Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutesOur last day before flying home tonight. Mike was in a deep sleep so I got up at sunrise and sat on the deck with my morning cuppa whilst being laughed at by the Kookaburras. Today was shaping up to be a sunny but smoky day – smoke was blowing across from the east Melbourne…
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Taking it slow
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe weren’t in a rush today so we slept in until 9:30 am, so nice. We had breakfast on the deck before going for a bit of an explore around Sorrento and Portsea. I really liked these towns; Sorrento is very sophisticated with lots of café’s food stores and boutiques (I heard someone say “this…
Back to the mainland
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe were up and out of our accommodation by 10 am. Guess where we had breakfast? You’ve got it, Jackman & McRoss. I had a wonderful baked polenta which had sweetcorn in it, topped with roasted pumpkin, mushroom, artichoke, pepper, goat cheese and brie – Wow! I had to finish on something sweet so I…
From fairy’s to horse races
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutesThe dawn chorus was in full swing this morning. Who knew magpies could be so chatty? After yesterday’s cool temperatures and strong winds, today was warm, sunny and still. We packed up the tent and went for a walk through Russel Clark Nature reserve and down to South Beach. In the car park were a…
Great Ocean Road to Port Fairy
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen the alarm went off at 6 am, we seriously considered skipping our 12 Apostle sunrise which we knew we would share with a few hundred other people, especially when we opened our tent to see cloudy skies. BUT, we’ve come this far and it wasn’t a complete bust after all…we saw our first wallaby…
Eating up the miles
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutesWe packed up and left the apartment at 9 am for a road trip along the Great Ocean Road. We decided to take the scenic route along the coast which in hindsight was probably the wrong choice; beautiful scenery but an extremely long day of driving. We stopped in Lorne for a picnic lunch in…
Pizza & Penguins
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutesWe had an early start today and we hadn’t planned ahead so we found ourselves eating leftover pizza for breakfast, but before you judge, I have to say, it was actually very good! Tea and pizza done, we were on our way to visit my cousin James and his family by 8:30 am. Once we’d…
A meander around Melbourne
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutesWe landed at Melbourne airport at 6:30 am and drove straight to St. Kilda. After a quick educational chat with the patrolling traffic warden we parked the car in a 4 hour parking spot and went in search of somewhere to have breakfast, because if it’s one thing Australians do well…it’s breakfast! Abbey Road on…