Blogs from Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia, Oceania - page 4

Hi again everyone, sadly enough heb ik mijn wederhelft moeten achterlaten in Sydney, nog 10 dagen wachten voor ik Anouk terugzie in chilly Belgium! Newcomer on the block is m'n pa, die de volgende week zal meereizen van Sydney over Uluru naar Melbourne en via de Grampians, de ocean road via de kust en de Blue mountains weer richting Sydney. Zoals de mensen die Herman Remmerie kennen al geraden hebben, zal het tempo aanzienlijk stijgen en worden idylsche stranden vervangen door actie en auto's. first stop is Uluru and the Olga's again, zodat ook papa deze kiezel kan bewonderen. Maar exact hetzelfde krijgen we niet te zien: ditmaal schijnt de zon broeierig hard, en krijgen we wel een prachtige zonsondergang voorgeschoteld. Uluru ziet er gans anders uit! Ook de Olga's schitteren opnieuw. De volgende ochtend is ... read more

After another long flight Kelly and I found ourselves landing in a cold but gorgeously sunny Melbourne - we'd finally made it to Oz! After waiting a couple of hours to get through customs we were met by my cousin Kate who took us back to hers briefly before putting us on a train to Warnambool where we would be collected by another cousin, Dean, to go and stay with him and his family (wife Jo, two boys Finn and Ferris) in the tiny town of Port Fairy. Dean's house is amazing: with high ceilings and brightly coloured walls, it's an old Masonic hall that they have converted half into a house and half into a second hand book shop which Jo runs. We started our relaxing weekend with take-away pizza getting to know each other ... read more