Family Day -8th April 2023
The family arrived at our apartment around 5:00pm. As we expected the boys are growing so fast. We had a lovely time at “Nana’s New Holiday House” The boys were very surprised that the Easter Bunny had been early and left some presents here. The decision was made that...
Coffs Harbour to Newcastle -7th April 2023
We both slept well but woke early ready for another day’s drive. It is exciting to be able to see the kids again. We are sure we will notice that they have grown again. The news had said we might be in for a wet day today, so we had breakfast, packed up and were agin...
Caloundra to Coffs Harbour – 6th April 2023
We woke up at our usual 5:30am, had breakfast and were on the road just after 7:00 Our destination today is the Charlesworth Bay Beach Resort in Coffs Harbour. We have approx 475kms travel I have booked a standard studio room as it is just a one night quick stopover....
Easter Road Trip -5th April 2023
Finally, our holiday plans are coming back to some sort of normality post CoVid. This year we are traveling south the Newcastle to visit the grandkids and then to Hobart to look at a house we are considering. If you have followed my blog, you may remember we have...
Day 14 – 8th January 2022
We were due to depart Hobart at 12:45pm, so we asked the hotel if we could have a later checkout than 10:00. We were told it was no problem to stay until 11:00 Finished packing, went across to Woolworths and bought a couple of rolls and some ham for our lunch, cleaned...
Day 13 – 7th January 2022
Another cloudy, drizzly day today. 🙁 We got up and had a shower, then tried to make a cup of tea and found we had no power? The room lights were working but no power. I spoke to one of the cleaning ladies, who said “Oh no! Is yours out too?” Apparently somebody in...
Day 12 – 6th January 2022
We awoke to another cloudy day with the threat of rain highly likely. We decided to not go far and run the risk of getting too wet. We had another $50 meal voucher left from our Christmas present, so today seemed a good day to use it at the Bellerive Waterfront Hotel....
Day 11 – 5th January 2022
Another sightseeing day today and a light breakfast as this was to be an “eating day” Firstly we headed to Richmond and the famous bakery. I chose an apricot tart and hubby had a lamington with fresh cream. The bakery precinct has a number of other shops including...
Day 10 – 4th January 2022
Today was an exciting day as we are meeting with our builder. Paul from Construction4U had been in touch and we arranged to meet later in the afternoon.In the morning we decided to go for a drive up the eastern side of the Derwent River, crossing at Bridgewater then...
Day 9 – 3rd January 2022
Nothing planned for today as it is a public holiday and not much is open. We spent the morning reading a doing “nothing” - after all, we are on holiday 🙂 Such at the pub was deemed a good idea, so we went to the restaurant and had Eye Fillet and Lamb Rack. In the...
First Visit to our Land.
In December 2021, we travelled to Hobart for our Christmas break, and to visit our land for the first time. You can read about our trip here.To say we are pleased with our purchase is a HUGE understatement. The view is just perfect. From everywhere on the block we can...
Day 8 – 2nd January 2022
Every Sunday, Hobart has a Farmers Market in the CBD. We decided to get the bus to the city and have a look around. It was a quick 20 minute trip on the bus from the Shoreline shops to the Elizabeth St Mall in the centre of town. The farmers market is good but did...
Day 7 – 1st January 2022
A quiet day of sightseeing today. We decided to head south along the Huon River. It is a lovely pretty river with rolling hills and large orchards. We arrived at Franklin at around lunchtime, and the Lady Franklin Hotel looked good for a meal. We have eaten here...
Day 6 – 31st December 2021
New Years Eve 2021. We hope that this year will be the last of the pandemic and we can get back to a “normal” life (whatever that means) I do wonder if we will ever have a “pre CoVid” normal. When considering how other major events like 9/11 etc have...
Day 5 – 30th December 2021
We both slept well and woke around 5:30am. We had some of the pastries for breakfast with a cup of tea, packed our bags back up and drove the short distance up the road to see the Country Club Resort and Casino (the Villas we stayed in are part of the resort)...
Day 4 – 29th December 2021
Today we head to Launceston for a night away. We had not planned to do this when I originally booked this trip, but the Tasmanian Government were kindly giving away tourism dollars for Qld, SA and WA residents to the tune of $300, so I thought why not 🙂 The...
Day 3 – Tuesday 28th December 2021
We both slept very well last night. After breakfast, we decided to drive back to the land and have another look at the view with the sun behind us. ( much easier to take photos 🙂 ) I walked up to the top of the block and shot the video and photos...
Day 2 – Monday 27th December 2021
Neither of us had a great nights sleep, probably due to not being in our own beds and not wanting to sleep in. After having a really nice shower and breakfast, we drove to the airport parking and found a spot to leave the car ( undercover secure parking) unloaded our...
Day 1 – Sunday 26th December 2021
We started Boxing Day with a relaxing sleep in before a final check of our packing lists. I had booked a motel room near Brisbane airport for the night as we had an 8:15 am flight. With traffic and having to be at the airport 45minutes before takeoff, it would...
Tasmania here we come…again 🙂
It has been a while since we have travelled to Tasmania. CoVid19 put a stop to many people's travel plans our's included. We have missed a number of family occasions and travel has been almost impossible except for within our own state. Although the pandemic...
