Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes It was tough to leave Bruny but the drastic change in temperature helped get us underway. We got an early ferry to Kettering, followed by a 3 ½ hour drive to Freycinet National Park. We were lucky enough to get a Campsite at Richardson’s Bay which operates on a lottery system in high summer. As…
Breaking records on Bruny
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes It was a hot night so we slept with the windows open and were serenaded by the waves all night. The house has lovely bedlinen, I felt like I was in a luxury hotel and yet the whole house was about AUS$150 per night – bargain! After a hearty bacon roll for breakfast we headed…
A spontaneous trip to Bruny
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Slept like logs and it was nice not to have an early wake up call. After a yummy breakfast overlooking the gorge from our townhouse we packed up the car and began the 3 1/2 hour journey south to Kettering to catch the ferry to Bruny Island. This isn’t the itinerary we had planned, but…
Monotreme dream
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Today we did a self-driving tour of the Tamar Valley. It was a pleasant day but despite all the creative marketing, most of the areas along the route have a ways to go to become really viable attractions. Having said that, we might have a different take on it if we were here in spring…
From fairy’s to horse races
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes The 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 minutes When 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 minutes We 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 minutes We 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 minutes We 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…
Blogging – finally jumping in (splash!)
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute During the summer of 2016 I crewed on a 40ft sailboat in the Pacific Cup which is a 2,070 mile Pacific Ocean crossing from San Francisco to Hawaii. I’m not sure why Greg and Susan were so keen to have me aboard; it certainly wasn’t for my limited sailing skills. I suspect it was for…