When I first heard of fairy bread, it immediately conjured up joyful images of rainbows, sprinkles, and unicorns; magical deliciousness, essentially. If you are from Australia or have ever been to Australia, there’s a good chance you are familiar with “fairy bread.”
Posts in category Australia
Australia Signs – Stop the Car!
Little else is more makes the presence of a tourist more obvious than snapping photos of local signs. I am sorry. I could not resist the Australia signs. I might have as well been wearing my Tilly hat, three camera bags and clutching a fold out map. I screeched from the back seat on numerous […]
When Not To Visit Australia’s 12 Apostles
For three solid days our jaws hung open in awe. Driving Australia’s Great Ocean Road is 243 kilometer trip of eye popping scenes. Miles of deserted beaches, waterfalls, cliffs, koalas and kangaroos make the road trip more of a pulling over and parking frenzy than a car ride. Like kids in a giant candy store […]
Short Beaked Echidna Australia’s Fast Tongue
“Didn’t your mother tell you it was impolite to stick out your tongue?” The short beaked echidna or spiny anteater was having none of my nonsense. With a tongue that appeared to be as long as his head, the tachyglossus aculeatus lapped at his food as though it might be the last morsel on earth. […]
Fairy Penguins Tasmania’s Little Ones
“Guess what? Fairy penguins Tasmania!” I sputtered at Dave almost incoherently as he came through the door at the end of a work day. “Well hello to you too. What are fairy penguins may I ask?” Probably also wondering if I had forgotten to speak in full sentences. “They are the tiniest, cutest, little penguins. Only […]
Animals First at Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary
As we opened our car doors at the Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary, the excited voice of a woman wafted across the dusty parking lot, “Would you like to watch me feed the baby wombat?” I confess at that moment I did not know a wombat from a vampire bat, however my reply, with an added dash […]
