Tag: travel gear

Invercargill, Riverton and Colac Bay
By January 26, 2012 0 Comments Read More →

Invercargill, Riverton and Colac Bay

We left Curio Bay with a heavy heart.  That place was quite magical to us; we felt we connected with nature and have some wonderful memories of the penguins and the dolphins, but we have a lot of New Zealand left to see.  The next part of our journey would take us from the Catlins […]

Posted in: South Island
Fraser Island, Noosa & National Parks
By December 24, 2011 Read More →

Fraser Island, Noosa & National Parks

Just like the Radio Times Christmas TV guide, this is a bumper edition.  So sit back get a glass of your favourite tipple and read on. The weather has been a bit mean to us over the last few days, gradually getting worse (the worst Australia has seen in 65 years.) Did this little bit […]

Posted in: Australia
Australia: Gold Coast Relaxation
By December 21, 2011 3 Comments Read More →

Australia: Gold Coast Relaxation

Melbourne to Adelaide Gold Coast As I write this we have now spent the last three days on the Gold Coast in Broadbeach, just south of Surfers Paradise.   If we had stuck to Plan A we would have spent these days in Adelaide (in torrential rain as it turned out) and be on our way […]

Posted in: Australia
Emotions, excitement and a mysterious travel companion

Emotions, excitement and a mysterious travel companion

Emotions are a funny old thing aren’t they. You can try and keep them all packaged up in a nice little box on a shelf but eventually they prise open the lid and jump out and begin to scratch away at your calm controlled exterior until the wounds are visible for all to see. The […]

Gadgets for Travel – or not….

Gadgets for Travel – or not….

tr Will you really need these things? While bouncing around the internet (stumbleupon is a time munching monster) I came across a couple of travel gadgets which led me on to finding out what weird and wonderful things I could find to spend money that I haven’t got.  Here are the fruits of my labours. […]

Posted in: Travel Planning