19 Mar 2009 OK, enough of the background - back to the adventure. We start off with a longish drive south to our first night’s stay; a...

20 Mar 2009 After a probably unjustified amount of random pottering and futzing about, we finally get on the road midmorning. We’re...

21 Mar 2009 After a good fry up to start the morning with a creeping coronary, we head off to Bendigo – a fairly sizable town in these...

22 Mar 2009 Early start this morning – we’re on the road before sunrise (groan) and driving like a bat out of hell for Hahndorf, just...

25 Mar 2009 We’ve been spending the last three days hanging out at Black Rabbit Cottage in the McLaren Vale wine country, about 30 mins...

26 Mar 2009 After another late and lazy start to the morning, we swing by one of our favourite wineries (Hugo) to stock up and then head...

28 Mar 2009 For the last three days we taken a break from the country cottages for a slice of suburbia. Its proven hard to find anything...

29 Mar 2009 This one is a painful, oh-my-God early start. We have a 7:15 am flight to catch, so we pack, prep and book a taxi the night...

30 Mar 2009 Today was a day of pampering. A friend of a friend (the actual connection is far too complex to relate here) has invited us...

31 Mar 2009 On our way into Fremantle two days ago we stopped off at Cottesloe beach and were quite taken with it. It’s a very attractive...

2 Apr 2009 We’re taking a break from Perth for a couple of day to head south down the coast to the Margaret River area. We enjoyed the...

3 Apr 2009 Passing the time while Lynn takes a turn at the wheel, I browse our trusty Australia road atlas (don’t you just love a good...

4 Apr 2009 We check out from the Jemelup Chalets for the run back up to Perth. While the accommodation has been quite acceptable, the...

7 Apr 2009 We’re heading back to base for about a week before the next outing, this one a little further afield (Vietnam and Cambodia)....