Sydney-Auckland-Hawaii We approached Sydney with some trepidation after our experience in Melbourne.It is the largest and most populous city in Australia with a population of just over 4 million, and the state capital of New South Wales. Once again it was Friday afternoon (we always seem to arrive in cities on Friday afternoons!!!).The traffic was not too bad considering and we managed to find the hotel with only 2 wrong turns on Sydney's one way streets.A...

Melbourne to Sydney After our detour to the YarraValley and the Chandon Winery, we had a long drive to our next overnight stop at a place called Foster - Gateway to Wilsons Promontory.Unfortunately, by the time we arrived it was raining - quite heavily.Our home tonight was a delightful little B&B run by Meg Rogers and her husband "Buck"!!(his name is really Graeme). The weather was slightly better the next morning but still overcast. After a l...

Melbourne and the YarraValley Melbourne was an assault on the senses.As we approached the city via the M1, it was just like driving into London - 4 lanes of almost stationery traffic surrounded by high rise office blocks.For some reason, Ant and I had not expected the city to be so big and so busy!! Melbourne is the capital of Victoria and the second largest city in Australia with a population of 3.9 million people.We found our hotel with relative ease and ...

The Great Ocean Road MountGambier is known as "the BlueLakeCity" and is South Australia's second largest city next to Adelaide.Located midway between Adelaide and Melbourne, it is set amidst a unique and ancient landscape of volcanic craters, lakes, caves and sinkholes.The Crater Lakes Complex comprises four craters - BlueLake, ValleyLake, BrownesLake and Leg of Mutton Lake.The BlueLake is the city's water supply containing 30,000 million litres and ...

BarossaValley to Coonawarra Wine region After another amazing breakfast, we reluctantly left the Blickinstal B&B and set off for our overnight stop in Robe, on route to the Coonawarra wine region.Today is the longest travelling day we have along the coastal road where we stopped occasionally to take photos of a pink lake, a giant red lobster and a lighthouse!! For more than 25 million years, this area now known as the LimestoneCoast consisted of a serie...