Melbourne, Canberra & Sydney – January 2024
14-21 January – Australian Open Tennis We headed to Melbourne for the annual bout of the Australian Open. Melbourne does the event so well that it…
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Tasmania Pt 2
10th March – The road north from Triabunna up to St Helens is promoted as the Great Eastern Drive, a route of approximately 300km through the…
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Melbourne and Tasmania Pt 1
27 February – We left Smoky Bay today, leaving the boat behind safe and sound in the caravan park. The manager of the park very generously…
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Port Lincoln – Smoky Bay 2020
9th February – We arrived from Coffin Bay around noon and settled in to the Port Lincoln Caravan Park. The main task on the agenda was…
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Eyre Peninsula – Coffin Bay 2020
The grand plan consists of towing the boat over the Nullabor Plain to the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, meeting Bill and Mary, whose boat (Larsen…
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Alice Springs to Melbourne and Back to Dowerin
Thursday 4th to Friday 5th October – The main task over the next couple of days revolved around driving as far south as possible each to…
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The Red Centre – October 2018
Tuesday 25 September – We came off the Great Central Road a little beaten and happy to see a touch of civilization and paved roads. We…
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Great Central Road – September 2018
Thursday 20 September –We were packed and ready with the car and camper trailer loaded by the time John and Julie swung through Dowerin to start…
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Melbourne–Australian Open Tennis
13-20 January 2017 We headed off to Melbourne once again for a week of sport, sight seeing and fine dining. This time, we had the company…
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Melbourne – ODI Cricket & AO Tennis
January 15-22 2015 We flew to Melbourne for a week of tennis and cricket. The Virgin flight across was quick, taking only a little over three…