• Melbourne: Top 10 Things to Do

    Melbourne: Top 10 Things to Do

    We started our most recent trip to Australia in Melbourne, spending three days there before setting off along the Great Ocean Road. The first two days covered popular attractions, with day three becoming more niche, visiting the film set of Neighbours and following in the footsteps of my great great grandfather who lived here over…

  • Australia 2 Week Road Trip

    Australia 2 Week Road Trip

    Our two week Australian Road Trip, started in Melbourne and ending in Adelaide. Along the way, we visited the former gold mine towns of Castlemaine and Ballarat before heading south to Geelong to see the bollard art. Then it was a drive along The Great Ocean Road towards Adelaide, with a detour to tastes some…

  • Melbourne in 3 Days

    Melbourne in 3 Days

    We started our most recent trip to Australia in Melbourne, spending three days there before setting off along the Great Ocean Road. The first two days covered popular attractions, with day three becoming more niche, visiting the film set of Neighbours and following in the footsteps of my great great grandfather who lived here over…

  • Warrnambool parkrun guide

    Warrnambool parkrun guide

    Getting There Warrnambool is a coastal town around 160 miles west of Melbourne on the Prince’s Highway. Warrnambool parkrun takes place every Saturday at 8 am in Lake Pertobe Adventure Park, just south of town. Getting There The park is just off the Prince’s Highway accessed via Pertobe Road, which runs between Lake Pertobe and…

  • Australia 2018

    Australia 2018

    RTW Day 44 – Melbourne 31st March 2018 A very early start today. We fly to Melbourne at 6 am, so need to get up at 3.30. To be honest, I’m too old to go without the requisite 8 hours sleep. But the flight is on time and and I get to watch The Greatest…

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