Brisbane, Australia – May 25-28 Not surprisingly, Brisbane is another lovely Australian city. Small in scale but very busy with a wonderful little free ferry service taking people up and down the river banks, a great city-bike system and a fabulous park and trail system. This is our last stop on the grand Australian circuit …
Australia – Port Douglas, Cape Tribulation & Cairns
Port Douglas, Cape Tribulation & Cairns, Australia May 19-25, 2016 Driving North out of Cairns just over an hour, you come to a lovely little beach town called Port Douglas which is sitting on a peninsula jutting into the sea. This is a small but lively town with the main street between the two ends …
Fitzroy Island & the Reef
Fitzroy Island, Australia – the Reef – May 15-19, 2016 From Darwin, we flew back to the East Coast and to Queensland for the first time. It is the last province that we haven’t seen in Australia. We flew to Cairns and then immediately took the boat to Fitzroy Island, which is a short 45-minute …
Darwin & Kakadu National Park, Australia
Darwin, Australia & Kakadu National Park – May 11-15 Darwin is also an exotic, isolated place in the North of Australia, with very little but national park for a thousand miles (or sea, to the North, of course). It is a small but lovely town with beaches and a very carribean sort of feel. Much …
Australia – Broome
Broome, Australia – May 8-11, 2016 Have you ever heard of Broome, Australia? Such an exotic sounding place. Flying into Broome, on Australia’s northern coast, does feel a bit like flying into the back & beyond, and for good reason. This small town is the gateway to the Kimberly outback region, which is also extremely …
Australia – Fremantle, Perth & Around
Femantle & Perth, Australia – May 1-8, 2016 Having been on the move for three months plus, we thought a week in one place was in order at this stage of the trip. Since we were heading to Western Australia, we selected Fremantle, which is about 10 miles away from downtown Perth and has its …
Australia – Margaret River
Margaret River, Australia – April 28-May 1, 2016 From Adelaide, we flew all the way to the far west of Australia, into Perth. Perth is the capital of the province of Western Australia. Planning to circle back to the Perth area, we immediately picked up a car and drove three hours south to the town …
Australia – Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia April 24-28, 2016 We booked four nights in Adelaide, mainly because we would be moving pretty quickly for the couple weeks leading up to it and it is nice to have a break (i.e. More than two nights in one place). We were once again very pleased with our city view as …
Australia – Victor Harbor & Kangaroo Island
Krotchety Kangaroo – If this works, here is a funny video I took on Kangaroo Island of a kangaroo…..I was trying to capture him hopping, but he had other ideas…. Victor Harbor & Kangaroo Island, Australia April 21-24, 2016 Back on the coast again, this time south of Adelaide, we enjoyed staying in a place with …
Australia – Tanunda & the Barossa Valley
Tanunda, Australia – The Barossa Valley April 19-21, 2016 We had been looking forward to the barossa valley, since it is home of what some believe to be Australia’s best big, rich red wines, the crown jewel being Shiraz. We stayed at a lovely little bed and breakfast which shared its property with vineyards and …