Comfort Inn Colac

Once upon a time on a warm summers day in Victoria, Australia, a group of reprobates from Melbourne decided to travel up to the small, quiet town of Kennett River to stay in the Candy's (Pete's mates- Tom, Beth and Dan's family) beach house for a weekend of drinking, good food and average company. As always a swim in the sea is a must- regardles...

Sorry th*t i've not written * blog for * while, not re*lly done * gre*t de*l worth re*ding *bout, *lthough now i thought i'd give you * brief upd*te of my Austr*li*n shen*****ns then i will do my very best to keep you up to d*te with New Ze*l*nd *ntics! Well the title is * little missle*ding *s we only ended up WWoofing just the once *lthough me...

Despues de trabajar durante un mesezito me he planteado ver algo de la zona ya que si no me apuro me ire de Australia sin ver nada i eso no puedes ser asi que me dirijo al Grat Ocean Road, una carretera que sedesplaza a traves de acantilados vertiginosos, con playa increibles para hacer surf. Para hacer este trayecto he alquilado una flagoneta c...

Juhuuuu! Det er faen meg hardt arbeid aa vaere turist i Australia! Akkurat kommet hjem etter 3 hele dager "on the road". Er helt kakespade! Har vaert en rundtur paa The Great Ocean Road, Oest for Melbourne. Har vaert innom en halv million utkikksposter, har bada litt, har gatt opp bakker og ned fjell, har vart omringet av en millllliard svartflu...

On Magnetic Island a few weeks ago, when I saw a Koala in the wild for the first time, I was ecstatic. Today, driving out to a good viewpoint and a lighthouse on Cape Otway, not expecting it at all, Val suddenly squeals, "Ah, there's a koala!" No way, I think. She's spotted another one! This time from the window of a car flying down a narrow sid...

We headed in to town this morning & got some info on a 45km trail that Ian could do today. After packing up we headed to Colac (took us about an hour), then we got his bike all ready to go. Ian set off on the Beechy Rail Trail about 12pm ... it should take him about 5 hours. My job was to come & catch up on all these diary entries, fill ...

The Journey has begun.... From Melbourne to London and all in between.... 2007 August 2nd: Depart from Melbourne Airport 11.58pm August 3rd: Arrive Heathrow Airport, London. Via Bangkok and a 6 hour stopover spent sleeping in the transit lounge! Meet up with Ali at the airport and head back to her flat for the weekend, which is spent seeing the ...

Jo wanted to take us to see her favourite beach (Mount Martha Beach) along the Mornington Peninsula about an hrs drive away on the east side of the bay. Ate al fresco breakfast at a lovely café and then took a long walk on the beach where Debs dipped her toes once more! Beautiful summer painted little beach huts all the way along and quite a few...

Olaf and I drove over to Colac to spend some time with his friends the Nisbitts. Colac is south-west of the city. The country was a lot greener. The expanse is just massive. Lots of cattle and sheep. Occasional a horse pops up. A lot of sheds made of corrugated iron. Amazing. And everywhere signs for Kangaroo crossing. I've also seen Koala and W...

On Boxing Day, we had booked ourselves onto Wayward Bus Tour's Classic Coast Tour - a 3 and a half day tour of the Great Ocean Road between Melbourne and Adelaide. The first day involved getting picked up at 13.30 from outside the Victoria Arts Centre and making our way from there to Apollo Bay. We dutifully got to the pick-up point a good twent...