Found at the southern most tip of the Mornington Peninsula, Cape Schanck is one of our favourite places on the Peninsula to go walking. We quite often take the walk all the way in from Browns Road past Bushrangers Bay to Cape Schanck but on this occasion we drove in to the car park not …
We have taken the Warringine Park walk a number of times over the years that we have lived on the Mornington Peninsula but when we had the chance to take a guided walk through this RAMSAR rated wetlands with one of the Mornington Peninsula Shire Rangers with our Australian Plants Society group we were keen …
This bushland walk is accessed via a short road, Eatons Cutting, near the intersection of Arthurs Seat Rd and Mornington-Flinders Rd in Red Hill in the hinterland of the Mornington Peninsula. The car park is not that big so parking can be an issue. The trail begins in an area of tall eucalypts and under-storey …
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The next morning we made our way into Adelaide Station again on the bus before taking a tram down to the showgrounds, a ten minute tram ride to the south of the city. From the tram stop it was a short walk to the showgrounds. As we approached the showgrounds we noticed a caravan and …
As mentioned previously, the AFL has added a Gather Round into the fixture for the last three years but this was our first time, joining our friends who have been previously. Our team was due to play on the Saturday night so we started the day with breakfast followed by a stroll along the Torrens …
Apart from coming to Adelaide for the football, during the AFL Gather Round, a night visit to the stunning glass sculptures at the Chihuly Nights Exhibition at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens was high on our list of things to see. When you see these beautiful and colourful glass sculptures by celebrated American artist Dale Chihuly …
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Having seen items about Adelaide market on several travel shows on TV we decided we should go and see for ourselves. After breakfast the four of us headed into the city. We were able to find a car park near the market. The entry way had a couple of very colourful signboards. Soon we were …
On previous trips to Adelaide we had visited the winery area of McLaren Vale to the south but had never gone further, so as we had a spare day, Karen and I decided to head down to the Fleurieu Peninsula to have a look. After clearing the city and passing through the vineyards of McLaren …
Now that our youngest son, Jay lives and works in Sydney we fly up a few times a year to spend time with him. As it turned out one of our trips coincided with the first round of AFL football and our team, Melbourne, was playing Sydney so not only did we go but our …
When we aren't travelling the world or caravanning somewhere in Australia we live in one of the best places in Australia, on the Mornington Peninsula. So when our local Australian Plants Society group took a cool summer's day walk at Bridgewater Bay in Blairgowrie we joined in. There aren't a lot of car spaces but …
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