Tick tick tick. This travel blog is for the time poor but curious traveller who wants to see at a glance the top three things to tick on every trip. Why three? It keeps my travel blog short and sweet. It also ties in with a triptych, an artistic form from the middle ages which is an arrangement of three pictures together that tell a story.
As the autumn trees dropped their golden leaves and the winds turned to the south, we thought it might be time to do a triple Tassie island adventure before the southern tips of Australia started to freeze. Happening Hobart We had two overnight stops in Hobart in between our Maria and Bruny Island adventures and were surprised to discover how hip and happening Hobart had become. We enjoyed delicious meals […]
Wilsons Promontory is Victoria’s favourite National Park and it is pretty much booked out on weekends and peak periods all year round. We thought we’d sneak in mid-week just before Easter while the weather was still good and re-acquaint ourselves with the beautiful beaches and walks. The last time we’d visited was over 12 years ago and nothing much had changed – except the Visitor Information Centre was being completely […]
With the price of fuel skyrocketing due to the Gulf war we decided to pivot from a New South Wales road trip in March 2026 to one in our local Victorian backyard. We packed up the van with bikes, beach towels and hiking boots and headed to Gippsland to discover an array of gourmet treats, rail trails, endless golden beaches and towering trees in the Strzelecki ranges. What a cornucopia […]