Nick ElseyMar 20, 20094 minLeaving Sydney19 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 pl...
Nick ElseyMar 19, 20091 minDriving to Tooberac20 Mar 2009 After a probably unjustified amount of random pottering and futzing about, we finally get on the road midmorning. We’re heari...
Nick ElseyMar 18, 20092 minBendigo21 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 pa...
Nick ElseyMar 17, 20093 minHeading for Hahndorf22 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 eas...
Nick ElseyMar 16, 20092 minBlack Wabbit25 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 s...
Nick ElseyMar 15, 20091 minHeading for Adelaide26 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 ...
Nick ElseyMar 14, 20092 minFlying West28 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 ...
Nick ElseyMar 13, 20092 minSwan Valley29 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 b...
Nick ElseyMar 12, 20091 minCruising the River30 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 f...
Nick ElseyMar 11, 20093 minSubiaco31 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...
Nick ElseyMar 10, 20093 minSouth to Margaret River2 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 ar...
Nick ElseyMar 9, 20092 minCape to Cape3 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 ma...
Nick ElseyMar 8, 20092 minWestern Sunsets Are The Best4 Apr 2009 We check out from the Jemelup Chalets for the run back up to Perth. While the accommodation has been quite acceptable, the own...
Nick ElseyMar 7, 20092 minBack to Sydney7 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). W...