The great thing about going to watch the Formula One at Albert Park was that we got to experience the wonderful city of Melbourne too. It’s a city where you can literally have four seasons in one day with the varying amounts of sun, wind, rain and cloud. In addition to our four days at the […]
Read more "Marvellous Melbourne"Before Rich and I set off on our travels we had one date in the diary that we knew would be a very special event. We had arranged to meet up with Rich’s parents, Maria and Maurice, in Melbourne to go to the Formula One Grand Prix! All of us have watched Formula One for […]
Read more "It’s race time!"There is so much to see in Sydney as and it is all so accessible. During our stay in Sydney we were able to walk around most of the city sights and for those slightly further afield, we used buses and trains to get there. We were really impressed with the public transport, particularly the […]
Read more "Sightseeing in Sydney"Rich and I decided to spend New Years Eve on a boat watching the Sydney Harbour fireworks display. Who knew if we would ever be in Sydney for New Years Eve again after all! We boarded the Arafura Pearl at six thirty in the evening and had a whole night to enjoy Sydney Harbour on the boat. […]
Read more "Happy New Year!"Rich and I had a really enjoyable few days over Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day but they did in no way feel like Christmas. Christmas in the southern hemisphere just doesn’t seem right! “Christmas morning arrived and to be honest, Rich and I were somewhat hungover.” On Christmas eve we headed over to […]
Read more "Merry Christmas!"On our last full day in Brisbane I continued to bring Christmas to the Baylisses. I got all Bec and Tom’s Christmas decorations out of the cupboard and proceeded to hang up every piece of tinsel and all the Christmas ornaments I could find. The pièce de résistance of the decorations was a handmade snowflake chain! We […]
Read more "Bye bye Brisbane, hello Sydney"Our weekend in Byron Bay was awesome! Not only did we get to spend lots of time with Bec and Tom but it’s a beautiful place too. We hired a cabin for the weekend and planned to spend our time relaxing. It was officially the weekend after all! We started off Saturday morning with banana […]
Read more "Byron Bay with the Baylisses!"Surfers paradise is not what I expected. I imagined a town of laid back surfers with perfect waves rolling in hour after hour. This was the place I thought we would master standing on the board. Everything I thought was wrong. As we drove into Surfers Paradise we were struck by the number of high […]
Read more "Surfing in paradise"After a fun filled day in Noosa Rich and I planned to spend the day in Brisbane, mainly at Southbank. Southbank is filled with restaurants, shops and bars but most importantly The Streets beach, or as Rich and I called it, Brizee Beach. A man made beach along the banks of the Brisbane River with […]
Read more "Brizee Beach and that Christmas Feeling!"Eighty five miles north of Brisbane is the beautiful coastal town of Noosa. I loved Noosa when I visited Australia ten years ago and it didn’t disappoint on this visit either. The two hour drive up Bruce Highway (could a highway be more Australian?!) passed without any problems and we arrived to a sun soaked […]
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Lambs on the loose 