Australia East Coast Road Trip #2, Queensland and New South Wales, Australia

East Coast Road Trip #2, Queensland and New South Wales, Australia

19th April – 24th April 2018 After taking the campervan back to the depot, near the airport, we got a bus and a train back to Corinda, where Christine and Max live. When we got back, the children were all back from school, kindie and their afterschool activities, and there were a few extra children …

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Australia East Coast Road Trip #1, Queensland, Australia

East Coast Road Trip #1, Queensland, Australia

13th April – 19th April 2018 Once we finally set off, I got my laptop out again to carry on writing and editing the blog and sorting out the hundreds and hundreds of photos we had taken. While I was doing this, Joe entertained himself on his phone, before ‘resting his eyes’. I finished with …

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Australia The Outback Road Trip, Victoria, South Australia and Northern Territory, Australia

The Outback Road Trip, Victoria, South Australia and Northern Territory, Australia

3rd April – 13th April 2018 Day 1: Melbourne to Grampians (and a little bit further) After finally making it to the car hire place, thanks to John, we checked ourselves in. We watched some videos, explaining how to drive a 4WD (not that we were even allowed to use that setting, as we were …

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Australia Melbourne #9 (including Easter), Victoria, Australia

Melbourne #9 (including Easter), Victoria, Australia

25th March – 3rd April 2018 25th March After a long and tiring week, we finally got a little lie in on Sunday. The night before, Mo had suggested that we go out for the morning, for a coffee/ hot chocolate, so we were up just after 8. It was a slow process to get …

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Australia Melbourne #8, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne #8, Victoria, Australia

12th March – 24th March 12th March We were up early on Monday morning as I was working a 1-5 shift and we still needed to get back home and get changed. We got up, packed up our clothes from the weekend and headed downstairs to get a lift down to the station from Mary. …

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Australia Melbourne #7 (including the Dandenongs), Victoria, Australia

Melbourne #7 (including the Dandenongs), Victoria, Australia

26th February – 11th March 26th February The next morning, I woke up about 9 and head downstairs to get some breakfast. After breakfast, me and Joe played Yahtzee for a little while, as I didn’t have to be in work until lunchtime. After only a couple of games, we decided it was time for …

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Australia Melbourne #5 (Jan and Pete’s visit), Victoria, Australia

Melbourne #5 (Jan and Pete’s visit), Victoria, Australia

​15th February – 18th February 2018 After a very late night of blog writing and catching up with posting them online, we had quite an early morning the next day. I got up around 8.30ish and had a shower and got ready, before I dragged Joe out of bed too. Once we had eaten some …

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Australia Melbourne #4, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne #4, Victoria, Australia

1st February – 15th February 2018 1st February After having a late night to see the moon, I was then up at 7.30 to head to work. I was on a long day, so getting up to see the moon may not have been the most sensible thing to do, but it was worth it. …

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Australia Melbourne #3, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne #3, Victoria, Australia

14th January – 31st January 2018 14th January After spending the evening with Mick, Michelle and Jeannie, the next morning we woke up and contemplated going on another run. After debating for about 10 minutes, we decided that we would get up and go straight out for it. The weather was nice and cloudy, a …

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