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<div class="blog-buttons"><a href="https://tripticks.org/five-days-in-glorious-gippsland/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div>
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<div class="blog-buttons"><a href="https://tripticks.org/californias-best-ski-areas-mammoth-and-tahoe-palisades/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div>
We have always loved Colorado for skiing – something about the mix of cowboy towns, big powder, chilled vibe (discounting Vail of course) and wide-open bowls lures us in every time. We spent a<div class="blog-buttons"><a href="https://tripticks.org/colorado-powder-chills-and-thrills-at-steamboat-a-basin-and-copper-mountain/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div>