We had booked a wonderful little place in Ventnor on Phillips Island. It turned out to be a fantastic hand made shack on stilts with all the luxuries and neighbours of parrots of all varieties. We left our luggage behind and headed out to The Nobbies and also the Penguin parade.  We had booked a… Continue reading Animal encounters

   We had a beautiful chilled drive down to Eden arriving early enough to do a little shopping and relax with a beer… Little did we know that everything was pretty much closed when we got there.  Still we had a nice evening and a good nights rest. We were told there was not much… Continue reading Cuisine and critters

   Rob, the owner of the motel we stayed at last night recommended some great places to go on our journey to Batemans Bay. He was fantastic and gave us some real jewels which made us laugh, made us (OK me) cry and stand in awe. Our early morning paid off to head out to… Continue reading Peace on the beach to pelican roulette

Sunday 15th…  Time to pick up Tweedy!  Ok so Tweedy is the name we have given to our hire car as it squeaks like a canary in a cage when accelerating up hill. Not sure if it will last the 10 days road trip we have in store for it! We left Sydney and despite… Continue reading On the road…

After a long and restless flight to Sydney, we dumped the bags at our hotel and headed straight out. Tired and groggy a nice long walk around Sydney harbour and the botanical gardens was exactly what we needed          We walked around soaking up the sites for hours and Erich being my tour guide… Continue reading A taste of Oz

Having looked at the weather forecast before we left Switzerland every location we are due to visit showed rain. We said “what will be will be” and we were happy not to arrive in the giant thunderstorm which was forecast for Bangkok.  Shortly after arriving in Pattaya we headed off for “Sunday lunch” where our… Continue reading Thailand, short but sweet

      Can’t  describe our excitement right now!!! We are sat in the business lounge with a collection of champagne and self made cocktails watching a wonderful sunset and enjoying the start of our mega holiday!  1st stop is Bangkok and on to Pattaya to stay with our friends. Thailand here we come!!! 

Ok, so finally downloaded a blog app to give a whirl. I’m not one for many words and hoping Erich will help fill the gaps along the way. So here is my first ever blog. Sat at home, pretty cold and thinking where to start with the packing or how much longer I have to… Continue reading 7 sleeps