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• Toilet break

  I only ever come to Brussels for work-related stuff, so tonight I decided to see a bit of the city and leg it around the touristy spots before the sun went down. It turns out the place is titchy, and unless I managed to miss a massive chunk of the city... Posted Mar 28 2011, 09:45 PM by NufSaid Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: Weird, Travel, Europe, Brussels, mannekin pis, belgium, tourists, chips [Edit Tags]

• “It’s starting to blow a bit”

  If I was living in Queensland I’d be starting to wonder who I’d annoyed. After much of the southern part of the state was declared a disaster zone earlier last month thanks to some of the worst flooding ever seen, northern Queensland is now... Posted Feb 02 2011, 08:39 AM by NufSaid Filed under: Agriculture, farming, Travel, Food, Australia, weather, Marty, bananas, barramundi, Queensland, Flooding, Innisfail, Cyclone Yasi, Anna Bligh [Edit Tags]

• Settling back in

  I’ve avoided blogging for a week or so, partly to give you a rest and partly because I didn’t trust myself not to just whinge about the fact that England is BLOODY FREEZING. In just 24 hours on a plane I lost 35 degrees. Seriously, I don’t... Posted Feb 01 2011, 04:02 PM by NufSaid Filed under: Farmers Weekly, London, farming, Travel, Australia, CAP, sun, FW, spring, weather, hobbit, shoes, iced coffee, cold [Edit Tags]

• The cast (and a thank you)

  I’ve gone on about how great it’s been to visit my Nuffield friends, but special mention has to be made to the families who’ve not only put up with a random English girl turning up on their doorstep, but made me feel incredibly welcome... Posted Jan 20 2011, 12:05 PM by NufSaid Filed under: Nuffield, Travel [Edit Tags]

• The end is nigh

  So this is it. After three countries, 101 days, 41 different towns and cities, seven changes in time zone and more than 100 blog posts, I’m on my way home. I’ve met some amazing people along the way, visited incredible farms and businesses... Posted Jan 20 2011, 11:43 AM by NufSaid Filed under: farming, Nuffield, Travel, farm, Australia, fishing, Grand Prix, flood, Flooding, Tim Tams [Edit Tags]

• Spuds at Spud’s

  I’ve come to the conclusion I’ll have to start wearing platform shoes if I spend any more time on farms. I understand the need for giant cars when you’re driving across bumpy and muddy terrain, but does the clutch on four-wheel drive... Posted Jan 13 2011, 04:17 AM by NufSaid Filed under: Agriculture, farming, Travel, Food, Australia, australian agriculture, planting, potatoes, western potatoes [Edit Tags]

• Floody hell

  I’ve mentioned the rain and floods several times over the past few weeks and months, but things have started to get scary over here in Australia. This is Toowoomba, where I drove through in December: Over the past couple of days, Toowoomba has received... Posted Jan 12 2011, 01:02 PM by NufSaid Filed under: farming, Travel, Food, Australia, rain, Queensland, Brisbane, toowoomba, floods, Flooding [Edit Tags]

• Long-distance Clara, eat your heart out

  I can’t tell if I’m meant to be John Candy or Steve Martin, but I’ve had a bit of a Planes, Trains and Automobiles-esque escapade all in the name of coming to visit the farm of my Aussie bestest, Rob. Rob is a fellow Nuffielder who farms... Posted Jan 04 2011, 03:21 AM by NufSaid Filed under: Travel, Australia, perth, trucking, Kojonup, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Steve Martin, John Candy, Rob, Pigeon Strret, Lond Distance Clara [Edit Tags]

• Getting wrecked in Fremantle

  I’ve come to the conclusion my Western Australia travel guide should stick to his day job. I hopped on a bus today and headed to the coastal town of Fremantle, which is just outside Perth. Despite being “just a harbour” (R.E-W, 2011... Posted Jan 03 2011, 02:27 AM by NufSaid Filed under: Travel, Australia, perth, Protugal, trade, Western Australia, Dutch, Freemantle [Edit Tags]

• HNY

  They certainly know how to do it in Sydney. Happy New Year to everyone back in Blighty, and to the ace friends I’ve made all over the world this year. 2010 wouldn’t have been half as good without you all xxx Read More... Posted Dec 31 2010, 11:43 PM by NufSaid Filed under: Travel, Australia, Sydney, New Year [Edit Tags]

• Today was officially a holiday, ok?

  I’m in a weird lull between Christmas and New Year where I can’t crack on with Nuffield stuff as offices are closed and farming types are all off BBQ-ing hunks of meat with their families or desperately trying to get the rest of their crops... Posted Dec 29 2010, 11:35 PM by NufSaid Filed under: Nuffield, Travel, Australia, Sydney, tourist [Edit Tags]

• Dear Pierre Cardin…

  …your suitcases suck. Big time. There’s nowt like being forced to drag what feels like a bag of rocks through a busy train station and then down busy pavements in blazing sunshine after the wheel on your case explodes. It’s even better... Posted Dec 28 2010, 12:41 AM by NufSaid Filed under: Farmers Weekly, Travel, Australia, Big Norm, blue mountains [Edit Tags]

• Well, that was different

  It’s weird enough waking up to Christmas morning when your friends back home are in the midst of their drunken Christmas eve celebrations. It’s even weirder to open the curtain to find Christmas morning is a balmy 27 degrees and the sun’s... Posted Dec 25 2010, 02:12 PM by NufSaid Filed under: Nuffield, Travel, Australia, Princess, Christmas, bondi, bondi beach [Edit Tags]

