Our Australia trip

Before we leave, Marjo checks out the beach on a short walk with the dogs and finds some things left behind by the ocean. Then we follow the road along the north, driving west. On one side is the ocean, on the other hills. And in between lots of shrubs. Suddenly we’re happily surprised when […]

It was a very cold night and when we wake up the thermometer in the bus seems stuck at 6 degrees. Dotti is awake at 6 am and I let her go for a pee and then return under the doona. It’s way too cold. When we get up I feel sorry for the die […]

That night the wind and rain burst loose and we are lucky that we looked online so we were prepared with the awning in and the seats folded up under the bus. In the morning all the white sand has washed away and a lot of people had parts of their camp setup either washed […]

We wake up with heavy overcast, a sprinkle and quite a bit of wind. It’s not the best of days and we were lucky that we tied up Dotti while packing up to leave, otherwise we would not have found her. Still we look around the area and see interesting things on the quiet beach. […]

It’s the first dry day after a couple days of rain and we are on the road again. The coast north of Coles Bay is quite rough and doesn’t have many swimming beaches. It’s nice to see the quickly changing scenery though. We see walnut orchards, vineyards and fruit orchards. Closer to the water we […]

After leaving the camping we drive down various spots along the various peninsula’s here to look for a good kite spot. Unfortunately the combination of wind, location and time (no dogs allowed between 10 am and 6 pm) doesn’t work in our favour when we find a nice beach. So we decide to cross the […]

We wake up with the sun over the water and it’s a beautiful view. We pack up and say goodbye. We drive past the stunning landscape towards Hobart. And stop at the Salamanca place. On Saturdays this has a huge market that we wouldn’t mind visiting but decide against. With no camping nearby and every […]

During the night the temperature dropped from 35 to 19 degrees and with it came a solid downpour. So we packed up with rain and left the caravan park. It was a nice spot and perhaps if the weather would have stayed nice for another day, we would have too. Instead we decide to continue […]

It’s our daughter’s birthday today and she turned 25! We text with her as we woke up a little late so she’s at work already. Oh yeah, we should tell you as well that it’s my birthday too. Marjo woke me with a nice breakfast and gifts! I got some nice sweets (yeah I love […]

We have set our eyes on Bruny island next and, knowing that it is a 200 km drive, don’t want to rush. There are not many any bush camps between Cockle Creek and Bruny so we aim for the one in Cygnet. On the way back from Cockle Creek we pass most of the things […]