Secret beaches
15 апреля 2016 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
We drive south if Mallacoota to Quarry beach suggested by our host, Margaret. The rocks on the beach were beautiful, layers of petrofied wood and apparently studied often by students from Melbourne.Читать далее
Boating on the lake, I mean inlet
15 апреля 2016 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
After exploring the coast we came home and packed up lunch. Head just down the road and did a 'boat hire'. Basically we rented a motorized boat that wouldn't go fast enough for us to do any damage.Читать далее
Wine with the kangaroos
16 апреля 2016 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Said goodbye to our lovely hosts and drove to Cape Conran on the coast. We had our breakfast at Salmon rocks. Yet another pretty beach.
We then head through Marlo and inland to the Buchan caves. WeЧитать далее
Sea level to 5400 feet
17 апреля 2016 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Today was going to be a little colder and overcast so we decided to head up the Snowy Mountains and go for a hike. These are the mountains where I learnt how to ski at 4 years old.
We stopped at aЧитать далее
Found our dive bar
18 апреля 2016 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
After the hike we stopped at Oriental Claims and had our well deserved lunch. Then did a 45 minute loop around this old gold mine.
Then drove home, again absolutely gorgeous going down theЧитать далее
90 mile beach and no one
18 апреля 2016 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Head to Metung for breakfast. Metung is a sweet little holiday town on the mainland side of 90 mile beach.
Then we went down a little to check out Seaspray right on 90 mile beach. Strange holidayЧитать далее
Take me to the prom
19 апреля 2016 г., Австралия ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
Everytime we told people in the last week that we were going to Wilson Promontory National Park they had a kind of ahhh reaction. Today we found out why.
As you're driving in you go up a hill andЧитать далее
6 miles in, 6 miles out
19 апреля 2016 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
The cove was incredible. Worth the 6 miles it took us to get there. We sat down and had our picnic. It had its challenges though. First we got sand in our lettuce which i had to wade into the freezingЧитать далее
Emus and dunes, oh and the big city
20 апреля 2016 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Getting out of bed and upright was a challenge but we made it through. We were going to just pack up and head out but Tom, our host convinced me to do a little walk.
Tom took a little convincing butЧитать далее
Showers in Melbourne
21 апреля 2016 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Head out and got on a tram to check out downtown Melbourne. We first stopped st Melbourne Museum and saw the Aboriginal exhibit. Interesting building, informative but a little scattered for me. WalkedЧитать далее
Botanical gardens and Docklands
22 апреля 2016 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
We head into town to the Botanical gardens. On our way we came across the Shrine of Rememberence, a memorial for war veterans. We walked around it and came upon of service of some sort.
TheЧитать далее
The great Great Ocean Road
23 апреля 2016 г., Австралия ⋅ 🌬 24 °C
Raeford and Hilary arrived in the morning. We all ran a few errands, had some lunch and got on the road.
We stopped at Torquay, a cute little surfer's town. From there the road hugs cliffs withЧитать далее
More greatness on the Ocean Road
24 апреля 2016 г., Австралия ⋅ 🌬 23 °C
After breakfast and packing up we went to Erskine Falls just outside Lorne. 30 metres falls we walked down to the bottom in pretty gorgeous forest.
From there we head along beautiful coastline toЧитать далее
12 or maybe 7 apostles - sunset
24 апреля 2016 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
As noted in our last post we stopped at the 12 Apostles at sunset. Quite a few have fallen down to the constant wear of the ocean. There may have been a lot of tourists that took away from theЧитать далее
Sunrise apostles
25 апреля 2016 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
We all motivated to get up to go see the apostles at sunrise. Unfortunately Raeford misplaced his keys so all 7 of us climbed into our Camry (thank goodness we upgraded).
The views again wereЧитать далее
Hiking along a deserted coast
26 апреля 2016 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
The camp site was due south of the part of the Great Ocean Road where it went inland. It was pretty deserted and we were lucky to have no one next to us and were literally steps from the beach.
WeЧитать далее
A magical day for Shash's 50th
26 апреля 2016 г., Австралия ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
As we said it was supposed to be an easy hike but wasn't really. It was actually more like 6 miles to the lighthouse so at about 5 miles we found a stunning beach called Crayfish Cove and stopped forЧитать далее
Port Campbell, Australia
27 апреля 2016 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
There's more than the Apostles
From the Apostles we went back to camp and packed up. Then we head further west and stopped at multiple view points; London Bridge, LochArd Gorge.
We had lunch atЧитать далее
Traveling to Mulumbimby
28 апреля 2016 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
We packed up camp and Tom and I head back to Apollo Bay to see if the police station may have my phone. They didn't but said if a local handed it in it may take a week, so hope (but unfortunately IЧитать далее
Brunswick Heads and the kids arrive
28 апреля 2016 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
After breakfast we made our way to my sister's house. James had a friend visiting and we all went to Brunswick Head. It is north of Bryon Bay and has a calm bay and a crazy beach. We swam in the bay.Читать далее
Shash (and all of our) surprise arrives
29 апреля 2016 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Friday morning we all met at the Mullumbimby farmer's market. Cute little market. We had breakfast and I got some fruit and cheeses as our contribution to the party on Saturday.
Then Tom and I wentЧитать далее
The party!
30 апреля 2016 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
The party officially started at noon so Tom and I went with Shash to the house while the rest went to the beach. Raeford and Hilary had arrived late the night before.
People trickled in slowly. ItЧитать далее
Relaxed day
1 мая 2016 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Tom and I had slept on the couch. We all had a lovely breakfast in the morning. The only picture of all the siblings together. Unfortunately Dov and the fam had to leave that day.
The rest of theЧитать далее
Leeches and pythons
2 мая 2016 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Today we drove up into the mountains to go for a hike in the rainforest. It turned out to be a shorter walk but definitely not boring. We walked down a logging type path to an outlook over the forestЧитать далее
Civil war
3 мая 2016 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Today was the day that Tom got his wish, to see Captain America before anyone in the US. It came out here before the States. I guess it's a test market but I remember the days when we got stuff monthsЧитать далее































































































































