Australasia

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 […]

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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 […]

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Australia: Melbourne Travel Thoughts

Australia: Melbourne Travel Thoughts

G’day!  We’ve had a fab time in good ‘old’ Melbourne. I say old, as although this place is on a massive expansion plan for 2020, the city retains an ‘old-fashioned’ charm.  Melbourne is pretty big already, as far as global players go, you’ll see apartment blocks being erected at a phenomenal rate and  many historic and characterful buildings, […]

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Australia: The Great Ocean Road
By December 18, 2011 3 Comments Read More →

Australia: The Great Ocean Road

Having got over our jet lag, our last day in Victoria was given over to mother nature and a trip to view what millions of years of evolution and erosion can do to a coastline. The Great Ocean Road runs through the south of Victoria, Australia, along the Bass Strait hugging the coastline from Torquay to Warrnambool […]

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Australia: Mwah Mwha Melbourne
By December 14, 2011 5 Comments Read More →

Australia: Mwah Mwha Melbourne

Melbourne by Night, or is it Day ? It has been three days since we arrived in Melbourne (it is now the evening of Wednesday 14th as I write this).   I am afraid we are having a right old battle with Jetlag.  I have yet to manage to keep awake beyond 8pm in the evening local […]

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