Category: Trips

  • 2026-05 Indonesia

    2026-05 Indonesia

    Our trip to Indonesia was sparked by an interest in the island of Sumba which is a relatively unspoiled and quiet island. However, to get to Sumba by air, there is little choice except to go via Bali. Bali is a heavily touristed and busy island, and not somewhere that we really wanted to visit.…

  • 2025-10 Arkaba

    2025-10 Arkaba

    Soon after returning from Japan, we headed off on a road trip to the Flinders ranges with an included flight over Lake Eyre which has filled to a level not seen since 1974. The timing was not great as we were still tired from the trip to the Kimberly and Japan but since it was…

  • 2025-10 Japan

    2025-10 Japan

    After our travels around the outback we flew to Japan for round 2 of our extended trip with Chris and Sara. We visited quite a few places as can be seen on the following map. Our trip was to start in Sapporo, the largest city on Hokkaido, the most northerly of Japan’s large islands. Annoyingly,…

  • 2025-09 The Top End

    2025-09 The Top End

    A new adventure with our friends Chis and Sara from Lymm. Our holiday began with 4 nights in Darwin, a city that we love for its relaxed atmosphere and interesting history. In all the photo galleries that follow, just click on a photo to enlarge it. That opens up various options such as captions and…

  • 2025-05 Portarlington

    2025-05 Portarlington

    Our friends, Julie and Julian invited us to travel to the Bellarine peninsula for a night in Portarlington. We travelled across on the Sorrento to Queenscliff ferry which makes the trip so much more enjoyable than driving all the way. None of us had been to Portarlington before and we all really liked it. The…

  • 2024-12 A day on Puffing Billy

    2024-12 A day on Puffing Billy

    Just before Christmas we were lucky enough to be invited on a full day trip on Puffing Billy from Belgrave to Gembrook by our good friend Julian Ripper who is one of the volunteer conductors on Puffing Billy. So we set off with Julie and Juian and had a splendid day out. Web gallery ZoneramaHTML…

  • 2024-10 & 11 Africa

    2024-10 & 11 Africa

    We set off from Melbourne and travelled to Kilimanjaro international airport in Tanzania via Doha in Qatar. Tanzania We had a very comfortable flight and arrived at our accommodation in Arusha (A on map below) at 09:30 in the morning which was of course too early to check in. Anyway, they rushed around and got…

  • 2024-07 Western Australia, Indian Pacific and Sydney

    2024-07 Western Australia, Indian Pacific and Sydney

    Not long after returning from our Europe trip, we were off again. This time to Western Australia for a few days before boarding the Indian Pacific train from Perth to Sydney. Around Bunbury We stayed in Bunbury for 3 nights. The first day, the weather was not great and so we went to the Dolphin…

  • 2024-05/6 Europe

    2024-05/6 Europe

    Our route around Europe. We flew into Helsinki from Melbourne via Doha and returned to Melbourne from Prague, again via Doha Our long and complex trip to Europe began by heading to Helsinki to meet up with Bill and Tuula. The first leg was to Doha on Qatar airways and then to Helsinki on Finnair.…

  • 2024-03 Lorne, the Ottways and Port Fairy Folk Festival

    2024-03 Lorne, the Ottways and Port Fairy Folk Festival

    As has become tradition, we again headed for Port Fairy for the annual folk festival. This time we decided to use the Sorrento-Queenscliff ferry to avoid all the Melbourne traffic and break the journey in both directions with 2 sets of 2 days Lorne. On the second day of the 1st Lorne visit we went…