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Ending our trip with a bang! The last few days in Shoreham on the Peninsula were filled with hikes, wineries, rock pools and capped off with a bbq overlooking the ocean while the kids surfed and kayaked until dinner. So, in order…we did a hike into the rock pools at Bushman’s Bay: Next up weContinue reading “Final few days of our trip”

We arrived in Melbourne and were greeted by our friend Rob at the airport who took us to his beautiful home where our kids became insta-friends. They have 3 kids (Amelia 9, Eddison 7 and Oliver 5). This week will be spent with our friends between their place in Melbourne and their place in Shoreham.Continue reading “Melbourne and Mornington Peninsula Part I”

We started the day with the ferry to Manly which did in fact allow for some beautiful pictures But the day was really made exciting by the surprise we had planned for our kids. For Leo and Adam…you guessed it – a Sydney Kings basketball game! Leo’s perspective: I was super excited to go toContinue reading “Last day in Sydney”

We drove to the airport in Byron Bay (only 40 minutes) and unknowingly crossed time zones…arriving at the airport 3 hrs before our flight instead of 2. I was pretty annoyed until I was able to get us on an earlier flight that landed us in Sydney at 9am…meaning we get 3 full days there!Continue reading “Sydney”

En route from Noosa from Byron Bay we stopped at the famous Australian Zoo (Steve Irwin Crocodile’s Hunter’s Zoo). I HATE Zoo’s but as far as they go this one was the best (with animals roaming around, shows etc… The pictures tell the whole story. We arrived in Byron and it’s basically a bigger, busierContinue reading “Byron Bay”

After leaving Lady Elliott, being in civilization in Noosa was a bit of a culture shock. But our first night there we had a lovely dinner with our friends from Munich Then it was time to explore Noosa. Our first morning we went to Eumundi (a small village 20 minutes away for their weekly artisanContinue reading “Beautiful Noosa”

Imagine going to a teeny tiny airport in Hervey Bay (on the Sunshine Coast of Australia) and being the ONLY ones in the airport: Then imagine getting on the tiniest airplane EVER So small in fact that the seats are like fluffy couches The trip over is so bumpy it terrifies me…but thrills Stella AndContinue reading “Lady Elliott Island – WOW!”

I’m gonna be real with you…I probably shouldn’t be writing this blog in the state that I am in. To say I am exhausted, frustrated, and angry is an understatement. But all you hear about are the good parts so I figure why not show the tantrums of the trip…the not so great parts. OkContinue reading “Christchurch to Hervey Bay, Australia…on 3 hrs sleep”

First we start with last night’s sunset view…. Yesterday was our first day without a ‘planned’ activity. So we decided to take a tour of Arrowtown. Arrowtown is an old gold mining town, with relics and huts that date back to the 1800’s when Chinese migrants came to mine for gold to bring back homeContinue reading “Our Last 2 days in Queenstown”

Due to the flooding in the Fjordlands on the west coast of the south island…we had to cancel our 2 nights in Franz Josef glacier (as well as the train across the island back to Christchurch), so we decided to simply add a night in Queenstown and Christchurch. I’m glad we did because Queenstown isContinue reading “Queenstown – Thank goodness for 4 nights!”