Blogs from Frankston, Victoria, Australia, Oceania

When we grow up and during most of the time of our childhood we listen to our parents or people that we look up to and that we think knows best. Then somewhere on the way we start to question things and take two steps back out of the bubble we live in and look at ourselves, and the world we live in, with different eyes. Some of us realise that we don’t have to act or do like we have been told while some of us continue without any further reflection. I myself realised this pretty reason and I start to understand myself, and the person that I am and want to be. There are no rules. Going to university, getting a career, buy a house, getting children or travel the world. When you realise ... read more

After having a beautiful dinner, having a very well needed shower (we did conquer a mountain after all) and a really good night sleep we waved goodbye to Jim, Jamie and her family. Next destination was the Blue Mountains. Just the name makes it feel mysterious. Who doesn’t want to get lost in the Blue Mountains… …we didn’t really get lost tho. We actually had some (more) family to visit J Sean and Manoo live on a beautiful farm surrounded by fields, animals and (of course) mountains. Their house is an absolute dream house. It has a relaxing and comfortable feeling with a beautiful artistic touch. We parked our van next to a little lake on their property not far away from their house. (a morning swim in your own lake is the perfect start of ... read more

Monday 6th We wake to grey skies and a blustery wind and set off for Phillip Island. We drive into the centre of Melbourne and the satnav does a good job guiding us through the roads. I only take one wrong turn, get tooted once and one chap waves to me, at least I think he’s waving ! The weather gets worse through the day with gale force wind and rain. We eventually reach Phillip Island and park at our site, not the prettiest but the best we could get at peak holiday time. Phillip Island turns out to be like the Isle of Wight with place names of Cowes and Ventor. We have a short walk through Cowes and it gets colder and I buy an extra jumper. In the evening we feel colder than ... read more

We spent our last day in Tasmania driving around the outskirts of Devonport, admiring the farmland and walking along the beach at Shearwater. It was an extra low tide with a wide sandy beach – we smiled at the big distance between the life savers on the sand and those few in swimming. The shells growing in abundance on rocks looked like baby mussels. We went back into town and had a last look at Devonport - all done, tick it off. We did enjoy our time in Tassie. We had our early start yesterday, leaving the caravan park and queueing at the Devonport wharf to catch the 9am sailing for Melbourne. There were other motor homes, caravans, cars and motor bikes waiting to board. It was another smooth nine hour trip, made pleasant by the ... read more

On Saturday we headed off early at the campgrounds and stopped at a charming Tea House just off of the highway. It was run by a lovely couple and after the coffee arrived we decided on some scrambled eggs for breakfast. When you can hear the eggs being prepared in the kitchen and the toast being buttered you know it's as fresh as it gets and the result was a delicious meal to start the day. With Tasmania just around the corner we needed to get closer to Melbourne in preparation for the departure on the Spirit of Tasmania. Just after lunch we found a caravan park just out of Frankston on the Mornington Peninsula. The remainder of the day was reasonably slow as we caught up on a week's worth of washing. The sky was ... read more