Australi-ography

Australi-ography

2014 – 3½ weeks
Start Melbourne. Drive Jucy Camper to Mornington Peninsula. Ferry across to Great Ocean Road. Drive to The Grampians and via Ballarat back to Melbourne. Fly to Sydney. Drive to Terrigal, Katoomba, Jervis Bay (staying at Paperbark Camp) and back to Sydney.

2013 – 1 week
Sydney

2013 – 2 weeks
Start Brisbane. Day trip to North Stradbroke Island. Day trip to Moreton Island. Driving towards Glasshouse Mountains staying at Spicers Hidden Vale – onto Caloundra, Mooloolaba, Noosa. Fly to Fraser Island. Fly to Hervey Bay. Fly to Lady Elliot (to swim with manta rays!).

2011 – 2 weeks
Start Melbourne. 3 day Great Ocean Walk, 3 days from Apollo Bay-Johanna Beach (staying at Twelve Apostles Lodge Walk). Fly to Sydney. Two day tour to the Blue Mountains – staying at Emirates One&Only Wolgan Valley.

2009 – 1 week
Start Sydney. 3 day trip to Melbourne via Canberra, Mt Kosciuszko NP, Snowy Rive NP, Lakes Entrance, Wilson’s Promontory to Melbourne.

2008 – 2 weeks
Start Sydney. Fly to Adelaide. 3 day trip to Kangaroo Island – stay at Southern Ocean Lodge. Return to Adelaide. Fly to Perth.

2007 -2 weeks
Start Darwin. 3 day camping trip to Kakadu. Rental car to Litchfield. Fly to Broome. day trip to Cape Leveque. Day trip to Fiztroy Crossing via Geike Gorge. Fly to Kununurra. Fly to Purnululu NP (Bungle Bungle) – 3 day camping safari. Return flight to Kununurra. Day trip to Lake Argyle.

2004 – 3 weeks
Start Alice Springs. 3 day camping trip to Uluru/Kata Tjuta/Kings Canyon. Fly to Sydney. Fly to Cairns. 4 day cruise on the Great Barrier Reef.

2000 – 3 weeks
Sydney area – train to Katoomba, Blue Mountains.

1998 – 2½ months
Start Sydney. Greyhound to Melbourne. Ferry to Devonport – bus to Launceston. 1 week trip around Tasmania to Freycinet, Port Arthur, Hobart, Strahan, Cradle Mountain, Devonport. Ferry return to Melbourne. Greyhound to Canberra and onto Sydney. Train to Katoomba and Leura. Bus/Boat to Ku-Ring-Gai-Chase NP. Train to Newcastle.

1997 – 3 months
Start Brisbane. Greyhound to Gold Coast, Lismore, Ballina, Port Macquarie, Sydney, Canberra, Mildura (sailing on Murray River) to Adelaide. 7 day camping trip through the outbcak to Clare Valley, Barossa Valley, Flinders Ranges, Blinman/Angorichina, William Creek (via Lake Eyre and Oodnadatta Track), Cooper Pedy, Uluru/Kata Tjuta/Kings Canyon to Alice Springs. Two day trip to Perth (via Great Centra Road & Goldfields Highway). 1 week trip to Bunbury, Busselton, Margaret River, Walpole, Albany, Sterling Ranges, Wave Rock back to Perth. Indian Pacific to Adelaide. 5 day trip from Adelaide to Melbourne via Naracoorte, Penola, Mt Gambier, The Grampians and onto Great Ocean Road to Melbourne. Day trip to Phillip Island. Greyhound to Sydney.

1994: 7 weeks
Start Darwin – visit to Litchfield. Greyhound to Alice Springs, two day camping trip to Uluru/Kata Tjuta. Greyhound to Mt Isa and Cairns. Day trip to Kuranda and to Great Barrier Reef. Greyhound to Airlie Beach – 3 day sailing trip on Whitsundays. Greyhound to Hervey Bay – day trip to Fraser Island. Greyhound to Brisbane, Byron Bay and Sydney.