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Off for a little holiday
“Up n Out”, the Towns moto that we’ve yet to achieve and doesn’t run strong in our bloodline. Nevertheless there’s nothing like the deadline of a Kangaroo Island ferry departure to focus the most lackadaisical minds! So we were up as the sun slowly crawled above the...
Oceans Four
When we announced our ‘big lap’ plans to family and friends, we received many a varied response; from “Wow, what an amazing thing to do. I’d love to do it!”, to “OMG you’re mad!” and everything in-between. Just like our last trip, many shared they were happy to follow...
Birthday Boy’s Bonanza
When we arrived at the camp at Lake Barrington we were not alone, but we were. Camps had been set up but no one was around, it was like a ghost camp. We’d forgotten the Australia Day public holiday was coming up at the w/e and it’s not unusual in Australia to set up...
Van Dieman’s Land
We took the day crossing from Port Melbourne and enjoyed a calm ride for the 10 hours we were on the boat. With delays of the incoming ferry, we ended up docking in Devonport at 10.30pm and found camp a few streets away from the dock at a local race track. After the...
The Big Smoke
It was time to leave the serenity of Bonnie Doon and with a wave goodbye to Lake Eildon we headed to Melbourne, next stop James and Paulette’s (P for short). We arrived late afternoon, perfect timing for a bottle of champagne and nibbles to celebrate James and P...
False Start
The Tour had begun, out onto the open road, wind in our hair, Australia at our feet. OK, we weren't really mimicking Thelma and Louise, that may be a slight exaggeration as we only had an hours drive ahead of us. We drove through the windy roads of Kosciuszko National...
Finally, time to go!
What seemed a lifetime of packing, sorting, re-sorting, re-packing, then resorting to just dumping stuff into boxes on the off-chance we’d need the items, we shoe-horned everything into Tinfish & Minty. The time had come to shut the door on the house and get on to...