We have a new story about the last part of of road trip to Melbourne and back. We connected with the Queensland coast at the Alexandra Headland on the Sunshine Coast. From there we coast-hopped our way back home to Palm Cove. Most of our stops on this part of the trip were really just stopovers on the way home. […]
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A glimpse of the sea, and more inland cities
Since leaving home at Palm Cove seven weeks ago, we have been a long way from the sea. Apart from a couple of sightings of Port Phillip Bay in Melbourne, the sea has been a long way from where were have travelled. Such a change from the beach walks we so often do at home. But at Newcastle, our first […]
Rest and relaxation in Melbourne before starting the journey back north.
After our long journey from Far North Queensland to Melbourne we were looking forward to catching up with friends and family, not to mention getting some well-earned R&R. We managed to do that, and before long it was time to saddle up and begin the journey north again. This post covers the time we spent in Melbourne, and then our […]
Mildura – the last stop before Melbourne
Our road trip southwards from Far North Queensland to Melbourne has now reached Mildura in Victoria’s Sunraysia district. This will be our final stop before reaching Melbourne and catching up with friends and family. Mildura is a lovely town on the banks of the mighty Murray River. The city and its surrounds have a rich history, first from its days […]
Outback New South Wales
After leaving Carnarvon Gorge our adventure continued to the south. We left our home state of Queensland and began the trek through outback New South Wales. This part of the trip started in the black opal mining ton of Lightning Ridge and ended in the very interesting and historic city of Broken Hill. There were plenty of things to see […]
Carnarvon Gorge
After leaving the flat plains of outback Queensland’s grazing districts, we continued our journey south through the centre of the State. Our destination was to an entirely different world, Carnarvon Gorge in the Sandstone Wilderness of Western Queensland. We discovered a wonderful oasis in this very remote part of Australia, hours from the nearest town. We did a couple of […]
Once There Were Dinosaurs
We are travelling again, this time on a road trip from Cairns to Melbourne and back again. The first part of our journey was to the Flinders Region of outback Queensland. Tens of millions of years ago the area was a large, shallow sea with a multitude of islands forming an archipelago and hundreds of kilometres of sandy shores. The […]
A Short Stopover in Hong Kong
After leaving London and family behind we flew to Hong Kong where we had a one-night stopover. Neither of us had been to Hong Kong for decades. Last time we were there it was still a British colony, and flights threaded their way through apartment towers to land at Kai Tak airport. Although we were only there for a short […]
Our Final Week in London
London January 2026 We had one final week in London before our UK trip came to an end. Jan used the time to be Nanna, while Chris became a London tourist for a week. Jan got some quality time with Patrick, Chris saw the sights of London and took a day trip to the coast, and together they took in […]
Cold and Windy Shetland
One place that we felt we had missed during our long adventure in 2022/23 was Shetland, the northernmost part of the British Isles. We spent some time in The Orkneys, just of the north coast of Scotland, but didn’t venture further to Shetland. This was our chance to fill that gap. Of course, we were in The Orkneys in summer, […]
Meandering Around Mediaeval York
After our snowy visit to Schliersee in Bavaria, we took the train north to York. But not before an important celebration in London before we left. Click on the photo to read about our visit to York, where we experienced its long heritage through Roman, Viking, and Christian eras. York, England January 2026 If you want to follow our travels […]
On the road again….
We hadn’t planned to travel again until mid-2026, but we received some happy news from London; Natalie and Dom were expecting a baby before Christmas, so this prompted some quick planning to visit. We will do some other things while we are here, and the interactive map below shows where we plan to be during December and January. The blue […]
Coda – A few last things to see in Delhi
We had an afternoon and most of the next day to fill in Delhi. We booked a single night in South Delhi, about halfway between the airport and Connaught Place, the commercial centre of New Delhi. Using the new, and very impressive, metro system, we did some final exploring. There were a couple of popular attractions within a couple of […]
Close Encounters of the Tiger Kind
After the closure of airports in the north-west of the country we had to make last minute changes to our plans, adding days in Goa and cancelling our visit to Chandigarth and Amristsar. But we were very relived when we were able to juggle dates and flights so we could still get to Nagpur for our much-anticipated visit to Tadoba-Andhari […]
A Birthday Weekend in Cooktown
So, what’s this? You thought that because we got back home after the Grand European Adventure we wouldn’t have any travelling to post about? Well, they may not be coming out as often as they were last year, but we have been out and about a bit since we got back. One of our weekends away was to Cooktown in […]
Trying to Stay Dry in County Donegal
The journey from Derry to the northern end of County Donegal coincided with the weather turning seriously wet and miserable. Enough to confine us to quarters for a day and get us soaked another. We still got out and about, and added another chapter amazing to our knowledge of the British occupation of this island, and events in The Troubles […]
A couple of days in Galway and the Connemara Hills
Our journey through Ireland continues as we travel along the Atlantic Coast from Cork to Galway. On the way there we saw one of Ireland’s greatest attractions, the stunning Cliffs of Moher, did some walking in the Connemara Hills, wandered the streets of Galway during the annual International Arts Festival, and saw some of the Galway coast. Click on the […]
The Viking City of Waterford
After picking up a car in Dublin, our circumnavigation of Ireland began with us travelling south to the lovely little city of Waterford. About four hours from Dublin, it is the oldest city in Ireland, originally settled by the Vikings. Waterford’s main claim to fame today is its famous Waterford Crystal, and we discovered that there was a bit to […]
Dublin, One of the World’s Great Cities
The next stop on our tour of Ireland is the capital of The Republic of Ireland, Dublin. Although we were only there for a couple of nights, because it is such a compact and walkable city, we saw a lot. While there isn’t the visible political edge that we saw in Belfast, Dublin was also very important in the Irish […]
The Confronting Political Face of Belfast
By the time we’ve posted the story of this part of our adventure we are already back home in Cairns, with the whole island of Ireland to tell you about. We spent three weeks there, in both Northern Ireland and The Republic in the south. The first instalment is from Belfast, the scene of so much political upheaval in the […]