Great Ocean Highway: Invasion of the CockatoosPam the BirdToday Andy, John and I head out to explore the Great Ocean Road which snakes it’s way along the gorgeous southern coastline between Torquay and Warrnambool for 243 kms. To get to Torquay from Melbourne is an 1.5 hour drive. Originally John had scheduled an itinerary to do the drive in one day with a 5:00AM start. But on the advice …
Flowers, Wineries and Fairy PenguinsMount MarthaIt is pouring rain when we wake up. Belinda, Andy, John and I pile Into the car and head first to a town called Mount Martha on the outskirts of Melbourne by the coast (Port Phillip Bay).Fortunately the rain stops. We stop in at Belinda’s mother, Barbara’s house.Her home is an idyllic window lined house surrounded by beautiful gardens. It is like a paradise. We …
Off to MelbourneFrom Uluru to MelbourneI sleep in until 5:45am this morning. We take our time finishing packing, reading and watching the news. An interesting story came up…a resort in Port Douglas found a juvenile crocodile in their luxury swimming pool. You can’t make this stuff up. Click here for the news video.Our flight leaves at 11:10am. We are flying Jet Star.About three hours later (of which I spend …
Kata Tjuta and Ayers RockSunrise at Kata Tjuta LookoutFor the third morning in a row we get ourselves up before 4:00AM …this time to catch the bus to watch the sunrise over Kata Tjuta, (Uluru ‘s lesser known sibling rock formation).From this sunrise platform we can also see the sun rising beside Uluru which gives us a whole different perspective than yesterday. Even at Kata Tjuta’s lookout, distant Uluru …
