Shelly beach to Parker’s Hill – Great Ocean Road walk, Victoria

Too tired to write much tonight! Day 2 Summary: Glorious and quite different to day one. We spent most of our time in the forest hiking along old logging tracks amongst the Mountain Ash, Brown Stringybark, and Swamp gums. Majestic trees, ferns, flowers, mushrooms, birds and …….. koalas!! After hiking the forest, we dropped down […]

Apollo Bay to Shelly Beach – Great Ocean Road Walk, Victoria

Day 1 on the Great Ocean Road track was a stunner. A little overcast, warm (but not too warm) and a light wind, perfect conditions. Designed to be an introductory day, we only had a mere 8.5km to cover. At this point, I need to make a disclaimer…… We have cheated slightly and decided to […]

It’s not a Bee line, it’s a V/line – Melbourne to Apollo Bay, Victoria

The Travel Bees are making a V/Line for Apollo Bay. With the Victorian government offering free public transport, our V/line 195km train and coach journey…… nada. In fact, the train conductor joked that instead of showing train tickets, a photo of your dog would suffice! Unbelievable…. something to consider WA. The fuel shortage has thrown […]

Adventures of B127 (the blue suitcase)

Sometimes when we return from a trip, I put together a ‘bloopers’ blog (a series of funny mishaps). This year I started to write one but quickly realised we had one blooper that overshadowed all others. It needed its own blog. Yes, we had the usual ski related bloopers – crashes, tree hugging, disintegrating ski […]

Naena waterfall hike – Mt Myoko – Japan

After hanging up my skis, and on a bright ‘bluebird’ day, Mr Travel Bee and I decided to join Myoko Ski Lodge’s waterfall hike. What a cracker day. We loved it. To start, we hiked along a partially frozen river. This section was only a mild incline and we trekked in our normal outdoor footwear […]

Myoko Ski Lodge – Akakura – Japan

When Master 18 suggested meeting up with Miss E’s family for a second week of skiing, I felt rather apprehensive. Not because I didn’t want to spent time with her family (I knew they would be fun!) but because I knew one week skiing would be a struggle for me, much less two. However…… I […]

Lake Kawaguchi and Mt Fuji- Japan

This blog is all about the pictures. Standing on its own, Mt Fuji has to be one of the most symmetrical, perfectly snow capped mountains you could ever come across. This makes it very photogenic!! To get there, we caught the Fuji Express from Shinjuku station to Lake Kawaguchi where we stayed overnight. Although Mt […]

Akihabara, Imperial palace gardens, Harajuku, Shinjuku – Tokyo

If we thought our few days in Tokyo were going to be a rest from skiing we were sadly mistaken. Yesterday, we walked 18,500 steps, many of which were stairs into and out of metro stations. Our thighs and butts are still burning!! For this trip we have tried to visit different areas to our […]

Tokyo Skytree, teamLab planets and Shabu-shabu – Tokyo

With only two days in Tokyo, it was always going to be action packed. However, when fatigue set in following our week of skiing, we had no choice but to factor in a little rest time! Our first evening here (after bus and flight delays due to heavy snow in Hokkaido), we dashed to our […]

Snow trekking – Kiroro Peak – Hokkaido

For those that have been wondering, yes I have snuck in a couple of snow treks. Here at Kiroro Peak there are several trails and Club Med run one hour guided walks twice a day. It isn’t the most popular activity…… I have done two treks and both times ended up with a private guide. […]