Category: Australia

We arrived at our next place Kangaroo Island on 2nd Feb. It’s about an hours drive to Cape Jervis from Adelaide and then a 45 minute ferry to the island. On the way we stopped at a place called Victor Harbour which is an attractive little town. Had a brunch and a little walk over…

We set off to Adelaide via a one night stay in a place called Robe. Before we got there we decided to take a small detour to Mount Gambier to see a couple of well known sites – Umpherston sinkhole and the Blue Lake. This part of the state of South Australia is well known…

Arrived in Warrnambool today, very pleasing on the eye and quite a big city spread out over quite a large area, but very affluent looking place with an amazing ocean coastline. Unfortunately the weather deteriorated by the time we got here. Sunny but a strong cool coastal wind the day we arrived and then cloudy…

Drove from Lorne to Warrnambool today, and what a drive it was. Easily the most spectacular drive I’ve done in my life, an experience I would recommend to anyone that has the opportunity to travel to Australia. We stopped in Apollo Bay on the way, visited Erskine Falls, drove through some incredible forests in the…

We left Barwon Heads and headed for Lorne, via Torquay which is the official start of the Great Ocean Road, the iconic road trip in south eastern Australia. Had a lovely stop in Torquay, which is a great coastal city, and then stopped at the famous Bells Beach to watch the surfers, and various scenic…

We left Melbourne on the 17th Jan and headed for Barwon Heads via the ferry from Sorrento. Nice little journey, takes about 40 minutes to get to Queenscliff on the other side of the bay. We had a little walk around the town of Queenscliff, which is very nice with lots of older style houses…

This area is about an hour from Melbourne city, a relatively low level mountain range which hosts lovely little townships, natural beauty and a vast array of wonderful trees, many giant gums are the highlight for me. There is lots to see, so we just scratched the surface on this little day trip. We visited…

Had a little getaway from Melbourne to spend 3 nights in central Victoria at this great little property in Hepburn Springs near Daylesford. The area is renowned for it’s mineral springs, so is a sought after venue for spa breaks and chilling with nature. We spent the first day exploring my old home town of…

Arrived at my brothers at about 4pm, and a bit overwhelming for my brother Sam. He gets a bit over excited and emotional at these reunions. We had a lovely evening catching up, laughing, drinking and eating good food. Elaine and I spent our first day in Mount Martha, which was gorgeous and sunny, visiting…

Found our accommodation easily, which is on the northern edge of the Prom, place called Sandy Point. It was a lovely spacious studio with an outdoor space including a BBQ. The owners Neil and Mary greeted us and were lovely people. They even offered to allow us to pick produce from their own garden for…