Cheese, Chocolate and Murals
We had a good night’s sleep and did actually have bit of a sleep in, not waking until just after 5:00am. 🙂 After hot showers and poached eggs for breakfast we packed up the car, checked out, and headed west to Deloraine. We stopped at the information centre where...
Off We Go!!
And we are off:) After a lovely Christmas Day lunch with family, we had a quiet night, finalised packing and we were ready to go. We still did not have a sleep in 🙁 (Up at 4:30 am as usual) We had breakfast, a bit of a tidy up , packed the car and headed off to the...
Ready for a Christmas break in Tasmania 2024 -2025
A couple of months ago, I asked M where we wanted to go for our Christmas break this year. The way Christmas falls this year means we will close up work on Friday the 20th and will open back up on the 6th. We have not spent a Christmas Day with his family for couple...
Home Again
We set the alarm early, but we both woke before it. We finished packing our suitcases, went down and had breakfast before checking out. We got a taxi to the airport, checked our bags and waited in the Virgin Lounge until our flight. It was an uneventful flight home....
Last Day in Adelaide
Another quiet day for our last day in the city. A quick bus trip to Elder Park and a sightseeing trip on the iconic “Popeye” This service has been running since 1939 delighting Adeliade locals and tourists alike. The 45 minute trip up and back on the Torrens River...
Wine, Railway Station and Glenelg
I had planned a fairly easy day today. First was a visit to the National Wine Centre. This is located quite close to the CBD in the Botanic Gardens. The centre has self-guided walk with lots of sign boards explaining the history of the wine industry as well as...
Kangaroo Island – Day 2
After a busy day yesterday, we slept very well in a lovely comfortable bed. Given the lack of food yesterday, we thought we would use up the rest of the ham and make some sandwiches to take with us today just in case needed them tonight. Our plan was to ask the driver...
Kangaroo Island – Day 1
Today we are setting off on a 2 day organised tour of Kangaroo Island. When I began researching this trip, I quickly discovered Kangaroo Island was going to be expensive. With the need for a hire car, the ferry fare and the time to get there and back, this tour...
Quiet Rest Day
After the last two busy days, we had a rest day today. We slept in a bit later and went down for breakfast. We had spoken to Nicole from the restaurant and had arranged to collect a couple of eggs and some cereal today in preparation for us to cook our own breakfast...
Exploring Day 2 – The Barossa
As mentioned in yesterday's post, we only have the hire car for 2 days and have planned each day to be quite busy. We will have a quiet day of "nothing" on Sunday. After breakfast, we drove 40 minutes or so via the North Expressway to Gawler, where there is an...
Exploring Farther Afield – Day 1
We had breakfast early this morning as we caught a bus to the airport we we collected a hire car. We are only having the car for 2 days so we planned on packing a fair bit into these 2 days. Today's itiinerary is..Collect CarDrive to GlenelgDrive to "Urban...
Exploring Adelaide
We both slept really well, sleeping in until 6:00am. Our room comes with a full buffet breakfast included so we wandered down to the restaurant at 7:00 and enjoyed bacon, sausages and eggs. The chef was very friendly and asked us where we were from and how long we...
Newcastle to Adelaide Travel Day
I semi packed our bags last night ready to have the last bits and pieces packed. We used up the last of our bacon, eggs and milk for breakfast, had our showers and packed away everything and we checked out just after 9:30am. As our flight to Adelaide does not leave...
A Country Drive
Today we decided on a “country road trip” I did not particularly want to go to the Hunter Valley wine areas as we explored there a couple of years ago. (link to those posts) but rather have a look a the towns between Newcastle and the Hunter Valley - Cessnock, Kurri...
Merry Christmas
We woke early this morning, had our showers and breakfast and went to the family. We had arranged to arrive at 7-30ish to see the boys. When we arrived C said the boys had done well and had slept in until nearly 5:30am. Of course Santa had been and the boys were super...
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve is always a fun day when there are little kids involved. The boys were very excited there is now only ONE more sleep until Santa comes. We had breakfast and were just tidying up the room before going to the kids for our Christmas lunch, when we got a...
Santa Shopping and ever growing boys.
Part 2 of yesterdays post…We had an uneventful flight from Brisbane although we were pushed back by 40 minutes as our incoming flight from Mackay was delayed, and in turn our flight would be late. As I mentioned in the previous post, we spent the extra wait time in...
Christmas Break 2023 – Newcastle & Adelaide
Christmas !! After a very busy year it is going to be a well deserved break this year. We are off to Newcastle for a few days to see the family, then on to Adelaide for 9 days. Part 1: Our flight leaves at 9:10 from Brisbane, so we set the alarm early, had a light...
Home again
Monday morning was our travel home day. Our flight did not leave Newcastle until 12:15pm so we were able to have a slow start to the day. I had packed most of our things the night before, so really needed to do not much more than have a shower, breakfast and relax.We...
7th Birthday Party Fun
Today, young T is having his birthday party. It is not his birthday until later this week, but his Mum and Dad have planned a trip to Sydney to take the boys to monster trucks as a surprise. Today’s party is being held at Parrey’s Indoor Skate...
