New Zealand campervan road trip: To the North!
The most popular way to explore New Zealand is by campervan, and who are we to argue? We split our time in New Zealand broadly into thirds; North from Auckland, time around Hamilton and the Coromandel with friends, and finally…
A whistlestop visit to Sydney
There can be few more famous sights worldwide than Sydney harbour, the opera house and the bridge, while cruising into the harbour on the ferry. As we made our day trip from our temporary home with good friends in Manly…
Exploring The Blue Mountains
The Blue Mountains – they can’t really be blue, can they? Intrigued, we took the train from central Sydney out west in search of blue mountains and all the wildlife and fresh air that we hoped would come with them.…
Aussie road trip part 2: Tingles and ANZACs
And so we left the South Western tip of Australia behind and travelled east. We were not long into the drive before we had a classic Australian experience. Realising we only had 120Km of petrol left, and the nearest town…
Delights of Perth, Western Australia
After an outstanding day on Rottnest Island with the quokkas, we took time out to enjoy some relaxed days in Perth. We very much liked Perth, the relaxed feel of the city, how easy it was to get about and…
The Giants of Mandurah
Update: We have now also found Ulla, the Giant of Santiago! Mandurah sits some 70km from Perth, south down the coast. There’s a beautiful harbour area as well as marinas and plenty of chic and expensive looking waterside properties with…
Perth, Western Australia: Freeo
Freemantle is inexplicably known locally as Freeo. Surely it would shorten to Freemo? Anyway, Freemantle is the traditional coastal port to Perth’s inland city. It continues to fulfill this role today as a significant global commercial port reaching out to…
Perth, Western Australia: The Quokkas of Rotto
There’s nothing to see or do in Western Australia! A good friend of ours from Queensland, with a wry smile Loving nothing more than a challenge, we set out on a mission to test this assertion. Perth was anyhow a…
To the Ende of the earth
It is a couple of hours of uphill switchback roads to reach Moni from the nearest airport at Ende. Moni is a village enveloped by forest at the foot of Mt Kelimutu, one of the highest peaks on Flores, Indonesia…
A change of pace: a week with kids on Koh Chang, Thailand
After a great time visiting friends in Singapore and a packed first two months on the road, we were looking for somewhere to stay a little longer in one place; preferably somewhere that was kind on the budget too. We…
Adventuring Together
