Tasmania 2015 Trip Day 1 5/6 January 2015 Port Melbourne - Spirit of Tasmania - Devenport - Ulverstone - Braddons Lookout - LaTrobe - Mole Creek - Maracoota Caves - Cataract Gorge - Launceston Well they said the Strait was "calm" last night but it still felt like riding a roller coaster at Luna Park all night! I fully expected that the Disco would be covered in salt spray this morning. Luckily not. We all had the best parking spots on the boat by pure luck. We...

Great Ocean Road Trip 2014 Day 6 Waanyarra - Echuca - Moama - Yarrawonga Rained for the first time this trip overnight. I had to get up and rescue our chairs and the washing line from getting wet. It was so hot last night we had every window and vent open to keep cool and so it was a nice relief to get a decent breeze through at 2.30 - it brought rain with it as well unfortunately. We woke to overcast and rainy skies too and so quickly packed up and hit the r...

Great Ocean Road Trip 2014 Day 5 Warrnambool - Tower Hill - Port Fairy - Hamilton - The Grampians - Stawell - Avoca - Maryborough - Donnelly - Waanyarra (campsite) The Disco clocked 100,000ks today at Tower Hill. More on that later. We awoke at 7.30 this morning to the wonderful sound of a train blasting its horn as it rolled past the caravan park on its way to wherever it was headed. Ok everyone up then! We left just after 8.30 and headed back to Stingray B...

Great Ocean Road Trip 2014 Day 4 Port Campbell - London Bridge - Peterborough - Bay of Islands - Childers Cove - Warrnambool Today was somewhat cruiser than yesterday. We awoke to beautiful sunny skies for a change this trip and so we wanted to make the most of the day. We quickly packed and were on the road before 9am. The wind had picked up overnight and was fairly brisk as we left Port Campbell. We stopped in at London Bridge again this morning and you cou...

Great Ocean Road Trip 2014 Day 3 Apollo Bay - Lavers Hill - Princetown - 12 Apostles - Port Campbell - Gibson Steps - Loch Ard Gorge - The Arch - London Bridge - The Grotto - Port Campbell "London Bridge has fallen down...." Such a busy day today! We managed to cram so much into a single day and still had great fun doing so. Training was called off this morning. We woke to grey skies and there was little enthusiasm from the training contingent. We decided to...