The kids are in bed sleeping, the bags are packed, and we can’t believe two and a half months have passed by so fast.
Archive for the ‘Australia’ Category
2007 11 17 – Big Trip – Day 200 – Australia – Last Night in Oz
Sunday, November 18th, 20072007 11 16 – Big Trip – Day 199 – Australia – Kangaroo Island
Sunday, November 18th, 2007Shabbat Shalom!
We have spent the last 4 days on
Our week started on a sour note when we returned the RV in
2007 11 11 – Big Trip – Day 194 – Australia – Adelaide
Sunday, November 18th, 2007Australian word of the day: Capsicum – Red Pepper (gamba). Goes well as a pizza topping.
We left
2007 11 08 – Big Trip – Day 191 – Australia – Flinders Ranges
Sunday, November 18th, 2007Wilpena Pound Campground,
Driving 400km up here yesterday was worth the effort. Today’s adventures were well worth the long haul.
Yesterday began with a short visit to a winery/gourmet shop owned by a famous Aussie cook called Maggie Beer. We bought some goodies and started the long drive up north. Along the way, many pastures with cows and sheep. Interesting to note that the farther north we drove in the last few days, the warmer it has gotten. The predominant color has changed from green to yellow, and towards the last part of the drive yesterday, red.
As you may know most (70%) of
2007 11 06 – Big Trip – Day 189 – Australia – Rain Shine and Wine
Friday, November 9th, 2007Australian word of the day: Cellar Door – An on location winery shop where you can get a taste or two.
We got lucky on Friday and had a few dry hours during the day. Our first order of business was to get the children outside. Happily just a 2 minute drive from the campground was a huge park with tons of climbing sliding and swinging activities for tots. I ran after the kids with a towel to dry off the bottoms of slides from the night’s rain. After 2 hours of exercise we stopped in the local supermarket, bakery, butcher and fish store to stock up on supplies. We had a nice B-B-Q supper at the campground kitchen. (more…)
2007 11 01 – Big Trip – Day 184 – Australia – More Great Ocean Road
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007Big4
Yesterday was great, today was wet. That sums it up, but here are a few more details. We left our campground yesterday morning and drove to the
2007 10 30 – Big Trip – Day 182 – Australia – Koalas on the Great Ocean Road
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007Today we saw koalas in the wild for the first time! We were driving on the great ocean road and we saw a few people standing by the side of the road. Suddenly Paola spotted a koala hanging from a branch right over the road. I parked the car and ran to get some pictures. In the meantime Paola tried to wake the children who had all fallen asleep. Shir was the only one that wanted to come outside. The little koala was busy grabbing and chewing eucalyptus leaves, oblivious to the roadside commotion it had caused. When we looked around us we spotted several more koalas in the trees nearby, but this one was right smack in our face. Lovely. (more…)
2007 10 28 – Big Trip – Day 180 – Australia – Wilsons Promontory
Sunday, October 28th, 2007Big4 ashley Gardens Caravan Park, Near Melbourne, Victoria,
We got back this evening from 2 fun days at Wilsons Promontory, locally known as the Prom. It is a pretty national park, 3 hours south east of
2007 10 26 – Big Trip – Day 178 – Australia – The Penguins of Phillip Island
Sunday, October 28th, 2007Big4
Yesterday, a gray and rainy day, we started our second phase of
To get the motorhome yesterday, I took an early morning train from
2007 10 24 – Big Trip – Day 176 – Australia – Melbourne
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007The last three days sped by like the wind that was blowing in the chilly streets of