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Tyre Choice..

Back in 2011, we were in Singapore when Mr Joyce, that marvellous Qantas gentleman, decided to ground all of the airline’s aircraft… not that an extra few days in that great city was any hardship! So our arrival back in Perth was delayed somewhat and we had to ring the Toyota dealer to advise thatContinue reading “Tyre Choice..”

Spectacular Weather over Perth

Thursday 29th of January 2015 and Perth experienced a spectacular sky-show that put our Australia Day fireworks 3 days earlier in the shade! We also received a good soaking – 15.5mm in our rain gauge. We were up at around 3am and Ian saw some intense activity on the online rain radar which he knew indicated thunderstorms.Continue reading “Spectacular Weather over Perth”

In a pickle?!

After 8 plus months away on our big caravan trip, lots of people predicted we would get itchy feet. Hmmm. Maybe a little bit, especially when there is no choice but to do the mundane things of life like filing, vacuuming and home maintenance! Mostly though it has been fun to get ‘back into theContinue reading “In a pickle?!”

Esperance and the South Coast

Rather than heading directly west to Perth and to continue our coastal trek, we turned south at Norseman as we were keen to explore the southern coast of WA. First stop was Esperance where we stayed at the Pink Lake Caravan Park. The lake is not even vaguely pink – don’t ask! This is aContinue reading “Esperance and the South Coast”

Back in the West

As we all know ‘the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry’! Our plan was to head west from Clare to catch the Wallaroo to Cowell ferry… Only to find that it is suspended due to a downturn in traffic and the SA economy generally. So sad as it’s a great wayContinue reading “Back in the West”

Adelaide Hills

Our previous visit to Hahndorf in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia was brief so we were keen to settle in and enjoy this town, famous as Australia’s oldest surviving German settlement. We stayed at the Hahndorf Resort Tourist Park, a spectacular location just out of town. This has a convention centre, cabins and Restaurant 5245Continue reading “Adelaide Hills”

The Fleurieu Peninsula – back to South Australia!

Our 2nd to last border crossing – back into South Australia. Sadly we forgot about interstate quarantine until the morning we were travelling so we had to give up our tiny herb garden. We also passed over our honey, veges and fruit that we couldn’t quickly cook to some happy campers! The lovely part aboutContinue reading “The Fleurieu Peninsula – back to South Australia!”

Great Ocean Road: Part 2

The Great Ocean Road along this rocky coast is described as the world’s biggest war memorial. Why? It was literally built by hand (with a lot of pickaxes and shovels!) by 3000 returned World War 1 servicemen from the early 1920s on. This neatly solved two problems; how to meaningfully employ these men during theContinue reading “Great Ocean Road: Part 2”

Great Ocean Road

One of the experiences we have most been looking forward to on this trip was the famous Great Ocean Road… and it really lived up to our expectations! First though we caught the ferry across Port Phillip Bay from Sorrento to Queenscliff to catch up with old friends in Geelong for a few days. KathyContinue reading “Great Ocean Road”

Mornington Peninsula & Melbourne

Next stop was Dromana, a seaside village on the Mornington Peninsula about 20 minutes south of Mornington where friends Di and John and Lorraine and Keith live. We fell in love with this region as it really does have it all – beautiful coastline and beaches, fertile farmland and scenery and full of history andContinue reading “Mornington Peninsula & Melbourne”