Sydney, New South Wales

Apr 8, 2009

We've made it to Sydney in the Beast which Catherine never thought we'd do but I knew he'd hold up. Since our last blog, Torquay I think, we stopped at Geelong and then Melbourne where we stayed with Beth and Ste - well sort of. We used their parking space for the van and just used their place for showers etc which was very good of them. We spent about 5 days in Melbourne and spent a few of them in the city and surrounding suburbs. We also spe...

Torquay, Victoria

Mar 27, 2009

Hi all, we've reached Torquay in Victoria which is only a couple of hours away from Melbourne. Since our last blog we've travelled along the Great Ocean Road from Warrnambool to Torquay which we've really enjoyed despite the weather being indifferent. We've had a few days of sunshine here and there but it's mostly been either cold, gray or raining, or a combination of all 3. Our Great Ocean Road-trip started when we left Warrnambool which was...

Mount Gambier, South Australia

Mar 16, 2009

Kangaroo Island to Mount Gambier From Kangaroo Island we got the ferry back onto the mainland and headed for Victor Harbour. The weather was very warm there which was a nice change and had a brief but pleasant stay there and moved onto Goolwa, which was also nice and sunny. We spent the day on the beach there and topped up our ever-fading tans. From there we set off for the longest drive of our trip so far to Robe, which was about 350 kms app...

Kangaroo Island, South Australia

Mar 10, 2009

Adelaide to Kangaroo Island. We set off from Adelaide on Tuesday 3/3 to pouring rain, swirling winds and flying ants. It wasn't the ideal start so we spent most of the day at Ikea and Harbourtown shopping centre at the airport, to finish off kitting out our camper and fill up on $1 hotdogs. Our first night was spent at the McLaren Vale wine region, and the following day we did a short tour around a few wineries and then set off further south ...

Adelaide, South Australia

Mar 2, 2009

Hello all, it's been a while since our last blog from Adelaide. We've had a great few months in South Australia that has inlcuded Christmas, New Year, birthdays and temperatures in the mid-40's. We've had a weekend away on the beaches of Wallaroo and Moonta, north of Adelaide, been to an A-League football match and the one dayer between Australia and NZ at the Adelaide Oval. We've had a great time staying with family here and we're now about t...