This page will list all my trips in and around Victoria, Australia
You can drive to Canberra from Melbourne non-stop along the Hume Highway in 7 hours. We do this a lot as our daughter lives in Canberra. However, in late November, we decided to take our campervan and veer off on a few side trips to explore some of the river and mountain towns, on the way including Wodonga, Walwa, Tumbarumba, Jugiong. It was worth the detour(s) as we discovered some […]
Spotlight on Barwon Heads Nestled between Ocean Grove and Torquay, the cute little hamlet of Barwon Heads is a gourmet, golf, beach, walking and cycling delight. It’s around 90 mins from Melbourne’s Bayside suburbs or 75 minutes from Melbourne’s CBD but has the feeling of being further away from city life due to it’s cute little bridge crossing as you enter town and its wild and rugged 13th beach. In […]
This boot-shaped peninsula looks a little like Southern Italy in shape and boasts a town named from that area (Sorrento) as well as an abundance of olive groves, wineries and wood-fired pizza but it’s very much a laid-back Australian holiday destination with lots of surf beaches, sailing clubs, farmer’s markets, mazes, horse-riding, hot springs, golf clubs and fabulous walks. We’ve been exploring this area for too many decades to mention […]