Travelogues Australia

In a week, we will be heading back to Melbourne, where we will have one night before flying home. So, we want to make the most of the last week and start the day with a walk on...

Old houses in many places

Today we will spend the day in Agnes Water. First, we will drive to the Seventeen Seventy district and walk along the Walking Trail Trailhead by the sea. We will reach the...

The alarm clock rings at 5.45 am, we have to get up. It's still dark and we do all the tasks without daylight. The first kilometers are still dark, here and there wallabies are...

One thing was amazing yesterday evening at 8:45, the wind suddenly died down, apparently the land and water have the same temperature and the warm air no longer needs to rise....

13.02.23 It's warm, no, almost hot. It's only 6:30 am. Nevertheless, or precisely because of that, we are already awake. In addition, there is a salty and humid veil in the air....

So when it comes to walking on the windy beach or staying under the warm blanket, my decision is not difficult. After lying down and taking a hot shower, it is not so cold...

12.02.23 The clock shows shortly before seven and we are both wide awake. Today we have our cruiser tour on the Gold Coast. We have a hearty breakfast, not that we are very...

07/02/2023 from Devonport (Tasmania) to Geelong (Main Island) Today, the ferry company expects us to be on-site at 6am, even though the ferry doesn't depart until 8:30am....

07.02.23 How about getting all the pending tasks of the day done before noon? That wouldn't be so bad. That's how it feels today. Let's start at the beginning. At 5:45 the alarm...

the first roadhouse

We sleep in first. Tomorrow we will fly to Auckland, New Zealand. Unfortunately, there has been a lot of rain in the last few days, causing floods and landslides. Unfortunately,...

The day starts early as we have to drop off our rental car in Sydney. The drive into the city already presents heavy traffic. We find out that the Avis shop is located in the...

01/22/23 With lots of sun, increasing heat, and parrot cries, we wake up and have a cozy breakfast. There's not much planned for today, as we're staying at this campground for...

1/3 of the journey is done and we are taking a first resume. So far, we have both been particularly impressed by the animals in Australia, especially the animals we have...

In Australia, we have already noticed several times that the weather can change dramatically from day to day. Yesterday it was 35 degrees with bright sunshine, and today it's 17...

After all our morning rituals, which are getting faster and faster, we want to hike in Morton NP. We visit Echo Point, the overgrown view of a mountain, and are tempted to take...

14.01.23 Skilfully, we maneuver Yoshi out of the narrow campsite and continue driving along the Great Ocean Road. As so often, the sky is covered with a thick layer of clouds....

Breakfast in Port Fairy

12.01.23 Today begins a new leg of the journey: We are driving the Great Ocean Road. This means we calculate and draw up an interim listed balance: Yoshi Distance...

08/01/23 We toast ourselves into the day. Yes, we have a toaster! Well nourished, we dedicate ourselves to the daily task after breakfast: ... ...washing the dishes. Sad that we...

After waking up, I immediately broke the shower. I wanted to turn the shower head more towards me and I already had the shower head in my hand. OMG! Ute, the crasher. After...

We start day 10 in Devonport and visit the Mersey Bluff Lighthouse. It's quite cloudy and windy, but still warm. We continue driving to Latrobe and make a short stop there. It's...

View over the reservoir

The new year starts in Melbourne with temperatures above 35 degrees. In the hostel, we meet another traveler who is on the way to the beach. Until then, we haven't decided yet...

Another day at Kangaroo Island started with some rain in the morning, so we decided to have a relaxed start, waiting for all the rain to stop. So around midday it was time to...

The last two (or three) days of our stay in Australia were spent in Melbourne. As long as we didn't have to navigate through the heavy traffic by car (a distance of 300m can...

After leaving Broken Hill, we were actually booked in to travel to Mildura to explore the Murry River & surrounding for a couple of days. Given all the rain and floods in...

From the Limestone Coast, we then made a detour into the hinterland: the Grampians - a mountain region at medium mountain level - were on the agenda. Our activities there were...

Uluru & Kata Tjuta. A lifelong dream of mine. (Linda) Unfortunately, spontaneous travel as we wanted it is not possible during the high season, especially after Corona....