In the D’Entrecastreaux Channel off the coast of Bruny Island Tasmania, is a tiny, wild and private Island – Satellite Island. I’ve dreamed about visiting this beautiful remote privately owned Island and was lucky enough to join a small group of ladies from other parts of Australia on an unforgettable 4 night stay whilst the world was in lockdown It was everything I dreamed of and more. A…
In May 2021 in between lockdown, we packed our cosies and escaped the cooler days in Sydney to travel and feel the warmth of the Whitsundays. Both Steve and I have been to the Whitsundays separately before and to be honest probably avoided “Hamo” because it was too big or commercial. FYI; for an easy get out to the reef, or to just spend a few days on…
I’m travelling with my 84 year old Dad and we have a whole weeks worth of adventures around the far west corner of NSW planned. Our journey started in Sydney, leaving home at 5:00am to catch our 6:18am Outback Explorer train from Central Railway station making several stops at country towns on the way before our arrival in Broken Hill. The train trip is a…
I love good road trip and have really enjoyed visiting my own backed and state. A few sunny Sundays ago, I went to the Blue Mountains with some ladies I have only recently met virtually. We all belong to a community called @thetravelbootcamp . Janet from the group lives in Dubbo and reached out to see if I wanted to meet her up there, and of course I then reached out…
We took the ‘travel here this year’ quite literally in 2020 and managed quite a few escapes in New South Wales- our home state thanks to Covid lockdowns. We were already keen to support small country towns having been inspired in late 2019 by campaigns like ‘Buy from the bush’ and ‘bring an empty esky’. The bush fires also contributed to us city dwellers wanting to show our support. Our…
As summer in Australia comes to an end, Steve and I ventured north for a quick overnight trip to Bannisters- Port Stephens, it’s just under 3 hours north of Sydney CBD. Steve’s kids had given us a voucher for Christmas in 2018, and the voucher has been staring at me from my planning wall in our office all that time. As Steve is off to Japan…