Australia day 11
Day 10 was Christmas Eve, our day of Christmas celebration with julbord and snaps. A bit strange when it's 34°C in the shade outside. Before the julbord we drove to…
Day 10 was Christmas Eve, our day of Christmas celebration with julbord and snaps. A bit strange when it's 34°C in the shade outside. Before the julbord we drove to…
A perfect Adelaide day. Sky is blue and the temperature went from 23° in the morning to nearly 30° in the afternoon. Went in to Adelaide Central Market to do…
The drive from Hay to Adelaide is about 650 km, most of them passing through nothing. The Hay Plains are dead flat and feel almost surreal. Tried to capture the…
We picked up brother Pete from his home in Hazelbrook and pointed the Kia van west towards Adelaide. The plan was to drive down off the mountains on to the…
When we woke up this morning the fog had cleared and it was beautiful and sunny. Breakfast on the porch of our Airbnb listening to the cockatoos screeching, the magpies…
348 years after Captain Cook stepped on to Botany Bay it was our turn to meander around Australias largest city. Packed up our stuff from the Airbnb in Chippendale and…
Woke up in the "Summer House" in Possum Brush to the sound of Magpies and Kookaburras. Enjoyed fresh mangoes and coffee on the porch for breakfast. Packed our stuff in…
Woke up on Stella to another warm but wet morning. Michael, Nicolina and Pontus took off in the dingy in search of fresh prawns from the local fishermen but they…
Warm and humid night aboard Stella but we all slept pretty well anyway. Warm and overcast this morning. Started the day with a fantastic breakfast with fresh mangoes, yogurt, toast…
Day 0 The alarm rang at half past 3 in the morning. Our fantastic neighbour Peter dropped us at Landvetter Airport for the first leg to Frankfurt. It was pitch…
The temperature dropped to more normal November levels this week. Drove to the summer house for some peace and quiet after a hectic week at work. A warm and crackling…
The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month is when we remember those who died in the first and second world war, and all wars since. It…