Friday 15 March This article covers the trip that Mark, myself, my sister Colleen and her husband David took to Narooma for a few days in mid March of 2024. We travelled down on a Friday and had three nights staying at Champagne Views, a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment in a duplex (one up… More
Monday 26th February It was a beautiful sunny morning for our last day in Hobart and we managed to fit in a harbour-front walk before our departure to catch the ferry to Bruny Island. Our plan for the day was to check out of our apartment in Hobart and head to the ferry terminal at… More
Friday 23rd February There was a change of plans for our schedule today. Originally, we were checking out early from Freycinet Lodge and heading to Orford to take a cruise out to Maria Island. We ended up cancelling that cruise though when it was modified and so we decided to skip staying the night at… More
Wednesday 21st February The next stop on our Tasmanian itinerary was Freycinet National Park which is located a bit further down the coast from Bicheno and our accommodation for the next two nights was at Freycinet Lodge. The drive down from Bicheno to the Coles Bay Area only took 30 minutes but it was drizzling… More
Monday 19th February It was quite overcast and cool by the time we arrived at Bicheno for our 3 pm check-in at Allure, that we had booked through Booking.com. It was pleasing to find the house very clean, reasonably modern and with everything we needed for our two night stay, including a barbecue on the… More
Sunday 18th February: one night in Bay of Fires area of St Helen’s It was another glorious morning in this part of the world so Mark set off for an early bike ride whilst I did yoga and then we both went for a walk out to the beach before joining Gordon, Jude and Mike… More
Fri 16th February The second and third night of our Tasmania trip were spent with Gordon and Judy Reidy at Gordon’s work-based home in West Ulverstone, about 10 minutes further along from Devonport, and what a beautiful part of her world this is. Ulverstone is located on the coast of Bass Strait, at the mouth… More
Thursday 15th February It was an eventful start to our 2 week Tasmanian holiday. We woke to find our morning Qantas flight, direct to Launceston, had been cancelled and we were rescheduled onto flights via Melbourne. As if this wasn’t bad enough our pre-booked taxi was delayed, and at one point we were even notified… More
Tue 26th September Our accommodation for the final three nights of this epic journey was at The Royal Orchid Sheraton (Room 2617) where we had stayed a few times before. This was one of the older style hotels in Bangkok but that is what appealed to us and makes it our go-to place if ever… More
Sunday 24th September It was a glorious morning for our departure from Orvieto which was pleasing as we’d had a bit of rain over the last two days and I did not want more of the same for our 2 hour drive to Rome airport. We had a strange coincidence when we got to Rome… More