Don’t go chasing waterfalls
Don’t go chasing waterfalls Apollo Bay, Australia Apollo Bay, Australia Today the road trip began. We said goodbye to the in-laws after breakfast and hit the road for the start of the Great Ocean Road: Torquay, surfer town. We stopped at Soul Fuel Cafe for coffee and, after a...
Jousting with fire
Jousting with fire Ballarat, Australia Ballarat, Australia Our plan for today was to spend the day at Sovereign Hill in Ballarat. I can remember going there on my Grade 4 school trip and really enjoying it, so I imagined that Kramstable would love it. Despite him saying how much...
Back to Bacchus
Back to Bacchus Bacchus Marsh, Australia Bacchus Marsh, Australia I woke up at 3.30 and couldn’t get back to sleep. Even for me this is stupidly early and I didn’t want to get up then. I ended up going for a walk before getting the last few things I...
Counting and running as I go
Counting and running as I go New Norfolk, Australia New Norfolk, Australia In February 1979, our family packed up my father’s baby-spew green Datsun 180B (apparently the actual name of this shade is Datsun Spring Lime. Who knew.) and embarked on the biggest adventure of my life up to...
Day 14: What goes around comes around
Day 14: What goes around comes around Christchurch, New Zealand Christchurch, New Zealand Motel restaurant coffee is rarely good, and today’s was no exception. We decided to stop along the way for a further caffeine fix. After a couple of false starts, we stopped in Rolleston, which is, I...
Day 12: Dunedin days
Day 12: Dunedin days Dunedin, New Zealand Dunedin, New Zealand Dunedin. I love it. I’m currently sitting here drinking my very last Wanaka Beerworks Cardrona working out how I can stay here and not go home. OK I know that’s not going to happen. We had a great day....
Day 11: On the road again
Day 11: On the road again Dunedin, New Zealand Dunedin, New Zealand We left a very cold Te Anau in the morning to arrive in a very warn Dunedin mid-afternoon. We took the 94 hghway back to Mossburn, where the turn off to Queenstown is, and continued through Lumsden...
Day 10: No time no place to talk about the weather
Day 10: No time no place to talk about the weather Te Anau, New Zealand Te Anau, New Zealand Everything was go for our trip to Milford Sound this morning. We’d been checking the weather for this day ever since we’d arrived and it was going to be the...
Day 9: Driving rain
Day 9: Driving rain Te Anau, New Zealand Te Anau, New Zealand We left Queenstown this morning heading to Te Anau, where tomorrow (weather and roads permitting) we will be taking a day trip to Milford Sound. It was a great day for driving, with strong winds battering much...
Day 8: Freaking out in Queenstown
Day 8: Freaking out in Queenstown Queenstown, New Zealand Queenstown, New Zealand Queenstown is beautiful, but mega-touristy. It reminded me of Strahan but times 100. We got petrol. It cost $112 to fill a 70 litre tank. I’ve never paid more than $100 for a tank of petrol before....