Adelaide Finally we arrived in Adelaide!!! After such a long journey Danni and I hit the shops (Retail therapy)! So the cultural pictures you see of the city and botanical gardens were taken by Nick! A good nights sleep was needed as our 5:00am departure was just the start of our travels into central Australia!

Robe and Coonawarra After a groggy start we got some miles under our belt on the long drive to Robe our final stop before Adelaide. Unfortunately, this took us through the Coonawarra wine growing region which meant we had to sample more wine along the way... We also visited Narrocourt caves and took a tour looking at the interesting remains of ancient Australian animals which they have found. Now in Southern Australia we were finding the roads so long and straig...

The Grampians On Wednesday we headed inland to the Grampians, an impressive National Park with some great walking. We trekked up to the pinnacle and then down to Mackenzie Falls before heading to Ararat to stay with Ben's parents Wendy and Perc. We had a really good night in Ararat and in true Aussie style were made to feel very welcome. Wend cooked up a feast 'Gourmet Barbie' while Perc (A vineyard manager) made sure that our glasses were always topped up and...

Port Fairy and The Twelve Apostles In the morning we walked up to Teddy's lookout for some arial views of the road (see pics) and down to Erskine Falls. As we made our way around the winding roads we spotted Dolphins in the sea and stopped to watch as they swam by. We met a couple of Nick's friends for coffee in Apollo Bay and drove on till we finally arrived at the 12 Apostles. These are huge stacks of rock that stand out of the ocean and look stunning with t...

Great Ocean Road Trip We headed east out of the city stopping off at Brighton Beach on the way. It's a small beach with pretty old fashioned beach huts and an impressive backdrop of the city skyline in the distance. Then onto the Mornington Peninsula. We loved this area, the green rolling hills reminded us of home and the many boutique wineries meant we managed to fit in a bit of wine tasting on route. From here we got the ferry across Port Philip Bay to Qu...