Oct 15, 2019 - A full day of exploring......

A day to explore huh?? Well I have to say a day is not really enough for up here as there is so much to explore - but we just stayed around Darwin as time was too short for anything else............however before I go on and on and on........... HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR SAMMI HOW DID YOU GET TO BE OLDER THAN ME? HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU Ok then where was I?? Yes so we started off with a light breakfast and coffeeeeeee before heading towards Cullen Bay. I thought I would like this area - but it was very...

Oct 14, 2019 - Travel to Darwin

So.......up early to complete the packing, take the dogs for a quick walk then in the car and off to the airport. Considering the time of day we made it in good time - which gave us enough time for a chillaxed coffee with date and nut loaf!! The uneventful flight to Darwin was good - considering I watched several episodes of Air Crash Investigation before I left........which is normal for me.......but David on the other hand has now become a nervous flyer (beef or cow??) We arrived at our hotel about 2.00pm Darwin time. So did my usual...

Oct 13, 2019 - Bag gobbler

Arrived in Melbourne at 6:15 after quite a good flight (if you can call a long haul flight good). No problems with immigration or customs, and we were soon at the departures area for domestic, .This is where the problems started. We had been told we would need to check our cases in for the Hobart flight, so we found a bag drop area and saw that people used their boarding passes to retrieve their details and to print the bag tags . So J put his bag on the conveyer and commenced answering the on screen questions. He then realised the tag from...

Sep 24, 2019 - Dernière étape Melbourne

Bonjour a Tous, Juste une petite entrée pour finaliser mon parcourt sur la carte en australie. Quelques photos. He, j'ai fait de l'escalade avec Evan de NZ et Alex de St Lambert, en stage de commerce international. A bientôt en Nouvelle Zélande !!! Wababadoudou !!!

Sep 17, 2019 - La Great Ocean Road ...

Bonjour a Tous. Espérant que vous avez aimé les photos. La, je suis arrivé a Melbourne pour 3 jours avant mon vol pour la NZ le 27 au soir pour moi. J'ai bien aimer la Great Ocean Road... plusieurs similitude avec la route 1 en Califournie de Santa Monica a Montery, pour le bout que je connais. Cependant, a ce que je sache de tout dernièrement, il fête son 100 anniversaire cette année. Suite a la première gueurre, les emplois étaient rare et ils ont engagés les soldats revenant de la gueurre pour la construire. 1919 le début et 1923...

Sep 5, 2019 - Koalas et Parc N Wilson Promotary

Bonjour Familles Zé Amis, Oui les koalas valaient le petit detour. Grace a de la bonne information de personne rencontrer. J'aurai la chance de croiser au moins 2 autres endroits ou il y a des koalas. A voir. Jusqu'a hier, il avait fait soleil a tout les jours et un peu de nuage. Pluie 3 nuits legerement. Cependant, la, une grosse dépression de 3-4 jours. Pluie et vent de nuit surtout et vent un peu pluie de jour. Chanceux, le jour avant, sans savoir que sa commencerais ... j'ai rencontré un vieux M, 90 ans ds un cafe/sandwicherie qui ma...

Sep 2, 2019 - Malaysia - Getting high in KL

Luckily we both had to good sense to select the room only option at the hotel as we were both sleepy heads and woke up well after it had finished. The weather is hot around 33 degrees so thank heaven's for airconditioned shopping malls and above ground connecting walkways. We visited a nearby handicraft complex which exhibits various traditional crafts from across Malaysia. The complex is laid out with traditional wooden huts featuring Malay Terengganu architecture. There were various hand looms displaying many traditional patterns and...

Aug 31, 2019 - Last day in Lennox

the flame trees are flaming at present and look magnificent. The large trees are out on the highway and I wasn't able to stop to take photos so this small tree had to do. This morning we went to watch Finn play in the final of soccer, his team put up a good fight but didn't win. They had a get together this afternoon for the end of season. After the soccer game we all went for a game of tenpin bowling.. Nana won, and enjoyed the reminiscing of when she played league bowling quite a few years ago. We all had fun though. Seeing as Finn...

Aug 28, 2019 - Depart de chez les Amis et la mer !!!

Bonjour Familles Zé Amis lecteurs, Une superbe semaine a Canberra, chanceux que je ne couchais pas dehors, car, il a geler plusieurs nuits !!! Reputer pour etre la villes la plus froide d'Australie a l'exception des montagnes. Qq visites, qq bieres, bonne nouriture, qq marchent avec les chiens, qq promenades a velo pour garder les jambes actives. Merci les Amis(mate). Apres qq montagnes ... je suis rendu sur la cote, saucer les jambes, prit un camping pour bien laver mon linges et repos 1 1/2 jour. Eden l'endroit ou je suis, la fin de...

Aug 28, 2019 - Killen Falls

Today we went to the Emigrant Creek Dam and Killen Falls. A lovely walk in the Bush listening to the native birds. We spotted a pair of Black cockatoos and a couple of Brush Turkeys. The size of the Turkey nest mounds is amazing - they just keep on scratching up the surrounding leaves etc. The elkhorn and birds nest ferns were big and lots of them. It was a steepish rough track down to the falls, but well worth it. Along with fish jumping out of the water we spotted these turtles resting on the log....

Aug 27, 2019 - Out with it!!

Well the tooth had to come out- it had a crack up in the gum and was so damaged the only option was to remove it. So yesterday was spent quietly with a few pain killers. I have to say that the dentist I had was the most gentle dentist I have ever come across and very caring. We went to the fish co-op to get some fresh fish for dinner and I decided to treat us to some prawns for lunch. For our UK readers this photo is of Medium sized King Prawns (not like the scrawny little things they call King Prawns in your country!!!!!) They were very...

Aug 27, 2019 - Let the fun begin

Relaxing in the Plaza Lounge at Melbourne Airport. The landing was a little harsh and someone who was asleep at the time made a loud noise - luckily no expletives (yet) Security and passport control was quick and easy. Still some morons complained! The Plaza Lounge is quite small but comfortable. We had a light lunch and have settled in for a few hours rest. C studying the latest antics of the Royals while J attends to bill paying etc. If everything is on time we will be in Singapore later tonight for a good sleep and a shower. J,s back is...