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.
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 […]
Most people head to California for the sun and the beaches but we dig the sun and the snow more! We have skied the Lake Thoe area for decades but just recently went back to two old favs: Mammoth Mountain and Squaw Valley – now renamed Tahoe Palisades. Highlights of Mammoth Mountain With 100 km of ski routes, 28 lifts, 178 runs and 945 m of vertical Mammoth mountain is […]