Bridge Climb day! Perfect weather with blue skies and no wind. 3 1/2 hours in total – 50 minutes getting ready in our jumpsuits and learning how to climb the steep ladders with the the wire attachment and then 2 hours walking over traffic, trains and people. We walked up the arch of the bridge […]

We didn’t stay long in Melbourne just one night but it seemed like a nice city. Fire dept arrived at the bus terminal just as we went to board our bus. Our flight to Sydney was packed with fans going to the footy game in Sydney, flight was bumpy but short. After missing our bus […]

Another early start today on day 2 of the Great Ocean Road Tour. We leave the Grampians in the drizzle and head to the Great Ocean Road. The scenery is similar to the Oregon coast with sea stacks and big surf. Our first stop is Bay of Martyrs, then London Bridge, Loch Ard Gorge,Apollo Bay […]

Started the last bus tour early this morning. On today’s drive we continue to drive thru the agricultural area of southern Australia with large fields of Canola on either side of the road. Around mid morning we pass into Victoria, and its agricultural lands along side the highway. I spot many brightly colored parrots. Long […]

Spent the day wandering downtown Adelaide. Lots of skyscrapers and lots of historical stone and brick buildings. We make a loop around town on the free bus and the visit the huge botanical gardens with its large cactus collection, palm collection in the palm house (very Amazon jungle like).  The  Amazon Waterlily Pavilion was amazing. […]

Up early once again to board our bus to Kangaroo Island. It’s a 3 hour drive to the ferry terminal thru the very busy streets of Adelaide and the rolling hills of the countryside. This city is much larger than I had imagined with tall buildings, and major traffic at 6:00am. The ferry crossing takes […]

Slept in till 6:30 what a treat, this is the last day of our Intrepid Tour. Today we head for our final destination – Adelaide. We drive thru an agricultural area with numerous herds of sheep. We even spot several kangaroos munching on the farmers’ fields. The road up to Alligator Gorge in Flinders Range […]

Our drive to Quorn was quite similar to yesterday’s drive, the land is flat with small scrub bushes and the occasional small tree.We saw several groups of Emu as well as numerous cattle and sheep and the elusive kangaroo grazing. One section of the highway we travelled over was a designated landing strip for the […]

With just the 5 of us left, breakfast went quickly and we were on the road by 6. Today we leave the Northern Territories and enter South Australia. An hour into our 5 hour drive to Coober Pedy we cross the border signified by a white line painted on the road way and a rest […]

Up before the sun once again for our 3 1/2 hour hike around the Kings Canyon rim. From the parking lot it’s a very steep climb up uneven rock steps – the first climb took us 20 minutes. From there the trail winds along the rim’s edge as well as going up and down. Kings […]