Maybe in Oz

Suzannah & Phil -  Merry Christmas 2017!  Thank you so much for hosting an amazing Christmas dinner and letting me join your xmas crew!  I loved meeting your fur babies and getting to see your new and old hoods.  I'll always remember our Christmas Eve picnic at Phillip Island - one minute it was sunny and warm and the next sky water was falling and the sun was long gone - plus the cheese! I wish you both all the best in 2018!  Hopefully we run into each other on our travels - otherwise, NZ 2020! Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Love,  Amanda Suzannah & Phil -  What an awesome intro to Australia.  Thank you so much for hosting us at your fantastic bed and breakfast.  I will definitely give you 5 stars on bookings.com :) This will for sure be a Christmas to remember.  The roos, koalas, cockies, and penguins were amazing.  Also westie and kitty love :) The fun isn't over since we still have Tassie.  M...

After our big Christmas adventures we sent our guests off to Tasmania while we finished off the work week.  We meet them in Hobart and made an important first stop at Lark Distillery where those who think whiskey doesn't taste like ass partook in a tasting.  Then we strolled through the Salamunca Market, stopping for a lunch of Wallaby Burritos.  That put a skip in our step as we headed down to Kingston where we stayed for the night. Whiskey tasting Wallaby burritos We set off on New Years Eve morning for Cradle Mountain, taking the longer route via Lake St Clair.  There's not a lot between Hobart and Cradle Mountain except for rolling pastures and curvy roads.   The last time we had been to this lake it was raining so hard we couldn't see past the parking lot.  This time it was only raining lightly so we got to see what the area actually looked like.   Lake St Clair Echidna spotting   Real Echidna.  The only place you...

We had a very Aussie Christmas this year - with six Americans staying with us for the holidays we wanted to show them what makes Melbourne so special to us.  Some of them had just completed the Milford Trek in New Zealand, some came via a stop in Hawaii, and another hailed from Singapore.  One was my brother, three I grew up knowing, and some of them had just met.  It was a very random mix of people up for an adventure in Oz. On Christmas Eve Day we took them all to Phillip Island, starting off with the bazaar Koo Wee Rup Swamp Observation Tower and trying hot jam donuts.  Next up was watching the pelican feeding in San Remo and enjoying some fish and chips for lunch.  We drove over the bridge to Phillip Island and the first stop there was Forrest Caves.  It's kind of a strange name, but basically it's a beautiful red rock formation on the beach.  It's one of the lesser known spots on the island so there isn't usually anyone there and the scenery ma...