For our Sydney Spring trip to see our son Jay, and his partner Kaede, we took a late flight up. Not because we wanted to but because we had been stuck in the Domain Tunnel on our way to the airport due to an accident. As a result we were $360 poorer because of paying …
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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After a peaceful night's sleep we ate breakfast, put our luggage back in the car and left Horsham just before 9:30. Not far from Horsham we passed the Green Lake. Unlike the previous day when we had stopped at the Pink Lake, which wasn't very pink, we chose not to stop as it didn't appear …
Continue reading Adelaide to Melbourne Return Roadtrip – Day 2
All good things come to an end and so after breakfast we packed our gear into the car ready to begin our return trip home. We waited until Adelaide's peak hour was over before heading through Adelaide's eastern suburbs. For non Australians here's a sign you only see in Australia. Given the traffic we didn't …
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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 …
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