Journal archive

• 14 June 2001
  Winter in Freo
• 5 April 2001
  Katie's studio now up and running
• 12 March 2001
  Another biking accident
• Account and pictures of my surprise 50th birthday party
  Katie surpasses herself and organises people from all round the world
• 16 January 2001
  Back in Freo after snow in Ottawa; still sore from falling off my bike
• 30 December 2000
  Prawns on the barbie: Christmas down-under
• 14 December 2000
  "Two days in the saddle, you know my body hurt"
• 22 November 2000
  Getting organised and getting fitter
• 8 November 2000
  Moving in to our new house
• 31 October 2000
  Driving to Perth across the Nullarbor Plain
• 21 October 2000
  Packing up in the UK and heading off to Australia
• 9 July 2001
  Brief journal from my time back in the UK
• New job back in the UK
  Short description of my appointment as e-envoy for the UK Government
• 31 December 1999
  Christmas on the beach, before heading back to the UK
• 5 December 1999
  Beginning our farewells
• 2 September 1999
  Back to Sydney for ESU Conference, and then finally to Canberra
• Our trip around the north of Australia: 9 July to 26 August
  (incomplete, I'm afraid)
  
• 9 July 1999
  Final preparations for our trip around Australia
• 21 June 1999
  Late nights watching cricket and long days travelling to and fro
• 14 June 1999
  Almost a parody of diplomatic life ...
• 24 May 1999
  Off to the races at Scone Horse Week
• 17 May 1999
  Bicycling in the Snowy Mountains
• 5 May 1999
  Katie in rural solitude on the Shoalhaven; I flit to and fro as usual
• 18 March 1999
  Goodbye to the Rolls; lots of ballooning; and off to Perth again
• 9 March 1999
  Getting around to Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney again
• 13 February 1999
  Wet weather ruins the cricket in Melbourne too
• 2 February 1999
  Wet weather plans needed for our prom concert
• 28 January 1999
  Quiet in Canberra in January
• 11 January 1999
  More cricket - and a holiday
• 1 January 1999
  Christmas and New Year, triumph in Test and tragedy in Sydney-Hobart
• 23 December 1998
  visit to Tasmania and lots of cricket
• 20 November 1998
  visits to UK and Adelaide
• 28 October 1998
  from the Caulfield Cup to the Melbourne Cup
• 22 September 1998
  umpteen speeches as the election approaches
• 17 September 1998
  election campaign starts, and Patricia Hewitt and Derry Irvine visit Australia
• 2 September 1998
  spring arrives and we head south
• 22 August 1998
  off to Darwin and Daly River
• 16 August 1998
  visists to Sydney and Fiji
• 18 July 1998
  a weekend off skiing
• 30 June 1998
• 25 June 1998
  trips to Royal Easter Show, Perth and Melbourne
• North West Resources Tour