December 20-29 Nine days does no justice to South Australia, so we chose a few highlights whilst heading back towards our Sydney deadline. We spent two nights at Venus Bay rather than its more famous Eyre Peninsula neighbours of Streaky or Smoky Bay. Our rationale was to avoid the holidays crowds and we were rewarded […]

December 17-19 We approached the trip across the Nullarbor with mixed feelings. We were looking forward to experiencing one of Australia’s iconic road trips, but also acutely aware that it marked the beginning of our journey east and we would be home in a little under 5 weeks.     The trip from Kalgoorlie in […]

December 14 to 17   From the southern beaches we have headed north to the Goldfields and based ourselves in the town of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. It has been a really interesting couple of days wandering around the outback discovering the highs and lows of gold mining in Australia.     The wealth and population shifts are […]

December 5-13   Imagine the turquoise crystal clear waters of the Southern Ocean lapping onto the whitest, finest sand beaches you have ever seen. Set this against a backdrop of a rugged coastline of bays, granite cliffs and headlands with massive expanses of lush coastal bush heading inland. Add the occasional granite mountain peak, a […]

December 1-4 Albany (pronounced ‘Al’, not ‘All’) is the oldest settled town in Western Australia (1826) and is built around King George Sound, a natural harbour with spectacular vistas that easily rival those of Sydney. It was superseded as the main WA port by Fremantle in 1897 as the direction of the prevailing winds made […]