Our Big Lap around Australia started last Tuesday with The Duke hitting the road from Melbourne to Mildura for the night. It was supposed to be a quick slip across from Victoria into South Australia at Renmark-Paringa. We made sure we had our COVID-19 quarantine travel pass but we hadn’t paid close enough attention to the food quarantine requirements. A thorough inspection of the van by a uniformed quarantine officer […]
Day 1 Melbourne to Devonport to Cradle Mountain We headed to Tassie on the Spirit of Tasmania ferry which leaves from Port Melbourne in Victoria and lands in Devonport, Tasmania roughly (literally) 10 hours later. We took our trusty van, The Duke, and had a day sailing (all that was available) with no seat allocation, so thought I’d share some tips for making the most of the journey here: Ferry […]
A quick road trip in June took us to Broken Hill, Silverton and Mungo National park – three very unique paces that reveal the quirky character and timeless history of Australia. What to tick at Broken Hill Broken Hill is a historical but also strangely groovy silver, lead and zinc mining town on the edge of the desert at the central-western edge of New South Wales. There’s a lot of buildings and […]