Day 87 Thursday 6 April. Transit from Melbourne to Singapore. Sunny and 26ºC in Melbourne; humid and wet at 33ºC in Singapore. We rose at 0400 for departure to Melbourne Airport at 0500. Laura and Derek were kindly driving us there, but it can be a 90 minute journey and we were concerned that theContinue reading “Blog 20. Return from Australia. Singapore”
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Blog 19. Australia Finale. Melbourne
Day 81 Friday 31 March. Cold at 12ºC. Sunny. We set off from Phillip Island after breakfast to return to Geelong for a day, before heading for a weekend in Melbourne. The return journey did not seem as lengthy as the outward one, despite the fact that we stopped at yet another winery en route. Continue reading “Blog 19. Australia Finale. Melbourne”
Blog 18. Australia. Phillip Island
BLOG 18 Day 78 Tuesday 28 March. Sunny and 22ºC. Slightly cooler today, but still pleasant. We had kangaroo steaks and sausages last night for supper, by the way. The meat is leaner than steak with a slightly stronger flavour, though not as strong as venison. It is best eaten rare (according to Derek) becauseContinue reading “Blog 18. Australia. Phillip Island”
Blog 17. Australia. Phillip Island
Day 74 Friday 24 March. Sunny intervals. 24ºC. The journey to Phillip Island (which, contrary to my last blog, is not in Port Phillip Bay but on the open sea to the east) proved to be surprisingly long. Instead of taking the very lengthy, circuitous, route around Port Phillip Bay through Melbourne, we took aContinue reading “Blog 17. Australia. Phillip Island”
Blog 16. Australia. Warrnambool and Port Campbell
Day 70 Monday 20 March. Overcast with showers and sunny intervals. We are up early for departure from the Ponderosa (as I have taken to calling it) and our course south to the coast. It was a long, long drive to Warrnambool from Halls Gap: three to four hours on long, mostly straight, mostly emptyContinue reading “Blog 16. Australia. Warrnambool and Port Campbell”
Blog15. Australia. Halls Gap
Day 67 Friday 17 March and it is freezing. Well, 15 degrees at any rate. There is a bitter southerly wind blowing, though the sun is shining in a bright blue sky. We are off to the Australian Grampians today, to stay at a place called Halls Gap, which sounds even colder than where weContinue reading “Blog15. Australia. Halls Gap”
Blog 14. Australia. Kyneton and Daylesford
BLOG 14 Day 64 Tuesday 14 March. Bright sunshine, 30ºC. A gentle start today (we are sleeping in a lot, partly because the curtains in the room are so thick that you can’t tell it’s daylight), then a drive into Kyneton to stroll around and explore the town. It is hard to describe Kyneton –Continue reading “Blog 14. Australia. Kyneton and Daylesford”
Blog 13. Australia. Ballarat
Day 59 Thursday 9 March and we are off to the former gold mining town of Ballarat, about two hours’ drive away. We are staying at Sovereign Hill, a suburb of Ballarat and site of one of the old diggings, now converted into a theme township. It was a fairly straightforward drive there, on long,Continue reading “Blog 13. Australia. Ballarat”
Blog 12. Australia. Queenscliff and Lorne
Day 53 Friday 3 March. Sunny intervals, 24ºC, cool breeze. Today was a somewhat lazy day, with a late start after a very long sleep. After lunch we visited Geelong Library, an amazing modern building on five levels with clear views to the north and set in a very pleasant park. The park is usedContinue reading “Blog 12. Australia. Queenscliff and Lorne”
Blog 11. Australia. Sydney
Day 48 Sunday 26 February. Sydney, Australia. 24ºC, mainly sunny. We awoke to a grey, murky day but we resolved to put on a happy face (and a fleece) for the day and set off in search of breakfast. The day outside proved to be better than the view from our top floor (tinted) windowContinue reading “Blog 11. Australia. Sydney”
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