Catherine and Mark turning dreams into memories
Author: Mrs A Location: Gellibrand and Dartmoor, Victoria, Australia We pulled out of Owen’s driveway on Tuesday morning, pointing our noses west. Our intention was to get quickly close to the South Australian state border, in case they decide to close to Victorians. Yes, our travels are forever driven by this evil virus! Fortunately the …
Continue reading “5-7 January – A taster of country Victoria”
Author: Mrs A Location: Genoa, Nowa Nowa and Metung, Victoria, Australia Of course the unimaginable has happened – there has been an outbreak of COVID-19 in the northern beaches of Sydney, just before Christmas. Given we were more than 200km away at the time of the outbreak, we hoped we would be safe from being …
Continue reading “18-23 December: Chased down the coast into Victoria”
Author: Mr A Location: Nowra, Braidwood & Woomargama NSW, Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia Monday: It was time to bid goodbye to Sydney for a few weeks and hit the road. We picked an interesting time to travel with 70kmh winds, dust storms and clouds of flies that reminded us that the great Australian outdoors has many …
Continue reading “11-13 November: Back in the Zone and off to Victoria!”
Author: Mrs A Location: Mount Gambier and Millicent, South Australia We would have stayed in Nelson another night or two, but there was no availability. So on Tuesday morning, we packed up camp, consumed the last of our fruit (South Australia has restrictions on which fruit and vegetables you can bring in from Victoria) and …
Continue reading “12-13 January: Crossing the border in to eastern SA”
Author: Mr A Location: Nelson, Victoria, Australia “Full timing” is what the Brits call folk like us who are travelling for extended periods in their home on wheels. Its been a lifestyle choice for us for three years and the last few weeks have just reminded us of all the up sides of doing that …
Author: Mr A Location: Rye, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria We left our friends near Lakes Entrance wondering in these uncertain times when we would see them again. That’s one of the hidden costs of the pandemic, the lack of control felt by most of us over our lives, with movement regularly restricted at short notice. But …
Continue reading “23 December-4 January 2021: A Christmas and New Year on the Mornington Peninusala”
Author: Mr A Location: Howard Springs International Quarantine Facility, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia A number of my friends won’t be surprised to hear that on entering Australia yesterday I have been detained at the pleasure of the Australian government, whilst assessing my potential health hazard to a largely coronavirus free country . Oh yes, Catherine’s …
Author: Mr A Location: The Paddington Hilton, London Its our last day in the UK. we fly back to Australia tomorrow. Rarely have we felt so conflicted. We are going to miss so much about being here in the UK, and yet we’re have so much to look forward to when we get back to …
Continue reading “6 November: Our last day in the UK, walking a locked down London”
Author: Mr A Location: Falmouth, Cornwall, UK A birthday always gets me musing. Another year, what has been accomplished? What has it taught me? What will I do differently this next year? Given the current challenges that face the world and impact us , those are particularly difficult questions to answer this year. We are …
Continue reading “9-10 September: Birthday musings in Falmouth”
Author: Mrs A Location: Tavistock, Devon, UK Our fabulous 66km ride out to Okehampton and back left us curious to tour more of this stunning area, in particular to explore Dartmoor National Park. It is the largest area of open space in the south of England, and has been shaped by centuries of human activity. …