Category: travel

If you know anything about Tasmania, you’ll probably have heard of Cradle Mountain.  It’s one of our most well-known landmarks and is a hugely popular area for visitors. I’d not been there since I was in high school (so you know, about 12 years ago), when our family spent...

This morning we had breakfast in Sheffield before having a last look at the murals and heading for Tasmazia and the Village of Lower Crackpot, about 15 minutes away in the wonderfully named Promised Land. On the way I insisted we stop to take photos of Mt Roland. It’s...

Home at last Hobart, Australia Hobart, Australia And now we’re home. I don’t know about Lil Sis, but I tried to sleep on the flight from Brunei to Melbourne. Every time I felt myself falling into sleep, some part of my body resisted and I woke up again. I...

Heading home Eastbourne, United Kingdom Eastbourne, United Kingdom And then, all too soon, yet not soon enough, it was time to go home. I’m not sure how people travel for weeks at a time and see heaps of stuff and keep themselves alert and interested. I’m exhausted and suffering...

Last day Eastbourne, United Kingdom Eastbourne, United Kingdom Today was our last full day in Eastbourne, as you can tell by the imaginative title of this post. We had thought of going to Battle to see some of the 1066 history, but we both felt sight-seen out and history...

More history Eastbourne, United Kingdom Eastbourne, United Kingdom We don’t have amy plans for the rest of our trip. There are a few things on the ‘nice to see list’ and we might get to them, but really we want to spend time with our aunt and cousin and...

Pevensey Castle Pevensey, United Kingdom Pevensey, United Kingdom FIrst up this morning we spent some time exploring the Eastbourne Pier, which is one of Eastbourne’s most famous sights. It was built in the 1860s and 70s, and the sightseeing tour commentary said it was built so people could go...

The white cliffs of Eastbourne Beachy Head, United Kingdom Beachy Head, United Kingdom As on our first day in London, we decided to use our first day in Eastbourne to explore the city a bit with the Hop on Hop off bus tour. The tour goes along the seafront,...

The sunniest place in the UK Eastbourne, United Kingdom Eastbourne, United Kingdom After a week in London, it was time to move on. It hardly seems like a week ago that we arrived in England and had our first meal at an English pub. It seems like so much...

Last day in London London, United Kingdom London, United Kingdom We had no plans for today. It was our last day in London so we thought we’d just see what we felt like doing on the day. We decided that we couldn’t in all good conscience stay 2 blocks...