Survivor Down Under: My outback drive for a luxury artesian bath
While it is on the must do list for every visitor to Australia, despite living in Australia my whole life, the ‘outback’ isn’t a place that has ever been terribly high on my to do list. I put this down to a few factors. One, I’m not a camper; my idea of roughing it is […]
OnDestination: Byron Bay – Australia’s most Easterly Point
A #justforfun daytrip isn’t complete without an early morning wake up, a trip to the airport and flight to somewhere I haven’t been before. As winter is coming, I chose to escape the fast approaching cool Melbourne day, for a warmer day in Byron Bay. In typical fashion (for me anyway) I only had a […]
OnDestination: Mildura on the Murray
As a child growing up the only reason I knew Mildura existed was because it was always on the 7pm ABC news weather report as a dot in the top left hand corner of the state and more often than not recorded the highest temperature for the day. Fast forward several years and I saw […]
Bellarine Peninsula: A Seaside Afternoon
While visiting friends in nearby Ocean Grove we were taken for a short afternoon drive to the western edge of Port Phillip Bay and the seaside towns of Queenscliff and Point Lonsdale. On arrival into Queenscliff we headed out to the Ferry Terminus which, by the looks of it has undertaken some serious modernisation, presumably […]
The Grampians – Pinnacle Walk
Rocks seemingly arranged by nature into tall stacks, each rock balancing precariously yet with complete stability on top of another, the scorched remains of burnt trees now seeming with new growth and the silence, only interrupted by the sound of your footsteps on the rock or the occasional kookaburra’s call awaited us on a day […]
Melbourne: Parks, Politics and Performances (Part 1)
At the end of the last episode I left you with a hot chocolate (or coffee) and about to board the city Circle Tram which is where I’ll start today’s post, heading east along Flinders Street towards the top end of town to look at some of the Parks, Politics and Performances that you’ll find […]
