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Last few days in Sydney and home
It felt strange flying back to Sydney and coming round full circle. Will was now in Sydney which wears strange. We spent a lovely day on the beach avoiding blue bottles (stingers) and getting tumbled by huge wave. Will and I walked from Spit to Manley, essentially round the harbour. The wild life continued. My…
Wine 🍷
Unaccustomed as I am to drinking wine I felt I needed to get behind this Australian produce for research purposes. I spent some time getting into training before visiting Adelaide and surrounds but this was the pinnacle. First a visit to. Where they had fantastic drink machines where you put your glass underneath and pressed…
Adelaide sights
(I have changed the website so you should be able to see all the blogs that I have written if you want to catch up or revisit). It was now time to return to civilisation and the big city, as well as meet up with Maddie. This time was characterised by weather forecasts such as…
They’re out to get you.
It is tempting when travelling in Australia to feel that everything is designed to kill or harm you. Indeed when talking to some friends before coming it was a primary reason for not coming. Even the locals have concerns. True enough there does seem to an abundance of animals that here that do have potent…
Chrisila King of the desert and rivers… Darling
The area I am staying is an area where they filmed some of Priscilla Queen of the Desert. In the middle of this a sculpture park! As good a place as any. Which do you like? And this is me… in a tribute to Priscilla With flora and fauna watching on. Before getting back on…
A remarkable journey to the outback to a broken hill
A brief stop over in Adelaide (more later). I headed north to a small town called Melrose where I camped at the base of Mt Remarkable. Deciding to climb the mountain It was quite a climb upwards Eventually reached the top. Quite ‘remarkable’ I would say… On the journey down I disturbed a mum and…
Deserted beaches, wild animals and grey nomads
So I said to the woman in the bus station, where would you recommend as a place going up the coast that was nice, but not too touristy and on the (twice a week) bus route. She was spot on with Kingston SE. However, the campsites are not empty. I am joining the late middle…
Onto South Australia
I was sad to leave Port Campbell. However, it was not for the live music playing in the bar on Saturday night. Because there was no bus this day I had an early start hitching. Got picked up by an old dairy farmer on the way to a sale. He was keen to show me…
A lovely day around Port Campbell
Two nights in the same place, how lovely. Apart from a little washing I went for a walk along the coast followed by some swimming. I have put in a video in a vain attempt to show the size and force of these huge waves. There was a rocky shore to walk along with no…
Back to the ‘mainland’.
After a gloomy departure the 12 hr ferry journey flew by as the sun came out and it was very hot 🥵 even on deck. The coast came into view, but once in the harbour it was still 3hrs to go to get to the port of Geelong. Aside from the oil refinery and the…
A last couple of days in Tasmania
From the North coast I head south through the mountains and Great Lakes. A little walking to Liffey falls. To get to the start of the walk meant a 30 min drive on gravel roads. My white car is now brown. A hike back to a ‘big’ tree. Then a walk on the higher plateau…
Penguins everywhere but not a bird in sight.
Visited a town called… They take this very seriously with.. They even had a place for naughty penguins. I got in trouble with head honcho for not taking it seriously. We’re there any penguins?
The cleanest air in the world.
The far north west of Tasmania has a air sampling station as the winds from the west last touched land in Patagonia. I am staying in a farm B&B where the owner is a proud gardener. The huge Arthur River reaches the sea here. Making the concept of collecting driftwood reach another level. The logs…
Into the wilds.
After saying goodbye to Maddie and a windy night in Hobart I headed for the wilderness in the form of the South west. The road was built to support the construction of a huge and controversial dam. Unlike in the UK were allowed on the dam. The drive in took 2hrs from the last town…
Onwards to Tasmania
The next leg of my journey was a flight to Hobart in Tasmania. We needed to carry all our water as well as a tent fortunately I had the help of a little carrier. We set up camp at wine glass bay where we had number of visitors. The next day after a very cold…
Around Sydney … Bondi and Blue Mountains
Sydney is not all opera houses and bridges. The blue mountains are about 2hrs train ride from central Sydney. You start at sea level and by the time I got off it was as high as Snowdon. it was also 10 degrees cooler! Fantastic forest And then back to Sydney for an evening drink with…
The Eagle has landed
After a number of Chinese airplane meals, a welcome shower in HongKong and little sleep I landed to be greeted by Maddie at the airport. Then beers and a lovely curry . Even managed to stay up until 10pm! The next day Maddie and I were lucky enough to have a DAY AT THE CRICKET…
My planned trip
Starting in Sydney – Tasmania – South Victoria – Coast Rd to Adelaide - fly back to Sydney and then home.
The indulgent traveller 