Blogs from Australia, Oceania - page 7

So in late February 2024, I headed back to Perth, to complete the last 450kms of my Bibbulmun Track adventure. Most people say it is too early to start out on the track and with news outlets showing quite a few bush fires in West Australia, I was a bit concerned. However, I was committed to the trip and decided to go with it and see what transpired. I had decided to go as light as possible and therefore took my Deuter 32 litre backpack rather than the 75 litre backpack I had taken previously, which I felt was too big and heavy. So on the 28th February, I caught the TransWA bus down to Pemberton ready to head off the next day to complete the trek. As previously commented, I had to backfill sections that ... read more

So in late February 2024, I headed back to Perth, to complete the last 450kms of my Bibbulmun Track adventure. Most people say it is too early to start out on the track and with news outlets showing quite a few bush fires in West Australia, I was a bit concerned. However, I was committed to the trip and decided to go with it and see what transpired. I had decided to go as light as possible and therefore took my Deuter 32 litre backpack rather than the 75 litre backpack I had taken previously, which I felt was too big and heavy. So on the 28th February, I caught the TransWA bus down to Pemberton ready to head off the next day to complete the trek. As previously commented, I had to backfill sections that ... read more

The Pandemic was finally over, the ships had started their long journey home, and Friday 17th November 2023 was the date we officially booked our ‘14 Night Queensland cruise from Melbourne’ with the Grand Princess. But it didn’t start there. You see, in 2020, we were originally booked to fly to Sydney to meet my Aunty, and Uncle to board the Majestic Princess (my dream ship) for a ‘ten night Queensland cruise until it was devastatingly cancelled when the COVID Pandemic occurred which put the International cruise industry on pause for over two years. Now that the International borders have reopened, all the restrictions have lifted, and cruising his back where it belongs; it’s time for the ‘take two’ of the Queensland cruise. THE PRINCESS MEDALLION: Because of COVID, a lot of things have changed in ... read more

It's hard to believe, but this only the third blog about King Island on Travelblog, the last one is not new either, dating from 2008! I had no idea about this place up to recently after sharing some golfing conversations with few Aussies about the best golf courses in Australia. Cape Wickham came in, and I did my homework to find out more about it. The next step was to organize this little one week trip with my lovely wife to Tasmania. Tanya flew in Melbourne from Bali, an easy short 6 hours direct flight. Mine was a little longer starting in Durban, South Africa. I was more than happy to find a good upgrade by miles deal with Emirates, flying on top of the big bird all the way from Joburg to Melbourne via Dubai. ... read more

Saturday 30 h March, CarnarvaonBig4 Plantation Caravan ParkCost $46.75 per night with membershipRated by us 8/10Mileage 15865 travelled 0Very quiet do nothing type of day today, gathering our thoughts and enjoying relaxing. We rediscovered the amazing coffee at the Waterfront Kiosk and sat on the terraced walls on the foreshore and watched the world go by. Having Tippy with us gets all manner of people talking to you and spoiling him with cuddles he is such a poser and laps it all up. Spoke with people from Qlds, Perth and Brisbane today. Stocked up on some food at the IGA it would seem the shortage of bottles of drinking water is also been felt up here. The shortages in Perth have been caused by the flooding on the Nullabor w... read more

A good start to the day. It was a natural wake up, in a very comfy bed! I walked into the living room to find Bernard chilling on his double blow up bed. He said he’d also had a comfy night, with his downgrade! We started the day with a catch up chat, then agreed on eggs with toast for brekky. This also came with a banana, coffee, and all sorts of protein stuff to kick start our day. It was nice. I enjoyed brekky today. We spent a while, getting our stuff together for the day ahead. We are going on a short train journey, then a bus journey, which will take us to Coogee, which is where our walk will start. We hit perfect timing today, we hit the train with a 3 minute ... read more