When is the last time you watched the movie. Dr. Zhivago? And how many times did you see it? How well did you follow it?? Well, here we are in the St. Kilda area of Melbourne and what a fabulous area this is. It is a combination of all we know . . . the Heights of Little Rock, West End/Oak Lawn of Dallas, Little Five Points of Atlanta, Forest Park of St. Louis, Soho of NYC, and Haight Ashbury, of San Francisco, and on a Sunday morning, it is THE happening plac...

Everyone in the whole world should be able to drive the Great Ocean Road. It rugged. It winds up and down and twists back and forth lining the ocean all the way from Portland, through Warnambool, through Port Campbell National Park, Apollo Bay and Otway National Park to Geelong. Nearly at the end of it, we learned that the road had been built by a Citizen initiative to put World War One heroes/veterans back to work. These men were hired to build the road. It ...

The area between Lacepede Bay and Apollo Bay is called the Limestone Coast. It follows the southern coast of Australia and is home to the Coonawarra Wine Region. Coonawarra was not originally one of our destinations but a gentleman we met on the ferry to Kangaroo Island said since we were interested in beautiful scenery and renowned wineries, it was not to be missed. Making the adjustment in travel plans was not difficult and the drive was well-worth it. Bef...

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