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Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 23 Feb 23

Chatting with Sonja Rae about how a person’s small habits can get on your nerves reminds me of a backpacker we had. She worked 7 kms away in the town but stayed with us on and off for quite some time. I think she liked the company...

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It was a different world twelve months ago

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 27 Jun 20

No-one could deny that the world has changed dramatically over the last twelve months. This time in 2019 we were staying with friends in Austria. We first met our friend when she was backpacking with her then-partner. It was one...

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As Australian as Vegemite - Blundstone boots

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Jun 20

One of Australia’s iconic brands is Blundstone. Blundstone leather work boots, along with gum boots, have been manufactured since 1870 and now produces 3 million a year. The firm began in Hobart, Tasmania and their gumboots are...

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It's Magic Mushroom season

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 4 Jun 20

Our area is having its first rains of the season which means that mushrooms will be popping up. Because of the continual tillage, mushrooms aren’t seen too often in the paddocks. It was different when I was a child. However, an...

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Backpackers staying in Western Australia and a cruise ship in crisis

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Mar 20

Our area of south-west Western Australia (WA) provides employment for a large number of backpackers. They are employed on orchards, vineyards and market gardens. Now, with the coronavirus, many have decided to stay in WA. For...

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We are richer by two towels

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Dec 19

My last discussion was about an award Vince and I received for our volunteer work with the endurance riding association. We travelled half an hour this morning to have a coffee with the donor. We were given two lovely big blue...

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From the Urban Wilderness by MyLotter Rachel

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Sep 19

I had intended to post this some months ago but didn’t. Rachel Lovejoy (@Raelove) has been absent from myLot for quite some time but has now returned so it was a good prompt to get my act together. Welcome back, Rachel. A long...

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Karma and a fairytale castle

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 8 Apr 19

I’ve managed to put a photo on my previous post thanks to JJ’s advice (@myklj999). This photo is really small too but hopefully you’ll enjoy it. In 2015 we bought an old motor-home in Ireland and lived in it for five months. We...

neuschwanstein castle

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Surfing couches in Singapore

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 6 Apr 19

Although we hosted a lot of couch-surfers, we didn’t ‘surf many couches’ ourselves. There were various reasons. Many young hosts could only offer a couch or somewhere to lay your sleeping bag. Some could only take one person. When...

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Hercules liked backpackers too

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 6 Apr 19

As I look through photos of our couch surfers who have stayed with us, I’m reminded of more and more of them and their stories. As you can imagine, they were over the moon with being able to see and photograph the kangaroos that...

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Be careful when learning foreign phrases

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 5 Apr 19

Yesterday I wrote about the two South Korean girls that came out for a meal. The older of the two wore her national dress. You can catch up here if you like: http://www.mylot.com/post/3265332/mum-packed-her-national-dress The...

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Mum packed her national dress

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 5 Apr 19

These next two backpackers are going to get two posts as there is a lot to say about them. They were two South Korean girls that my husband picked late one afternoon. They were hitch-hiking and he didn't really like picking them...

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All in the name of love

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 4 Apr 19

Another post about the back-packers we’re hosted. One was a German lad called Christian. He stayed at the hotel in Donnybrook where he was working but would ring to ask could he come out on weekends. He would join in with whatever...

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Cakes and Cycling Across Australia

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 4 Apr 19

I wrote earlier about some of the travellers we’ve had stay with us. One lady (in her 50s) had a very responsible job with a US government agency. Her team was responsible for coming up with the 100ml limit for liquids, gels, etc...

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Backpackers and a petanque game

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 3 Apr 19

In our time at this house we’ve met a lot of backpackers as we used to belong to a group called Couchsurfers. Mostly it was composed of young people and we hosted quite a few over the years. We had some really interesting guests...

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Fire-eaters and jugglers

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 2 Apr 19

When I was approaching adulthood in Australia, it was a big deal for people to go overseas. Certainly young people wouldn’t go traipsing off all over the countryside, backpacking their way here and there. Or at least, no-one I...

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Why are people so rude?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Mar 19

On the plane back from Nepal Vince met a girl who was coming to Western Australia to meet her boyfriend. They intended to work at whatever they could find so Vince suggested they look us up if they happened to be in our area. To...

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Keeping electrical cords safe

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Nov 18

When we first started having outdoor concerts on our property, the sound system was monitored from the Music Shack itself. Within a few years, Vince wanted to be able to control it from a point a short distance from the Shack....

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Look what I found in the bush

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Oct 17

Today has been very warm – 30C. It’s the first really warm day we’ve had since we got back from Ireland. Of course it would have to be so warm when we wanted to burn leaves. We had two backpackers helping us and they have done a...

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Getting help today

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 12 Oct 17

We are allowed to burn off leaves and rubbish in Western Australia until the end of this month. We try to tidy up in this way each year as it reduces the risk of bushfires destroying our house and property, However we’re getting...

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