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A drawing of my motorcycle, by Delilah and Patsy Thomas.

Ride a motorcycle on the south coast of Australia

February 6, 2017
Ulrike on a 1997 Honda Rebel 250 motorcycle.

Buy a motorcycle

January 24, 2017January 25, 2017
Lead pack ascend the Willunga Hill in Stage 5 of the Tour Down Under 2017 in South Australia. (photo: ulrike.ca)

Crash the Tour Down Under bike race

January 21, 2017January 25, 2017
Open Gardens at Evette Sunset's Etre in South Austalia.

Groove in a garden

January 16, 2017January 20, 2017
Breakfast plat with fake vegetarian bacon.

Fry up some fake bacon food product

January 16, 2017January 16, 2017
Holden ute (coupe utility) vehicle in Yankalilla, Australia.

Ride in a Holden ute

January 13, 2017January 13, 2017
Maslin Beach in South Australia.

Do the downward dog on a nudie beach

January 11, 2017January 12, 2017
Side seating at La Terre Cafe and Bar in Willunga, South Australia. (photo: ulrike.ca)

Dine with MAMILS

January 6, 2017January 6, 2017
Ulrike in a 9-foot python skin as a boa at the Old Bush Inn in Willunga, South Australia.

Drink with a postmaster, ninja cat, Harley biker, and a snake

January 2, 2017January 10, 2017
Meme Thorne and her personalized license plate near Willunga, South Australia.

Frolic with an arty playmate

January 1, 2017January 10, 2017
New Years Eve 2016 in Port Willunga, Australia.

Join an Eco Village, unintentionally

December 31, 2016January 5, 2017
Kangaroo in Aldinga Scrub Conservation Park in South Australia.

Watch a cat, bunny and kangaroo

December 31, 2016January 3, 2017
James, mechanic with his flat bed tow truck in Yankalilla, South Australia.

Ride in the cab of a RAA tow truck

December 31, 2016December 31, 2016
Boardwalk on Heysen Trail near Newland Head Conservation Park in South Australia.

Walk the Heysen Trail

December 30, 2016December 31, 2016
Brown grassy balls on Middleton Beach in South Australia.

Squeeze some brown balls at the beach

December 27, 2016December 27, 2016
Detail of women's public toilets show a female with surfboard at Middleton Beach in South Australia.

Pee with the surf girls

December 26, 2016December 27, 2016
Bicycle on Sellicks Beach in South Australia. (photo: ulrike.ca)

Ride a bike on the driving beach

December 24, 2016December 25, 2016
A Ned Kelly pie and iced coffee at Beck's Bakehousing in Noarlunga, South Australia.

Eat a Ned Kelly

December 22, 2016January 17, 2017

Survive a blue Christmas

December 22, 2016January 17, 2017
Glass of Moscato wine at the Kangarilla Road winery near McLaren Vale, South Australia.

Sample a cellar door: Kangarilla Road winery

December 21, 2016January 17, 2017
Smashed avocado on toast a favourite with hipsters in Australia.

Smash an avocado, pile it on toast

December 20, 2016January 17, 2017

Grab a Coopers from the Esky, next to the barbie

December 19, 2016January 17, 2017
Coffee milkshake at Adelaide Biplanes museum near Aldinga, South Australia.

Flirt with a biplane pilot

December 16, 2016January 17, 2017
Cover of Homeward Bound, a memoir by Aloysius D'Souza.

Miss a Burmese-Goan memoir

December 14, 2016January 17, 2017
Staircase descending to Port Noarlunga beach in South Australia.

Find a stairway to heaven

December 14, 2016January 17, 2017
Ham and cheese toasty at Country Cup cafe in McLaren Vale, South Australia.

Nibble a toasty jaffle

December 13, 2016January 17, 2017
Chillax organic share-repellant surfboard wax in Australia.

Resist a shark-repelling surfboard wax

December 12, 2016January 17, 2017
Ready to snorkel at Second Valley Beach, South Australia. (Photo: ulrike.ca)

Snorkel with sea stars

December 11, 2016January 17, 2017
Letter of permission and library card from Onkaparinga Library in Australia.

Earn a library card

December 10, 2016January 17, 2017
Agapanthus flowers and olvie trees in South Willunga, Australia.

Watch a flower undress

December 8, 2016January 17, 2017
Willunga Waldorf School choir at end-of-year concert.

Attend a show at a Waldorf School

December 7, 2016January 17, 2017
Swag bedroll with a sleeping bag inside, inside a tent in Wirrina, Australia.

Sleep in a swag

December 6, 2016January 17, 2017
Letter carrier on a 110cc Honda "Postie" motorbike in Willunga, Australia.

Grill a Postie

December 6, 2016January 17, 2017
Bag of "Gourmet Game" frozen kangaroo meat on an Australian food counter.

Eat kangaroo

December 6, 2016January 17, 2017
Cup and saucer of coffee on a cafe table at The Farm in South Willunga, Australia.

Order a long black

December 2, 2016January 17, 2017
Garbage can at railway station says "No pies" in Lindfield, Australia.

Refuse pie as refuse

November 18, 2016January 17, 2017
1973 B&W photo of Bondi Junction train station ticket turnstiles in Sydney, Austraila.

Find love at Bondi Junction

November 16, 2016January 17, 2017

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