Our final port of call was Albany a town Julie and I have not visited in 33 years of married life. We were invited to stay at Red Cow Farm by Brendan, Cheryl and Murphy McCormack. It turned out to be the perfect final resting place for our trusty caravan and two now fully relaxed […]

Eight days in Esperance was the perfect tonic for a welcome back to laconic Western Australian style of living. The great colour of the beaches, the welcome of friends new and old, a visit to the horse races (enough of those for Julie for a lifetime) and of course the simple lifestyle of fishing from […]

Many drivers who travel the east- west link look at the 1973km from Adelaide to Norseman as an arduous drive. Since we had planned to have time on our side we hope to introduce you to some of the most remote, yet stunning locations on Australia’s rugged southern coastline. The Eyre Peninsula and The Nullabor Plain […]

We had bypassed this peninsula on previous visits to Adelaide, so it was on recommendation we headed to Goolwa a short drive from Victor Harbour as our base camp. We arrived on the day the schoolies were leaving (good planning some may say) to settle into our new surrounds. Goolwa/Victor Harbour There was a great […]

Dunkeld The entry to the Southern Grampians is Dunkeld. Not as spectacular as Halls Gap but well worth a visit. We stayed two nights in the local caravan park where the manager Garry was a font of knowledge giving sight seeing tips and places to eat. It’s been a while since we only paid $25 […]

We returned to one of our favourite destinations from our previous trip for the past three days – Port Fairy which completes the Great Ocean Road. Today as we headed north to Dunkeld we reflected that Port Fairy delivered on only 2 of 3 of our expectations. The coastal port town is still a delight […]

Having driven this fantastic road trip on our last trip some 5 years ago we mapped out a plan to take a week along the great trip finishing in Warnnambool on the weekend. Anglesea – The Surf Coast We left Melbourne happy with our engagement with the Spring Racing Carnival and headed to Anglesea for […]

We have been in the capital of Victoria for the past two weeks to enjoy the Spring Racing Carnival. Most people know that Melbourne can endure 4 seasons in a day and we have certainly experienced that over the past two weeks. The bucket list got shorter with the WS Cox Plate and the Victorian […]

We took 10 days or so to travel from Bathurst the home of the V8 super cars to the Melbourne Spring Carnival, the home of the V8 super racehorses. So we headed down the Olympic Highway (again) bound for Victoria. Young We spent a couple of days on the South West NSW slopes in the cherry […]

The great race on Mount Panorama repaid us in spades as we set off from Adelaide for Bathurst 1260km away. We met up and camped with the Nelson’s for a week at Tent Town a short distance away from the race venue itself. Our camp area consisted of some open fields a pub and clubrooms […]