• Size isn’t everything

  I fell for it again today. Not having much old stuff in the country, touristy spots attempt to make up for what they’re lacking in age by promoting their size. There was the giant cassowary near Cairns, the enormous bull in Rockhampton and the whopping... Posted Dec 23 2010, 10:41 AM by NufSaid Filed under: Agriculture, Travel, Australia, Adelaide, giant things, botanic gardens [Edit Tags]

• A sign of things to come

  If there’s one thing Australia knows how to do, it’s signposts. Aside from the previously-mentioned helpful ones to keep you awake on the roads, there are dramatic signs warning you about the dangers of the general surroundings: There are... Posted Dec 20 2010, 08:59 AM by NufSaid Filed under: Travel, Australia, signs, warning signs, bitey things, penguins, sign posts [Edit Tags]

• Blending in with the greenery on Kangaroo Island

  I’ve been experimenting with a new look today. Nice, eh? Obviously, this is Grotbags and not me. As if I’d wear a hat like that. I’m referring more to the green skin. It’s a good look, and one I managed to achieve pretty well thanks... Posted Dec 18 2010, 10:40 PM by NufSaid Filed under: Agriculture, farming, Travel, Food, Australia, Government, fishing, ferry, fisherman, seasick, grotbags, Kangeroo Island, china, cray fish [Edit Tags]

• The yawning stretch to Adelaide

  Despite being responsible ‘one of the world’s two scariest driving experiences’, I’ve successfully navigated the roads of three states to find my way to Adelaide. And while some of the route was little more than strips of mud/sand... Posted Dec 17 2010, 10:53 PM by NufSaid Filed under: Travel, Australia, driving, road signs, driving in australia [Edit Tags]

• Getting stuck into bee-keeping

  I don’t know whether all guests get this treatment or whether it was just reserved for me, but I was greeted today by a Nuffield chum armed with a roll of duct tape and a pair of rubber gloves. It’s not as weird as it sounds. Or not quite... Posted Dec 16 2010, 10:57 PM by NufSaid Filed under: Agriculture, farming, Nuffield, Travel, Food, Australia, bees, Tintinara, apiarist, Apiary [Edit Tags]

• A floody good time in Keith

  Bearing in mind the amount of rain I’ve seen in Australia so far, it’s hard to get my head around the idea that the land is not usually so green and irrigation systems are vital to crop production. The farm I’m currently staying on is... Posted Dec 16 2010, 01:22 AM by NufSaid Filed under: Agriculture, farming, Nuffield, Travel, Australia, lucerne, Keith, flood irrigation [Edit Tags]

• Havin’ a Wales of a time on the beach

  Three days, 285km and 690 photographs later, I’ve finally made it to the end of the Great Ocean Road. I had a long way to drive today so I tried to be really strict with myself and not stop at every signposted viewing area. Having said that, every... Posted Dec 14 2010, 04:00 AM by NufSaid Filed under: Nuffield, Travel, Wales, Australia, driving, Brad, Great Ocean Road, South Australia, beach, Uncle Meurig [Edit Tags]

• A cheesy disappointment

  Driving through this part of Victoria I’ve seen a lot of cattle country, with fields alternating largely between Angus and Holstein herds (or beef and dairy cows, for the non-farmers amongst you). Like a lot of the state I’ve seen already... Posted Dec 14 2010, 01:02 AM by NufSaid Filed under: Agriculture, farming, cows, Travel, dairy, Food, Australia, cheese, branding, australian agriculture, regionality, regional produce [Edit Tags]

• A thrilling slideshow night in the making

  After complaining about not doing much exercise for the past few weeks, I certainly got my fair share today. Day two of my Great Ocean Road road trip, and I made it from Apollo Bay to Port Campbell. It looks like a piddly little distance on the map, but... Posted Dec 13 2010, 03:45 AM by NufSaid Filed under: Travel, Australia, Great Ocean Road, exercise, photography, rainforest, walking, Great Otway [Edit Tags]

• Goin’ round the twist on the Great Ocean Road

  When I dropped off my Toyota Corolla (or my Noddy Car, as Peckie would say) in Melbourne, I thought to myself how lucky it was I hadn’t discovered until so late on in my trip that I quite enjoy driving – I could easily have blown all of my... Posted Dec 12 2010, 01:34 AM by NufSaid Filed under: Travel, Australia, driving, Great Ocean Road [Edit Tags]

• Mining for sheep

  I’ve been pretty amazed by some of the scenery on the doorstep of my Nuffield chum’s farms, and none more so than at the final stop of my little road trip around NSW and Victoria. Rowan lives on the edge of a place called Taralgon, about 90... Posted Dec 09 2010, 09:58 PM by NufSaid Filed under: Agriculture, farming, Travel, Australians, Food, Australia, sheep, Rowan, Taralgon, wheat, Loy Yang power station [Edit Tags]

• Driving miss crazy

  Today I got to do something I’ve always wanted to do – drive around a Grand Prix track. Given my (not so) natural ability for driving, it’s perhaps a suprising ambition to have held, but I had a great time driving around the road course... Posted Dec 05 2010, 12:11 AM by NufSaid Filed under: Travel, Australia, driving, St Kilda, Formula One, F1, Grand Prix, Melbourne [Edit Tags]