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Yesterday, our final day on tour, we went to Bondi Beach for Fish & Chips, as you do. The weather played ball and it was a lovely morning. In a couple of hours we’ll be heading off to Sydney airport to catch a Singapore Airlines A380 back to the UK. This has been a long …
Yesterday we visited the Blue Mountains, overlooking Sydney. They’re blue because the sun heats the Eucalyptus oil on the leaves and vaporises it. When we arrived, the weather was very bad with strong winds and heavy rain. The weather was forecast to improve, so while waiting we took lunch. There was really only one choice… …
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So… yesterday we drove out from Melbourne to Nobbie’s Hole (Stop sniggering in the back row). The weather was a little changeable but the views were on the money. Nobbie’s Hole is part of a nature reserve, rammed full of wildlife including Wallabies, in the raw, au naturel. Lots of them… doing Wallaby stuff. This …
Yesterday we travelled along the ‘Great Ocean Road’ for spectacular views of the Victoria Coastline. En-Route we stopped at Kennett River for some Koala spotting, as you do. We saw them but they were too well camouflaged to come out well in a photo. Our local guide, the lovely Alda had a nice line in …
Today, we took a train ride on a heritage steam line near Melbourne, known as puffing Billy. Travelling on Puffing Billy is a sort of Melbourne institution for kids. They go on the train, sit on the windowsill and hang their legs outside. I figured if it was good enough for the kids it was …
Yesterday we travelled from Adelaide to Melbourne on the train they call theOverland, a sister train to the Ghan. It was an 11 hour journey. Just get your head around that! The distance between two railway lines is known as the gauge. The most common gauge in the world is the original British invention, known …
The Battle of Barrosa took place on 5 March 1811 during the Peninsula War in Spain against the French. The Barossa Valley was named after that battle but was misspelled due to a clerical error that missed off one of the ‘r’s. Since then it’s never looked back and is now one of Australias foremost …
Today (yesterday actually) we started our journey on Australia’s most famous Rail Journey, The Ghan. It runs the full vertical height of Australia, from Darwin to Adelaide, stopping midway at Alice Springs, which is where we picked it up. From Alice to Adelaide is roughly 24 hours. Before checking in we visited Anzac Hill in …
A day exploring Alice Springs . We started with a short drive and a visit to the very beautiful Simpsons Gap. I really like this place. It’s peaceful and fascinating. It’s also home to a clan of black footed Wallabies. We didn’t see them though. They were hiding somewhere doing whatever black footed Wallabies do …
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