Coping with public and private transport since 2001
Waking up in Robe means, once again, an overcast sky with lots of wind and the chance of showers. But today, it doesn’t matter much, as we have a big day of driving in front of us, about 400km. While we are quite unfamiliar with these kinds of distances, it is not a strange occurrence over here as this country
Continue readingA lot of driving had to be done today, while we had about 350km to cover in total. Starting off at Halls Gap in Victoria, we had to cross into South Australia to get to where we neded to be that night, which is Robe. The weather now definitively turned for worse, as there have been gail force winds all
Continue readingThe neighbours next door told us the night before that they saw the field in front of the cottages was inhabited by a few Kangaroos that morning, but this morning we have no such luck. In order to still see a few animals, we decided the night before that this morning, we were going to walk the Faye’s Creek Loop,
Continue readingWe woke up to a very grey sky, and found out it even drizzled with occasional showers. This was not what we had bargained for! As we had a trip planned for this morning, we decided to skip that, and just do everything at a snails pace. Therefore, we had a very long breakfast and even slept in a little!
Continue readingA quick look out the window this morning told us the weather changed overnight from clear skies to overcast and grey. Today, we are driving the second leg of the Great Ocean Road, all the way to Warrnambool. The first stop today for us however was Cape Otway, where the Cape Otway Lighthouse stands. This is the first Lighthouse around
Continue readingToday is the first day with a car! We had to pick it up in the middle of Melbourne, which was only a few blocks away. This also meant we had to get our large car down from a really narrow multi level parking facility and straight through a multi-million city, all the whilst trying to avoid tickets for speeding
Continue readingWe are still suffering from our jetlag which means we woke up really early this morning. This was partly a good thing as we were to go out on a tour to find some of the local wildlife, namely Koalas and Kangaroos! Our guide Paul showed up right on time at the hotel, after which he drove us to the
Continue readingAfter a night which was too short and restless to be really beneficial to the both of us, we woke up to a beautiful blue sky and the promise of 18 degrees without rain. That is what one would consider a great day to explore the city! We started off our daily search for food at a long time favourite
Continue readingApparently, it is that time of year again, the time in which we are leaving for a far away destination to go see and experience the way of living somewhere else. This time, it is Australia, and we’ll be there for a nice long time. We are leaving one Kingsday, and luckily the traffic going to Amsterdam is not as
Continue readingFinally, after a grueling long haul, in which we sifted through a staggering 13K photo’s we took in New Zealand, I can claim victory. The numbers: 10842 pictures survived the cut, totalling 220GB. About 11%, or 1229, were deemed good enough to be showcased in a photobook. 387 panorama’s were created, with roughly 4000 pictures as a basis. These panorama’s
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