Victoria

Best travel reports from Victoria

Great Ocean Road

02. - 05.01.2019

The Twelve Apostles on the Great Ocean Road

Today is Sunday, and for most religious people, it is the day to go to church and engage with Jesus. We are not religious, but today we wanted to explore the 12 Apostles....

Kangaroos on the Great Ocean Road

Our flight from Sydney to Melbourne is quite uneventful. With Virgin Air, the flight takes about an hour and a half. Once again, we are flying with a star from the music scene...

The Melbourne Holocaust Museum

Wow! Of new exhibition standards!

About accents and Melbourne, the Hamburg of the southern hemisphere

Complex identities, ambiguities, people with more than just one origin are also on the trail here.

6th Stop: Australia, Part 2: Camper Cruisin'

Finally, we are back to being a trio, because we have a new family member for the next 5 weeks: Our camper 'Kalle'. Kalle is an ancient Toyota Hiace with a delicate 430,000km on...

Once cuddling with koalas - visit to Jirrahlinga Koala & Wildlife Sanctuary

I think almost everyone has a kind of bucket list with things they want to see, visit or do in life. 2014 was such a moment for me. I always dreamed of seeing dolphins, swimming...

Let loose

Today we're taking over Melbourne. Let's start with a hearty leftovers breakfast, with everything the fridge has to offer. After a good meal, we start around 2:00 pm. Off to the...

St Kilda and my birthday

I moved! But let's start at the beginning....I really made the most of my last days in Melbourne. I met up with Carolina from Lisbon. It was strange to go on a date with a...

The first days in Melbourne

17 - 19 March 2018

I hear music, when I look at the photos

When I look at those two photos, I hear music in my head. Actually, one very specific song — Me Llaman Calle by Manu Chao. I think it's the perfect soundtrack for walking down...

Great Ocean Road

3.10 - 7.10 3.10 - In the morning at the campsite, we were greeted warmly by a kangaroo. First, we drove to Portland, where we traveled along the coast hunting for highlights....

2 goodbyes, a change of plan — and suddenly we are in Australia

Those who have been following us from the beginning will know that the last 2.5 weeks of our journey were still unplanned. We wanted to go with the flow and decide where to go...

From Refuge Cove to Apollo Bay

On January 20th Things continued as planned. The destination was Refuge Cove. Another night trip. After 18 hours we dropped anchor. We actually got there earlier, but had to...

Everyday routine, illnesses, and big city whispers

Everyday routine, illnesses & big city whispers There hasn't been much to hear or read about the Goldköpfe for a long time, so today there's sugar for the eyes. (because...

The Café at the Edge of the World

Cheeesus🧀 work life is really tough (lul), who would have thought. Dunkeld is like imagining the suburbs of the first season of Stranger Things..👹 There are 5 houses, a public...

Road trip to Johanna Beach

Thursday, 2nd May The forecast for the surf conditions doesn't look good. All easily accessible beaches don't really show any waves. In other words, it was flat like a pancake....

Back in Melbourne City

26. - 29.03.2018

GREAT OCEAN ROAD

From 4.10- 6.10 I spontaneously got Monday off and joined a group of four other AuPairs who went to the GREAT OCEAN ROAD, which I had only briefly seen with my family so far.

MELBOURNE - First Weekend

My first week in Ballarat went great! Scott, my host dad, took a few days off so that I wouldn't be alone with the kids @home right away. The other days also went well and the...

Melbourne / Australia

02/09/17 - 06/09/17 Really an amazing city! Even though it's unfortunately just as cold as in Germany.. They say in Melbourne you can experience 4 seasons in one day and it's...

Great Ocean Road, the Third

Finally the time has come! The 24th is finally here. Even though the month is wrong, this day felt a bit like Christmas: Finally we can pick up our campervan. Especially in the...

Wwoofing in woodend/ Wwoofing in Woodend

Our wwoofing hosts for 8 days are Ruth, her 10-year-old son Aidan, and the golden retriever Kia. They live in the small town of Woodend, about 70 km northwest of Melbourne. It...

Melbourne

After some time, I'm back in touch from Melbourne. A beautiful city where we've certainly gained 5 kilos. You can really enjoy great food in Melbourne. The famous graffiti art in...

Apollo Bay - Melbourne

Today we continued our journey towards Melbourne. The road took us almost entirely along the coast. The weather was very changeable. Sometimes the sun shone, sometimes it...