Nick Elsey
Leaving Sydney
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...
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Nick Elsey
Mar 19, 20091 min read
Driving to Tooberac
20 Mar 2009 After a probably unjustified amount of random pottering and futzing about, we finally get on the road midmorning. We’re...
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Nick Elsey
Mar 18, 20092 min read
Bendigo
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...
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Nick Elsey
Mar 17, 20093 min read
Heading for Hahndorf
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...
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Nick Elsey
Mar 16, 20092 min read
Black Wabbit
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...
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Mar 15, 20091 min read
Heading for Adelaide
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...
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Mar 14, 20092 min read
Flying West
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...
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Mar 13, 20092 min read
Swan Valley
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...
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Nick Elsey
Mar 12, 20091 min read
Cruising the River
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...
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Mar 11, 20093 min read
Subiaco
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...
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Nick Elsey
Mar 10, 20093 min read
South to Margaret River
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...
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Nick Elsey
Mar 9, 20092 min read
Cape to Cape
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...
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Mar 8, 20092 min read
Western Sunsets Are The Best
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...
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Nick Elsey
Mar 7, 20092 min read
Back to Sydney
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)....
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