Melbourne, Great Ocean Road, Grampian mountains, Metung, Mt. ???.
Highlights: Lovely walks, sailing the lakes, seeing old friends.
Day 389-391 - Jan 28-30 : Melbourne
The ferry from Tasmania arrived on time and it was wonderful to disembark and see Peli's great friend Fiona and her flatmate Ch...
Hobart, via many great places in Tasmania, Devonport.
Highlights: Fires, mountains, "non-crap" bread, hospitality, wombats.
Day 371-372 - Jan 10-11 : Arrived in Taz
After a long night in the airport we were on autopilot when we picked up the rental car. The rental company told us they didn't h...
Cycle touring in Australia :
I can't...
We didn't do much camping in Australia as we were lucky to have wonderful friends who let us stay at theirs. However, we managed five nights on campsites, caravan parks and in wilder campgrounds run by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
What we found was brilliant service and very clean 'a...
Great friends and time had, with beautiful view and weather ranging from sunny to massive rain storm. And so long and thanks for all the fish ...
Day one : 14/10/10 :
At Ian's place up in the hills to the west of Brisbane we got settled in as the frogs started to chirp up. Boy, can a little thin...
Local knowledge gave us, a night a rainforest, waterfalls and kangaroos. Brilliant view at small beaches and a route away from the busy roads.
Day one - 11/10/10 :
Our journey further north started a day earlier than planned, because we had to hunt down a new front light for me. The sad news was...
Steep hills, Deli belly and a lost light, tested us for our touring. But with a good laugh, great ride and guiding from a beginner.
Day one - 08/10/10 :
We met my old flatmate from London in Darling Harbour after his work day was over. Anthony guided us over the Harbour Bridge to his home in nor...
4WD tracks, beautiful beaches, camping, long strait road our first taste of the ever so clean Australian campsites.
Day one - 05/10/10 :
We hired a car, well a 4x4 (sorry world but the cycling we are doing and are going to do, we will make it up).
A simple little ride into down town Melbourne...
Four wonderful days in and around Melbourne, mainly catching up with friends, sight seeing and the odd pootle.
Day one - 01/10/10 :
We got up and put our bikes back together, no damage to them bar one scratch on Peli's bike :( I think it must have been her cassette that have been pressed to the f...
So we have arrived in Australia after 20 + hours flying.
The night before was a bit stressful since Qantas told us stories about what we could take with us and how much. So after a panic repacking we were within limits, just.
The journey to Heathrow was very stressful since for some reason SW6 w...
The time has come. We are now both off on holiday, just waiting until we need to head out to the airport to fly down under. We are rather well prepared this time around.
A few bits still need to be done in the flat, on the bicycles and the last bit of packing. A rant about how airlines don't tell...
Well we have gone and done it, booked our flights to Down Under and The land of the long white cloud :)
So on Wednesday the 29 of September 2010 at 12:20 we will be taking of from London and arriving in Melbourne at 20:00 on Thursday the 30th of September.
We will over the next two and a bit w...
