We managed to tick a box left unmarked on our last trip with a visit to the Adelaide Zoo to see the pandas – Wang Wang and Funi who arrived in Adelaide on our last visit some 5 years ago but were in quarantine when we were there. They did not let us down. The […]

Finally, our houseboat cruise down the lovely Murray has arrived. Met up with our Woodlands way neighbours and a few extras at the Mannum IGA. We did a monster shop for 11 people for 7 days and arrived at our lovely new home for the next week. Delivered food and most importantly drinks were on […]

Nurioopta – The Barossa Valley Another Australian icon ticked and for a change the experiences match the hype. We based ourselves in Nurioopta for a week giving us easy access to the delights of the valley. As we continue to travel we realize what a lucky country we live in and the opportunity to enjoy […]

Julie and I have just spent an exhilarating week walking the different trails in The Grampians. Firstly Halls Gap was a great base. The Caravan Park was the perfect spot. Often joined at meal time by loads of cockatoos, kangaroos a plenty – peace promised – rain came and went, the weather was on our […]

Historical Ballarat We were warned that the weather was cold – no matter the time of the year and be prepared to take it on. How lucky we were, brilliant blue skies, lots of sunshine and plenty of days to wonder the historical streets in perfect sunshine to enjoy all that Ballarat has to offer. […]

There is an irony of life on the road for 12 months – the country towns draw Julie and I back to our grass roots, growing up in Kalgoorlie, appreciating the limited access to the opportunities in the Big City and the community that country builds. It is also just as rewarding to drop into […]

We spent a couple days down at Phillip Island and the experience didn’t let us down. We visited the Grand Prix Track, The Veterans Museum along with a number of nature and heritage reserves. Without doubt the penguins blew us away. It was a nice fillip for Julie as well as she has since gone […]

Lakes Entrance Lakes Entrance turned out to be a place for us to rest. We were blessed with good weather for the first two days of our four-day stay so we did lots of walking and viewing of the scenic lakes and their entrance to the sea. The channel to the sea wasn’t very wide […]

Eden Check out the whale video above The highlight without doubt was our whale cruise. We were entertained for an hour of our 3-hour cruises by one magnificent whale that put on a great show for us. We were so lucky!!!! He was constantly slapping his pectoral fin on the water and then breached. After […]

After the cold starts of Canberra we were blown away by the near perfect weather turned on by Batemans Bay. We had to pinch ourselves over our week stay that this was actually winter. We parked at the idyllic riverside caravan park in the heart of Batemans Bay and were treated to day after day […]