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Coast to Coast

Travelling from one side to the other, Brisbane to Perth, to explore this big beautiful country with our Colombian friend. Read more
  • Victor Harbor

    February 7 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    This was a funny little stop. The sun was really harsh even though the wind was cold, and our memory of Granite Island was that it was rock and grass and not much else. So feeling lazy, all we did was take the horse driven tram up and back again immediately. What's worse, is we are old enough to have done this trip when the 'Old Causeway' was still active (They only dismantled it in 2019).Read more

  • The Big Lobster

    February 7 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 12 °C

    Another one of Australia's big things has been ticked off.

  • Robe

    February 6 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 17 °C

    Our stop for the night, we just did a little drive around to see the most famous thing in the area... An obelisk. Actually it is an interesting thing, they can shoot tickets from it to boats in trouble with a life saving rope line.Read more

  • Tantanoola Tiger

    February 6 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    We knew nothing about this story until we read the story on the fridge of our AirBnB at Mount Salt station. Apparently that was the location that the "tiger" was shot and killed in 1895 after it's reign of terror. Then we saw that it was stuffed and mounted at Tantanoola Hotel, so when we happened to be driving past the town, we knew we had to stop and check it out. The tiger, well it turns out to be some sort of exotic wolf that was imported in illegally and escaped.Read more

  • Cave Garden

    February 6 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    Not as impressive and big as the first one we saw, but this sinkhole garden is right in the middle of Mount Gambier.

  • Kilsby Sinkhole

    February 6 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    Crystal clear blue water that is pierced by sunbeams while floating around. We were able to see somewhere between 40 and 65 metres to the bottom of the swimmable area. I wish we could have tried out our new full face mask and snorkel, I don't know why I struggle so much with them. But we swum around for a good 40 minutes before having to get out and head on our way again.Read more

  • Cape Northumberland

    February 6 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    South Australia's most southerly point, and the ruins of a Lighthouse here. For some reason they thought it was a good idea to build a big building on crumbling rocks... That didn't last very long, only a few decades.Read more

  • Ewens Ponds

    February 6 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    More then likely people won't even know this place exists, even if they happened to come into this area. Snorkelling and diving is via permit only. But why would you do that here? Because the water is incredibly clear. I kind of wanted to jump in and see for myself, but oh well.Read more

  • Port MacDonnell

    February 6 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    Up early and on our way again, first stop was the cute little town of Port MacDonnell to see the penguins and have breakfast. Not actual penguins, just statues of them.

  • Blue Lake

    February 5 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    It gets that name for a reason I guess, it's pretty blue for a lake haha. Lucky for us, it's only this colour for a few months of the year.

  • Umpherston Sinkhole

    February 5 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    So cool, a full-on sinkhole in the main street of the city. Not only that, it's been turned into this incredible garden over the past 100 plus years. Even with its own bee colonies attached. So pretty to walk around, and so unique.Read more

  • Dartmoor Natural Spring

    February 5 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    It might not look like much, but this is natural spring water running out of this trap continually. Filling up our water bottles and a splash on my face to keep me awake after the long drive.

  • Boroka Lookout

    February 5 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    A little goodbye lookout of the Grampians before we head out on our way again. I'm glad we left this to the end, it was a gorgeous view.

  • Grand Canyon

    February 5 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

    With my minor obsession with the rock formations here, this was exactly my type of walk. It is part of a much larger Pinnacle Lookout walk, but on its own it was totally worth it. Again, I would have loved to see the water running down the creek area beside the track.Read more

  • Halls Gap

    February 4 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

    One street kind of town, filled with kangaroos and birds. But it was a really pretty place to stay the night at this time of year. Our AirBnB was extremely comfy and completely private.

  • Venus Baths

    February 4 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

    I've been in places with worse baths... But no, these were way too dry to enjoy. So we got all dressed up in our summer for a nice walk instead.

  • MacKenzie Falls

    February 4 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

    I'm not sure if I appreciated the warnings about all the steep stairs that there are here, that just discourages me from trying. It didn't help that I knew the Falls were going to be low, but going down there to see them was worth it regardless. I also loved the story of Pearl Cranage, who would prepare tea for the tourists arriving at the Falls every day.Read more