Posted in on Jan 11th, 2013 Comments Off on Philip Island – 1/9/2013
Over night, the skies opened and the deluge. Camping would have been at least as bad as we feared, probably worse. The storm didn’t last long but it did collapse the heat wave. Of course, the heat wave was now replaced with intermittent showers driven by a cold, damp fierce wind. Oz, the land of […]
Posted in on Dec 30th, 2012 1 Comment »
I wake up at about 5:00, make some coffee, pack up the car and get back on the road south. I had decided over night to move south to a larger city where I might have a better chance to get the car fixed on Monday morning. Absolutely nothing is open on Sunday. The car […]
Posted in on Dec 30th, 2012 Comments Off on Barbara Heads Home – 12/29/2012
Well, it turns out that though the Italian meal tasted great, it didn’t sit well with Barbara. She was uncomfortable all night and early in the morning, the meal departed. After that, she felt a bit better and got some sleep. No breakfast this morning. We have a shuttle scheduled for about 8:30 and, by […]
Posted in on Dec 30th, 2012 Comments Off on Sydney Opera House – 12/28/2012
We’re heading back to Brisbane today. Barbara is leaving for home tomorrow and I have to pick up the Cherokee at 4X4 shop before they close. Yesterday, I finally got the insurance worked out and I have a fax of the insurance certificate. The plan is to drop Barbara at the airport and start heading […]
Posted in on Dec 30th, 2012 Comments Off on Sydney – 12/27/2012
The Frasier Suite is an apartment hotel An apartment hotel only has 2 room suites and what separates them from a suite hotel is the addition of a kitchen and washer and dryer. You really can move in and cook and clean if you’d like. They tend to be smaller and more boutique’ish than the […]
Posted in on Dec 28th, 2012 Comments Off on The Drive to Sydney – 12/26/2012
Boxing Day dawns with a bright, sunny morning, perfect for a long drive up the motorway to Sydney. We have breakfast at the hotel, pack up and leave. By the time we get on Princes Highway, the overcast is starting to block out the sun. That’s actually a good thing. It’ll make for more comfortable […]
Posted in on Dec 28th, 2012 Comments Off on Bateman’s Bay – 12/25/2012
It’s Christmas Day in Bateman’s Bay and you’d have trouble know that without a calendar. It’s heavily overcast, windy and rain is threatening. The season is wrong; there aren’t many decorations, almost none; and the walk along the bay has the usual number of bicyclists and walkers. Generally, Christmas is low key here. In Brisbane, […]
Posted in on Dec 25th, 2012 1 Comment »
We’ve been traveling in Australia for over a week now and we haven’t seen a live kangaroo in the wild yet. Dead kangaroos on the road? Yes, plenty – too many. But a live one? Not a one. We leave Berry and head down to Jervis bay to the Bonderee National Park which is supposed […]
Posted in on Dec 24th, 2012 Comments Off on The Scenic Railway – 12/23/2012
The day dawns without a cloud in the sky. We head out and stop at a shop to get some drinks and muffins for breakfast. Then out to The Scenic Railway. The Scenic Railway is actually a tram railway that descends down the face of the escarpment that Great Western Highway and Katoomba are on. […]
Posted in on Dec 23rd, 2012 2 Comments »
It’s about 70 kilometers to Jenolan Caves, a huge cave complex west of Katoomba. And it’s in a nearly unpopulated, mountainous area. We head west on the Great Western Highway which runs through Katoomba and on to Bathurst. About 30 km out we take a left on to a narrow two lane road. The road […]
