Blogs from Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, Oceania - page 4

October 1st we started our new adventure. Erica took us to Bairnsdale. We rented a car and started out on The Great Alpine Road for a journey of discovery. The Great Alpine Road is considered to be one of the great touring routes of Australia. For more than 300 kilometres there are valleys, mountains, forests, rivers and ocean. You pass thru Victoria's largest national park, the Alpine National Park (which contains 10 of the 11 highest mountains in the state----which Steve so enjoyed driving :) ). We were able to see the ski fields, snow and then go right into green grass, trees and flowers. There are many small farms along the way with lots of cattle and horses. We are posting pictures of the towns that we passed thru and some of the interesting sites ... read more

Local happenings Australasia » Australia » Victoria » Gippsland By Doug and BecJune 13th 2007Doug Taylor and Bec Fidler A few pics of what we have been up to recently! We're really on the countdown now! We just wake everyday and pray for the phone call that will see us employed at one of the local schools. If there's no call, we amuse ourselves at home or down the street or just generally find ways to avoid spending money (without much success, I must point out!) Our inboxes are being flooded with negative RSVP's with is so sad but it does mean that for those... read more

Just another day to go at work, a day of packing and it's Melbourne here we come for takeoff on Saturday. ... read more

We left for our 6 month holiday on November 26, 2006. We left Calgary airport at 8 am, landed in Los Angeles, had an 11 hr stopover and then continued onto Melbourne. We arrived in Melbourne after approximately 40 hrs of travel time. From Melbourne Dave and I plus his family travelled to Stratford, which is about 3 hrs east of Melbourne. The state of Victoria is currently experiencing the worst drought in recent history. As a result there are some severe bushfires burning that we actually saw start. While in this area we did a few tourist activities, including Buchan Caves and Lakes Entrance. The caves are limestone caves that had lots stalactites etc in them. From there we headed to Lakes Entrance which is on Bass Strait, took only photos because the water was ... read more

When I explained to Matt Mulcahy that I was going to travel around Australia, the first question he asked was, ‘where are you starting?’ When I casually replied, ‘Bundalaguah,’ he shrugged his shoulders, took a sip of his beer and said, ‘where else’. Bundalaguah is a small farming community in East Gippsland between Maffra and Sale. It consists of a dozen or more farms, a school, a cricket ground and plenty of beer-stocked fridges. The Simpson family first came to know of the place in the late 70s when Ian and his terry towling hat ventured up the Princess Highway with a Richmond CC team to play a practice clash against the locals. Dad was lucky enough to stay with Neil and Marion Wrigglesworth upon whose property the cricket club stands and, as people do when ... read more