Fortescue Bay NP
December 3, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Weather is overcast again today... going to check out Port Arthur. Battery dramas on camper coming up to 11 days without plug in 240 and cruiser's smart charger ain't so smart. Sun came out midRead more
Evening fishing
December 4, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
A nice end of the day. Didn't catch anything tho.
Hobart
December 5, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Batteries went to zero percent... thought we had dropped a battery so packed up and went to Hobart for a multimeter and 240 v. Hard to leave as first sunny morning for a while. Insane winds developedRead more
Daniel Hoare
Impossible to cook or eat outside with the wind, so pizza take away and first meal inside since the start of the trip
Bruny island?
December 5, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
See if we can get to bruny a day early. Need to head to shops before we go as we were raided by a band of possums last night and they stole all our soap. 3 bars. Dirty animals.
At bruny, scored anRead more
Bruny Island, adventure bay
December 6, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
3 hr boat cruise this morning around the south. Rain hopefully holds of...
Seals and afternoon
December 6, 2025 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
Great weather so went to local winery for tasting and late lunch, then headed to the oyster farm to stock up
Bruny Island
December 7, 2025 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 13 °C
Still exploring, Bread!!!! farmers market, choco, beer, wine and cheese then a 3 hr trek. Lost my sunnies on the hike but the squeeler found them on the way back
To Strahan... and a cabin
December 7, 2025 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 12 °C
Pack up then long 7 hr drive to Strahan. Weather perfection again forces us into a cabin.
Strahan
December 9, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Heading back to Queenstown today for a steam train ride on an old mining track through rainforest built in the 1800s. Thankfully it wasn't booked for yesterday. Finished up with a walk to some fallsRead more
Cradle Mountain NP
December 10, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Leaving Strahan for a quick drive (2.5 hrs) to Cradle Mountain for a trek then relax in an air bnb (Tullah) for our last couple of days in Tasi. 10 degrees perfect summer day at 11.30
Marions lookout 1223m above sea level
December 10, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Yyyeeeewww first full sunny day. And jesus, a seriously high hike. We walked from 900m to 1223m, the kids were ok to make it. Some tight sections but the promise of me doing a Nutty Professor skitRead more
Tullah = relaxation
December 10, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Not doing diddly squat.
It was kids day. Leela and Owen picked what we did. They both wanted to kayak most of the day. Leela also got to video call her classmate. She loved it.
1st day since we leftRead more
Back to the boat.
December 11, 2025 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
Back to Devonport to catch the ferry. We leave at 10 pm... too short. Try to catch a cave and a maze before we boat.
Tasmazia and Marakoopa cave. Bit stressful with grinding noise coming from rearRead more
Leaving Tasi
December 12, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Ferry late leaving... 11:10
eta Geelong 9:45am then off to Lakes Entrance.
Made it... long day because of a short night. Beautiful spot right on the water. The weather found us again because weRead more
Batemans Bay tomorrow
December 13, 2025 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
Leaving Victoria and entering NSW. Heading to NP North of Batemans Bay. Arrived, set up, then got changed for the beach... enough time for the wind to change direction and blow to solid 30 knots.Read more
Just south of Newcastle
December 15, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Heading somewhere south of Newcastle today for Coffs Harbour tomorrow and meeting up with the east coast hoares. Got to get across Sydney though...
Some hairy moments in Sydney as good old google mapsRead more
Coffs Harbour today!
December 16, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Quick 4.5 hr drive to Coffs. Rain found us again... hasn't stopped raining since 10.30 last night. Wasn't forecasted either. Packing the camper in the rain is going to be awesome
Coffs Harbour
December 17, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Checking out the surrounds with the other hoares. Woke up at 6.30 to the grand designs music playing... random. Who watches grand designs at 6 in the morning? Got to love caravan land
Big bannana
December 18, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Get a photo with big boy today.
Got it. Big day. Walks, gusting winds taking out the campsite, squeeler being councillor and pool. Great day!
Heading north to Mt Tamborine
December 18, 2025 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Out by 9. 15, drove to Byron Bay, had lunch The Farm, which was really awesome then up to tambourine mountain for a swim. Zip lines tomorrow! Thanks Swinnys!!!
Thunderbird park Qld
December 20, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Zip lining today for the kids thanks to a chrissy present. Swim in a NP that took way longer to get to for some topped off with pizza and fire with smores and marshmallows. Big day
Thunderbird
December 21, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Another water fall today, swim at another water hole, some mini golf, butter chicken finished again with a fire and smores. Pack up tomorrow
Heading to Toowoomba
December 22, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
End of camping for a week... time to get ready for Christmas.
Toowoomba time. Bullshit hot and humidity packing up today. Made it to Jase and Whits house, unpack then headed for chrissy shopping.Read more
Toowoomba
December 23, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Yep... rain.
Museum planned, pub and cookie decorating.
Try to bring some rain home when we come back
Army aviation museum
December 23, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C