Yesterday after leaving Inglewood (after not finding any gold...) we drove to the Melville Caves in the Kooyoora State Park. It was a great drive through natural bush. We even spotted a few Kangaroo's, and moved a Shingleback Lizard off the track. We left the car and camper in the carpark, and followed the signs to the track up to the Melville Caves. It was a steep track with lots of steps...lots....so, good exercise for us! The views were great on the way u...

Sorry it has taken so long for us to update this blog, we have slipped into holiday mode very quickly and have been a bit slack!! Anyway, since last time.... we stayed at Lavers Hill for two nights and then headed north. The weather had been terrible at Lavers Hill and it was not getting better in a hurry, so we abandoned our plans for camping at Cape Otway and decided to go inland away from the windy coast. We travelled through Colac and on to Ballarat, then t...

We're on our way!! After months of selling, cleaning, sorting, and packing the time has come for us to begin our travels. We have spent a lot of time being careful of what we need to take with us for a year or so of travelling, but as it happens we have packed WAY too much stuff into the Pajero and the camper trailer. We will no doubt thin it out as we go, we need to!! So, yesterday morning we locked up our house for the last time and drove away. We had breakf...

Hi everyone!! Well, it is finally happening. We are getting very close to travelling Australia for an undetermined period of time. After more than two years of talking, dreaming, saving and organising we are now in the final stages of making it all become a reality. We have sold our house and most of our furniture. What we have remaining will easily fit in a small storage shed. We are very excited, and maybe a little nervous about what lies ahead. In a little ...