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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Meelup Hill – Meelup Regional Park, WA

Yesterday with a few things on my mind, we decided to venture out to one of our special local places. Like everyone else, it is easy to get caught up in the demands of life and forget about getting out to appreciate the natural beauty around us. But it is a great way to clear […]

Cape to Cape track – Cape Leeuwin, WA

I’ll start by admitting this is not an article about completing the whole track, but merely a couple of day jaunts while on our annual easter trip to Augusta. As the weather was not really conducive to our usual swimming adventures, I managed to convince a few of my fellow campers to join me on […]