It was Father’s Day so had a bit of a slow start which was probably not a good idea as we had a lot to do! After breakfast transferred the contents of the ute into the van and moved it to the storage location. Had to also remove the kayaks and racks as we would be parking at the airport and there was low clearance. Drove to Claire’s share house and met her housemates who were all lovely. Claire had organised for us to go to Scienceworks and also booked lunch ...

Freezing cold start to the day. The battery was flat again but at least the diesel heater worked. Eventually started the car and got enough power to run the pump and have a shower! Drove down the Hume Highway to Melbourne and the Big4 Coburg. Had some excitement about 1km from the caravan park when we went down a narrow street with parked cars on either side. I didn’t think we’d fit through but somehow managed without any paint removal! Spent the rest of the ...

Woke to a grey and cool morning in Melbourne where we had planned to spend the day with Claire and Ashish. Collected Claire from Camberwell and headed for Geelong where we had morning tea with Ashish and his mum. The weather was now fine and sunny! Decided to visit Little Creatures Brewery and had a tasting (although I was already fairly familiar with their products!) Next, visited Flying Brick Cider Co. for a similar tasting. Cider with Ginger and Chilli was cer...

Arose at some ridiculously early hour in order to beat the morning traffic. We had decided to go to Philip Island today, a place I hadn't visited since I was about 14. Took a couple of hours to get to San Remo then accross the bridge to the island. We went to various lookouts and beaches on the southern side of the island incl. Cape Woolamai, Smiths Beach and Pyramid Rock before driving to The Nobbies, a series of rocky outcrops and islands on the western tip of ...

A lazy start to the day today as we didn’t have to be anywhere until midday. I decided to open the inkjet printer box that I’d purchased in Hobart only to discover that the icon on the box that showed a mobile phone with an arrow to the printer (which I foolishly assumed meant that I could print direct to the printer) should have also showed a router in between! So now I have purchased a cable so that I can print from my laptop in order to get a hardcopy of t...