Category:Travel
The Grampians
The Grampians (Gariwerd) is a series of rugged sandstone mountain ranges and forests rich in wildlife. One of Victoria’s most popular holiday destinations, the...
The Great Alpine Way
The Great Alpine Road (also known as The Great Alpine Way) is a road stretching from Wangaratta in the North-East to the Gippsland Lakes at...
A King Valley Weekend
Inspired by Woolworth’s Christmas propaganda and warm and fuzzy advertising of happy families all gathering to bask in each other’s company, our big, weird mob...
A Weekend in Wye River
After months of planning, bookings, and revised dates with real-life intruding, Lucy and I finally got away for our weekend to Wye River in...
Menindee to Mildura
Today, we were heading home. This leg would take us from Menindee to Mildura. After the wind and overcast day yesterday at the Menindee...
Broken Hill to Menindee
Monday, we woke to wonder where our sun had gone. It was still warm but quite overcast and cloudy. But, as was ‘de rigueur’...
Silverton and the Living Desert Sculptures
Sunday was going to be warm – but a bit windy (‘significant breeze’, a Broken Hill local called it). So we were off to...
Mildura to Broken Hill
On Saturday and day two of our Broken Hill or Bust road trip. We were heading from Mildura to Broken Hill. We had a...
Melbourne to Mildura
I do love road trips. Add the fun of planning, packing, and looking at new things out of the window along the way—the different...
Great Scary Ocean Road
I tried previously tried, to persuade Lucy to make The Great Ocean Road and Apollo Bay the focus of one of our weekends. The...
The Grampians – Gariwerd
Take One: We planned a weekend away to Ararat with an Aradale Lunatic Asylum and J Ward visit and a side trip to The...
Wimmera – Silo Art Trail
The Wimmera Silo Art Trail is planned to be 200km long and lies within the Wimmera Mallee Region. The Wimmera is a large, flat...