Author Archives: fiona

Generally driving day with option to stop off along the way for any sights. Hopeful of getting into Coorong National Park (seemed like a lot of access points were 4WD only). Had fond memories of the film “Storm Boy” from … Continue reading →

Checked out by 10.30, found somewhere to park the van in Penola and for the second time in 3 1/2 weeks got out the bikes! Pedalled off in search of more vino. Mapped out a route to 4 more cellar … Continue reading →

Discounted cave tours available when you’ve already done one so we decided on the Victoria Fossil Cave and the Wonambi Fossil Centre (self guided) tour plus the Wet Cave which is thrown in with the Wonambi one. Planned for a … Continue reading →

As expected for the day we were leaving the Grampians, woke up to a lovely sunny day. Headed out anyway, first checking again with the Visitor Info Centre re my watch (no luck) and filing a lost property report with … Continue reading →

Drive to scenic lookout day, with option for short walks to said lookouts, if required. Visited Boroka, Reed (aka Reid, Ried, depending which map or sign you believe), lookouts, the Balconies, MacKenzie (or McKenzie) Falls. Then on out towards Horsham. … Continue reading →

A walk in the mountains seemed like an option on waking, mainly as wasn’t actively raining and there was even a hint of spring-like cornflower blue in parts of the sky (among the grey clouds of course). A likely candidate … Continue reading →

Expected to take several hours to get up to the Grampians but only took a couple. Sunny start to the day – hooray! Rain and looming cloud slowly appeared in the direction we were heading in and couldn’t see the … Continue reading →

Off to Flagstaff Hill today – historic reconstruction of a 1800-1900’s maritime village in Warnambool. Useful pieces of information gleaned from this experience – you wouldn’t have wanted to be a teacher back then, and ladies only bathed 4 times … Continue reading →

Hit the really special part of the Great Ocean Road today…… rain blowing wildly in cyclonic winds around the 12 Apostles (I think there are actually less than 12 now as some of them have clearly fallen over –  certainly … Continue reading →

Rained overnight (no surprise there) and gale force winds arrived. Still raining this morning. So much for the idea of a more substantial walk today! Explored Cape Otway Lightstation (built 1848) complex and just managed to avoid being blown off … Continue reading →