Category: Trips

  • 2022-05 Healesville with Kate

    2022-05 Healesville with Kate

    On a misty day in May 2022, Hazel, Kate and I headed off to Healesville Sanctuary for a day out. We left the mountain in bright sunshine, only to find that flatland, including Healesville Sanctuary, was blanketed in fog. It took a couple of hours but eventually the fog cleared and the sun came out.…

  • 2022-03 Ballarat to South Australia

    2022-03 Ballarat to South Australia

    So after weeks and months of COVID lockdowns, we really felt the need to get away. Even the risk of being with several thousand people was not enough to put us off heading to Port Fairy for the folk festival. Prior to going we had a chat with Kirsten, our travel agent and she suggested…

  • 2022-01 A Picnic in the Forest with Rob and Kate

    2022-01 A Picnic in the Forest with Rob and Kate

    Kurth Kiln regional park is about 35km from where we live and until recently had been an unexplored gem. Apart from being a nice area of bushland with the usual birds and animals, it also has a fascinating history. There is no point in me reproducing that history here, you can find it at Kurth…

  • 2021-08 & 2021-11 A couple of trips to Yarrawonga

    2021-08 & 2021-11 A couple of trips to Yarrawonga

    In August 2021 we decided to head north to try to find some better weather. Thanks to COVID, we were restricted to staying in Victoria and we ended up at Yarrawonga via Winton Wetlands. Our trip was cut short due to lockdown being reintroduced but at least it was a break. Web gallery ZoneramaHTML gallery:…

  • 2021-07 Bendigo, Lake Tyrell and Mildura

    2021-07 Bendigo, Lake Tyrell and Mildura

    In July 2021, we decided to escape the winter weather and the storm damage and set off for Mildura via Bendigo. We also visited Lake Tyrell which is a really amazing place. Web gallery ZoneramaHTML gallery: 1

  • 2020-12 The Victorian High Country

    2020-12 The Victorian High Country

    In December of 2020, the lockdown was relaxed enough for us to be able to travel up to the Victorian high country for a few days. We travelled to Bright via Benalla and spent 3 nights there. We then went up to Dinner Plain for a couple of nights and from there to Buchan for…

  • 2017-09 The UK with Allan and Lorelle

    2017-09 The UK with Allan and Lorelle

    In 2017 we travelled to the UK and met up with our good friends Allan and Lorelle. After showing them around the Black Country, we travelled with them to the Lake District for a few days. We then stayed a few days in Lymm and travelled to Chester and north Wales. From there we went…

  • 2016-10 Trip to the Top End

    2016-10 Trip to the Top End

    To celebrate Hazel’s big birthday, we took a fabulous trip to the Northern Territory. We began and ended our trip in Darwin, a city that we found to be very pleasant city to walk around with parks, bars and restaurants. Web gallery ZoneramaHTML gallery: 2 After a couple of nights in Darwin we headed off…