This long weekend (Anzac weekend) we had planned a three day, two night kayaking trip with our friends, Rod and Vanessa. The original plan was to leave Melbourne Thursday night, after fixing two (hired) double sea kayaks on the roof of Rod’s car, drive to Port Welshpool and make an early morning crossing (catching the …
Last weekend Ross & I headed down to Port Campbell with the aim of paddling around some of the gorgeous sea cliffs and caves of the Port Campbell National Park. We have been down this way a few times before, touring and for the Great Ocean Walk. Somehow, though I didn’t take many pictures of …
We left Melbourne on the Spirit of Tasmania and sailed overnight to Devonport, Tasmania. Arriving, tired but not (too) sick we picked up the groceries that customs disallows and headed to Cradle Mountain. Starting from Lake Dove we climbed Marion’s Peak and approached Cradle Mountain via the Overland Track. Spending only a shirt time …
On Friday night we left Melbourne and drove about 2.5 hours south-east to Port Albert, one of two tiny towns that are the gateways to the Nooramunga Marine and Coastal Park. The park is a series of low, sandy islands separated by tidal channels. Except for one, they are uninhabited and are a havan for …
The Easter break was awesome : great weather, adventures, food, wine and company :) As I said, we stayed, ‘here’, Phillip Island, in a house with a couple of friends. There were kayaking trips exploring mangroves and the stunning surf bashed southern coast (thanks to some northerly winds calming the ocean down). There were cliff …
Paddling out among the waves: ♥ ooh, look ahead, about 10 o clock, some pretty little ducks coming up pause ♣ uh, yes, I see them…not ducks, sweets. Penguins duh
♦ look, look they’re coming right beneath us! ♥ oh, I love dolphins so much , they make everybody happy :) ♦ ooo, they’re so close I can see it’s eye! Look, it’s eye! ♥ it’s so exciting! :) look at the tails come right out they’re diving down!! ♦ ooo, did that one just …
Friday evening we drove to Metung, which is a small town, populated mainly by boat-owners, on the Gippsland Lakes. We arrived about 9:30pm, drove around looking for the caravan/camping park that had been turned into less visually offensive chalets. The server at a late-night pizza outlet directed us to one just a few kms back …
In July 2006, when I received the Innova (branded as Gumotex in Australia) Helios II inflatable kayak, it was a total surprise as I’d forgotten that I even wanted one! The craft packs into a backpack and the whole package weights just 15kg allowing the descent of cliff-trails and making water entrances and exits that …
Sunday, I started my painting but by lunch was restless and so took Ross’s kayak to the river. I really wanted to see the bat colony, but I didn’t know how far away they were. I guess I should have checked the map but I just pointed upstream and off I went. Quite soon I …