage handlers strike starting Tuesday morning as [...]

Over the few weeks since I arrived in Busan to join Grant there has been a gradual change in the weather. It has finally become less humid since Typhoon Talas came close last week, but did not cause us to have the torrential rain that Japan experienced. They are still busy repairing tracks on the [...]

Well one day this week saw me searching for shorebirds, as there must be some here somewhere that I can get to. There are signs up to explain that there are not many left due to reclamation, industry and pollution along the Nakdong Estuary, but I must be able to find something if I go out on [...]

After my first post on arrival in Busan I had a new friend to go birding with when Grant is at work! Jason contacted me to see if I would like to explore beyond the city of Busan as another Birds Korea member had found a great spot for Eurasian Nuthatches by chance. He had gone [...]

I have spent another week exploring this huge city and walking all over the place. It is possible to go above or underground to a lot of places and see more and more shops. I am not really into shopping, so I see what is about and head for the parks. I walked to Songdo [...]

Where has the last week gone?! I have walked for miles exploring around this amazing city. I stand out as a foreigner, but even more than that I don’t have a frilly umbrella like the other women! Should I get one? No, I think I will stick with a hat! What I had not realised [...]

Well I have done a lot of travelling in the week since I last wrote a post! I flew out of Broome and across the Northern Territory and Queensland and changed planes in Brisbane. I then flew south to Sydney to have the weekend with my sister and family. It is lovely to see the [...]