The Gables to 12 Apostles, Great Ocean Road Walk, Victoria

The Grand Finale! The final day was all about dramatic cliffs and raging ocean. Although a relatively calm day, you could feel the power of the Southern Ocean as it provided a constant background sound track. The walk itself, was again through dense coastal scrub. There was little wildlife seen bar three snakes!! One was […]

Castle Cove to Milanesia Gate – Great Ocean Road walk, Victoria

It was a fresh start in Apollo Bay on day 4, with the temperature hovering around 12 degrees at 7am. That’s when I made my decision…… my body needed a rest. It was to be a day off walking for me. But…… my definition of a day off is probably different to most. It turns […]

Parker’s Hill to Castle Cove – Great Ocean Road Walk, Victoria

Just like in an episode of Survivor, today I had to ‘tap out’. Lucky I had Suzie from Walk91 on call. No injury, just fatigue. Summary: Distance: 17km post chemo walker, 23km rest of the party. Vegetation: coastal scrub Animals: 1 koala, 2 tiger snakes! Birds: yellow tailed black cockatoo, sparrows fantails, scrub hens. Lighthouses: […]

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 […]

A day in the Hinterland – Sunshine Coast – QLD

Road tripping on the Sunshine Coast is easy with a wide variety of places to visit. For our road trip I chose; somewhere to swim, somewhere with a view, and two cute towns to wander through and grab a bite to eat. You could easy make a day of food and wine/beer tasting if you […]

Green sea turtles – Mudjimba Island – QLD

For a birthday/christmas treat, I booked us on a morning snorkel trip to swim with the turtles at Mudjimba Island (there is nothing I would rather do, than be in the water on my birthday). We met our guide Alexis and skipper James at ‘The wharf’ in Mooloolaba. Worth a visit on its own, the […]

Beach day – Sunshine Coast – QLD

There is something different about last minute holidays. More fly by the seat of your pants and see what happens different. With few expectations, no pressure and perhaps a tad more flexibility, they often turn out the best. If something goes wrong, shrug it off and move on! We booked a last minute trip to […]

Litchfield National Park – NT

Day 3 was our Northern Territory main event. Having had a difficult start to the year and being here to celebrate a big milestone (20th Wedding Anniversary), I decided we deserved an extra special treat….. A truely unforgettable day ensued and one that will sit at the top of my list of best travel experiences. […]