Category: Interstate Trips

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…

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…

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…

For a complete change, we decided to spend Christmas in the Stamford Plaza in Brisbane. We were lucky because the weather in Brisbane was far better than it was in Kalorama and so we were able to wander around the parks and gardens and see many birds and animals. Web gallery ZoneramaHTML gallery: 1

Lord Howe Island is a dot in the south Pacific ocean, 600km due east from Port Macquarie in New South Wales which in turn is roughly halfway between Sydney and Brisbane. We set off for Lord Howe Island via Sydney from a miserable damp Melbourne and travelled via taxi (Steve of course) and two flights.…

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…

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…