Well, for all the hype, Tasmania is NOT a little New Zealand. Maybe we went with too high expectations. I can definitely appreciate that to Aussie-holiday-goers the landscape of this Island is something unique: with it's lush farmland, deep valleys and rugged coastline. But it just doesn't have the tourist infrastructure, of say New Zealand, to really compete in my mind.When you consider that they limit the daily numbers for their Overland Trek* -- and ev...

We discovered an all too alluring side trip on our way to Melbourne: the Great Ocean Road Gormet Food Trail. That means lots of free tasting folks (or what I like to call 'lunch') -- whiskey, cheeses, chocolates, icecream and berries. Yum! We started with a liquid lunch. David just couldn't resist the Timboon Railway Shed Distillery -- he's now carrying around a little bottle of their single malt whiskey. I however, although fully appreciating the...

Did you know that off-shore rock stacks are home to ninja pigmy koalas? No, neither did I!Today's drive involved quite a few rock stacks, some rock pillars later in the day, and a light sprinkling of rocks in between.Don't get me wrong, this stretch of coast has been nothing but dramatic. From Princetown to Peterbrough, the sheer cliffs, deep caverns, grottos, blowholes and off-shore rock stacks are to be marvel at: the Twelve Apostles, undoubtably the ...

So, David's found his dream house: a beautifully converted old church. It even has a 'for sale' sign outside. Is this fate? I mean, who knew Australia had properly old (at least, old-looking) churches right!? He's that excited, it's even kicked off a discussion of "could we justify moving here?".Don't get too worried folks. Remember, he did the same thing in Cambodia: "we could so afford to open a hostel here!".Anyway, I'm going to vie...

Have you ever, ever felt like this?Some strange things happened. David's going round the twist......So excited was he to find out that our lunch stop today, Split Point Lighthouse at Airey's Inlet, was The lighthouse from well-loved kid's TV series Round the Twist. You only have to look at the photos to see his glee! Even I was quite tickled; I mean, who doesn't remember the incoragable red-headed boy who, one episode, got frog powers (I'm ass...