2021 Outback Adventure – Part 2

Day 2 – Dalesford > Bendigo After breakfast we drove back to St Georges Lake, sadly it was raining, again, and really cold. We then headed out to Jubilee Lake near Daylesford and found a really cool old bridge. By this stage it had stopped raining and was actually starting to warm up a bit.…

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2021 Outback Adventure – Part 1

We did a similar outback adventure a few years ago, we had so much fun and saw so much of our fabulous country, it was good to hit the road again…2227 kms worth of it! We took a slightly different route and visited some areas not seen before and some that are now familiar sights.…

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Out of the studio – Big Rock

I have long had a fascination with the book, the movie and the Mini Series, Picnic at Hanging Rock. In particular the 1975 iconic Australian movie by Peter Weir. Haunting, psychological thriller about a group of school girls who missing from a picnic at Hanging Rock in the 1900s. The novel was written in 1967…

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Autumn getaways – Phillip Island, part 4

Sadly this was our last morning on the Island, time to pack up and head home, but not before coffee and breakfast. We said fair well to Phillip Island, again under beautiful Autumn skies, just magic. We had one more stop which was Churchill Island Heritage Farm, we had never quite made it here before.…

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Autumn getaways – Phillip Island, part 3

Yet another perfect day on the Island, weather wise, we were so lucky this trip. Again a small sleep in, breakfast, coffee and then off to Cape Woolamai. There is a spot here called The Pinnacles, not for the fain of heart or unfit…no I did not attempt it. I instead walked part way along…

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Autumn getaways – One Tree Hill

Apparently at one point I think I heard somewhere that there was one big tree up at One Tree Hill Lookout in Ararat, but it fell down or something to that effect. There is a lot of shrubbery up there and quite a few trees, but nothing that would claim the title for One Tree…

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Autumn getaways – Ferntree Falls

On a recent weekend getaway to country Victoria, we decided to stop at a little place called Fern Tree Gully, as there are some waterfalls there. This is near Raglan in the Mount Buangor State Park. It looked as if it really has not had many visitors in quite a while, very overgrown and the…

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Summer Outings – Noojee Trestle Bridge

It’s been a few years, since we’re visited here, but it was nice to be back, we hike to Tooroongo Falls earlier in the day and had hoped to stop at the Noojee Pub for lunch or at least a coffee. But the queue to get in was insane (still so many restrictions for pubs,…

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Summer Outings – Cadillac Canyon

About two hours from Melbourne is the seaside town of San Remo, it is the gateway to Phillip Island, we have been there before. It is access by a long bridge, feel free to read about that trip here… Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Anyway we weren’t really going that far,…

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Winter Outings – Werribee Open Range Zoo

Even with restrictions, some things are beginning to open up to the public, one such place is Zoos Victoria, only to members and only 1,000 people per day, all tickets must be pre-booked and sell out fast. We booked tickets for Werribee Zoo (my favourite) weeks ahead and then had to cross our fingers the…

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