After 5 trips to New Zealand, although loving it, we wanted a change. Something like New Zealand, but not New Zealand. Where they speak English…

Sunday, March 11 Today, we started bright and early and left our cottage for the Tasmanian Peninsula.  One of the places we missed due to…

Thursday, March 15 This was a bit of a “wetlands” day, some disappointments, but ended up well.  It was very cloudy this morning and we…

Sunday, March 18 A storm front moved in during the night.  Neither Fred nor I got much sleep.  It was really windy and things were…

The drive to the Grampians was typical of what I expected in Australia: long and flat.  But then mountains pierced the horizon! We found Halls…

Wednesday, March 21 We woke up to a very windy day.  Luckily, our travels were mostly inland and our walks would be rainforest walks in…