Geo: -35.281, 149.149Another beautiful day in the land of Aus. and we set off for the Bus Depot Market on the Kingston Foreshore. Two floors just full of stalls, food, drinks and plants down stairs and up stairs was a mixture of everything from scarves, jewellery, leather goods and art.Some beautiful stuff but really expensive, I liked a bag and when I looked at the price it stayed there, $850 was just a bit more then I had to spend. Stunning Art pieces in acrylic which were 3D, the woman just layers and layers until she gets the effect she wants.We had lunch of pancakes, mixed berries, ice-cream, cream and chocolate hot fudge, needless to say the diet is not working very well at all, but it was yummie.We then walked to the Canberra Glassworks, next ... read more

Geo: -35.281, 149.149We slept in until 9am which is unusual for us, a bit windy but the sun is shinning and we are ready for another day. Set off at 10.30am for the National Portrait Gallery.Wonderful portraits of the famous Australian's like Dame Nelly Melba, The White Mouse - Nancy Wake, Gough Whitlam and heaps of others. The In the Flesh exhibition was clever, charming and in some instances confronting. Very well done.The High Court was a short walk from this and we had a good look around it, what a massive place and would be quite daunting for a lay person to be in court there, like the Kerrigans from The Castle.The Art Gallery was another short walk across a bridge and we saw some remarkeable work, Ramingining artists The Aboriginal Memorial 1987-88,Claude Monet Meules, ... read more

Geo: -36.2403, 149.11Went to Mt Gladstone Lookout just above Cooma with commanding views of the Monaro out to the Snowy Mountains, cannot believe the beauty of the scenery here and we could see for miles, quiet amazing. On our way down the mountain we stopped at Heidi's Tea Rooms, very quaint and set in a really pretty spot. We had Earl Tea and home made apple strudel, Heidi who runs the business with her son said it was her Mother in Laws recipe from Austria. Wow it was nice and Mick thought it was worth the trouble he would have later on, being Fructose intolerant. We then visited the Snowy Hydro Centre, the scheme started in 1949 and the clever engineering and size of the project was mind boggling with 7 dams being used today, amazing ... read more

Geo: -37.7167, 148.1 Arrived in Nowa Nowa, found the Caravan Park Mick booked. Very ordinary and no one around so decided to book into Mingling Waters across the highway. Beautiful spot right on the river with free caravan parking available on the river, did not have our rods but is evidently a good fishing spot. $30 clean amenities and we were right next to the camp kitchen. Tea was fresh oysters and prawns from Lakes Entrance, the best prawns we have ever had. Night fall and we went to bed with the rain on the roof, lovely. ... read more

Geo: -37.6541, 145.516Left Cobram in pouring rain, both drenched so pulled the Caravan up outside the park and both of us changed out of wet clothes before continuing on to Healsville. I had put a wet weather jacket on and could not get it off, the zip would not work so eventually Mick found a pair of scissors and cut it, so that I could get the damn thing off. It has now gone to god! Mick could not help himself and thought it was a great joke.Saw a patch of sunshine as we drove through Shepparton, it has grown so much over the last 30 years, had lunch in Yea and filled up with fuel before continuing on to Healesville. The road trip was good and we arrived in Healesville at 1300, with plenty of ... read more