Mantra Deep Blue Warrnambool

... perhaps remote, and yet it is only two and half hours from Melbourne. The scenery is very good and you can imagine during the summer it will be a hive of activity. The shops are more 'strip shopping' rather than large 'chains stores' and it does seem a really up and coming place.<br><br>After a further trip to Logans Beach we nipped back for afternoon 'sippers' (6 Crown to you and me) to help 'numb' the pain whilst 'said' Physio had a well earned 'cat nap'.<br><br>A late ...

Marvelous! Just marvelous! I had the most amazing day, and saw some incredible things, and took a huge number of photos and even some very amateur video which I will post when I have a cable for my camera. Last night I slept in a state forest, and met Jason and his family (wife and 2 young children, 4 and 5 yrs old). They are traveling around Australia for about 9 months... it was supposed to be an 8 week trip, and they just decided to keep going. They were ...

... to Warrnambool to catch up with two good friends. Will (from Ledbury) and his girlfriend Liz (from Warrnambool - and Ledbury recently) are both living back out here in Australia. It was so good to catch up with them for a beer that we jumped at the offer of a barbie and an extra stop over at Liz's family farm; we didn't realise then that the Pom was doing the barbie but in the end we were pleasantly surprised, thanks Will! We had a ...

... Day 14 - Venice Day 15 - Venice to Munich (Germany) Day 16 - Munich Day 17 - Munich to Vienna (Austria) Day 18 - Vienna Day 19 - Vienna to Budapest (Hungry) Day 20 - Budapest Day 21 - Budapest to Prague (Chez Republic) Day 22 - Prague Day 23 - Prague to Berlin (Germany) Day 24 - Berlin Day 25 - Berlin Day 26 - Berlin to Amsterdam (Netherlands) Day 27 - Amsterdam Tuesday 12th August - Day 28 ...

... when... 4 April Friday - FLY OUT! Leave Melbourne about 7.20 pm 5 April Saturday - Arrive Dubai 5:10 am 6 April Sunday - Dubai 7 April Monday - More Flying!! Leave Dubai for London, then connect through to Dublin 8 April Tuesday - Dublin 9 April Wednesday - Dublin - Galway 10 April Thursday - Galway - Killarney 11 April Friday ...

... it is hot dusty work he enjoys being outside, and is coping well except for horrendous blisters. Most days he sees and hears many kookaburras, gallahs, pelicans, spoonbirds, cockatoos and other birds, or is watched by a group of grey kangaroos and their joeys. One day while pruning a hedge he was met by a big pair of eyes from a brush tailed possum. Because the weather is so hot and dry, there have been a record number of snakes coming into ...

... quite an afternoon ahead of us! Places we decided to stop included the Bay of Islands, Peterborough, London Bridge, The Arch (for you dad!), Port Campbell, Loch Ard Gorge (famous shipwreck area) and of course, the 12 Apostles. It was amazing to think that you could just literallyall off the edge of Australia - the sights &amp; views were just awesome! We finally reached Apollo Bay at 1/4 to 8 ... only to realise that we again hadn't added time on for ...

... the very first time, the sun appeared! We rushed down to the viewing platform... <br><br>It was absolutely beautiful. <br><br> <br><br>Thank you Mr Fly for landing right on my forehead on this ...

... me a bit of Ireland - quite rugged and scenic. We saw a wild swamp wallaby and watched the sun set as we walked back. It's quite small here and there don't seem to be many permanent residents. A lot of the houses are holiday rentals. It's easy to walk around and we're going to explore it a bit more tomorrow morning before we start the drive East on the Great Ocean Road. It's also very quiet here as it's the start of ...