Athens, Greece</h1> <article> <h1>Athens, Greece</h1> <p>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0200</p> Athens!!! <p><br/>On our way ✈️🌎🇬🇷</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p> </article> <article> <h1>Winchelsea, Australia</h1> <p>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +1100</p> </article> <article> <h1>Melbourne, Australia</h1> <p>Thu, 25 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +1100</p> <p><br/>Baloo gets into the Christmas spirit 😻</p><p><br/>Merry Christmas Day 🎄🎅</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br/>Nanny’s fruit platter Santa 😆</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br/>Beach day at Williamstown 🏖️</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p> </article> <article> <h1>Melbourne, Australia</h1> <p>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +1100</p> We’re back! <p></p><p></p><p></p> </article> <article> <h1>Devonport, Australia</h1> <p>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +1300</p> Our last two days…🥲 As the locals say ‘we’re crossing the creek to the big island’ Devonport is where we catch the ferry and our last camp spot is Horsehead creek boat ramp. The weather is lovely and warm and as new arrivals drift in off the ferry while we wait to leave we feel a little sad to be going. What an experience we’ve had! Adventuring across this little island in extreme weather never knowing what the next day would bring. We’ve seen the remote beauty of the dairy lands on the far North west coast.. Stanley , Smith town , Marrawah and the End of the World. We watched the Grand final in a tiny pub in Marrawah where we met the loveliest locals who welcomed us into their private party. What we don’t know about Dairy farming in TAS now isn’t with knowing 😆 The beauty of the Highlands took our breath away.. as did the extreme cold 😆 We were reminded of the wilds of Scotland. We thought we’d be washed away as the torrential rain turned the ground underneath us to a river! We travelled to Strahan and Queenstown through the mountains to the spectacular Gordon Dam and down to the far South East Cape at Cockle Creek.. the furthest most Southerly point in Australia , literally the bottom of the world. Bruny Island was magic! Quiet little villages that in peak season become busy holiday destinations. The bakery stand on the side of the road.. Paul will never forget. We celebrated Melbourne cup in the caravan surrounded by the beauty of Bruny ..that’s one I won’t forget 😍 The Huon is probably the most beautiful and underrated region of Tassie.. it’s a valley of agriculture . Apple and Cherry orchards as far as the eye can see separated by the Huon river.. it’s so picturesque and the camera doesn’t do it justice. From there on the way to Hobart travelling through quaint little towns and a Victorian era Trout farm and gardens created by the first English gentry to settle in the region. Hobart is a city lost in time, a better time that most of us oldies look back on with pleasure. Its setting at the foot of Mt Wellington and Mt Nelson gives the impression of cradling Hobart as its drifts down towards the ocean. Battery point with its old beautifully preserved buildings and streets are really interesting. Salamanca markets are the most diverse and quality markets we’ve seen in Australia. We house sat for Robyn, a lovely lady who has become a friend and looked after her mini retriever Dougal, he was a delight!!! We will definitely see them both again. After a wonderful week exploring Hobart , Richmond , Sorrell and surrounds we left for Port Arthur and the remote North East coast. <p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br/>The Robin redbreast of Tassie or to give it its real name the Azure Kingfisher ❤️</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p> </article> <article> <h1>Devils@Cradle -Tasmanian Devil Sanctuary, Australia</h1> <p>Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +1100</p> After yesterday’s glorious sunny day and a temp of 21c we wake up to hail and snow with an official temp of 2c and wind chill of -10c… Tassie is a crazy island! 🥶🥶 Undeterred we set off to Cradle in the hope of doing an easier , shorter walk than yesterday given the weather. It was not to be. The snow fell and the wind became too strong to walk anywhere. We opted instead to visit the Tasmanian Devils Sanctuary. We really enjoyed the feeding tour and the information supplied by our very entertain guide Prue. She gave us a great insight into these amazing and sadly declining little animals. Obviously no handling of them as the force and power of bite is deadly . Tasmanian Devils have the strongest bite force relative to body size of any living mammalian carnivore, exerting 1200 PSI, allowing them to crush bone and devour entire carcasses, making them incredible "nature's recyclers" despite their small size. They achieve this with powerful jaws that open up to 80 degrees, giving them immense crushing power, even stronger than a hyena or lion pound-for-pound. Prue was amazing in her knowledge and handling of these little critters. Despite the freezing weather we had a great afternoon seeing how the ‘devils’ live. <p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p> </article> <article> <h1>Cradle Mountain-Lake Saint Clair National Park, Australia</h1> <p>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +1100</p> Lake Gairdner campground. At last we’re in Cradle Mountain National Park! Since we arrived in Tassie 3 months ago the park has been closed due to snow and torrential rain. Today the weather was great, a huge 20c and sunshine🤣🤣 The park was open and off we went to do one of the 4 main walks. We did the Dove Lake trail, approximately a 3 hr moderate walk. It was lovely and the scenery breathtaking, especially seeing Cradle Mountain from different aspects on the walk. The campground is very peaceful , just a few other travellers here. It’s great meeting people from all walks of life and chatting about what we all have in common.. a desire for adventure.. more to come 🤠🤠<p><br/>Leaving Stumpy’s beach today to make way for a closed meeting of First Nations people.. they are mostly park rangers who gather to check the condition of the park . They decide what should be done in the next year to keep it as pristine as possible. It’s a beautiful place so they’re doing a good job. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p> </article> <article> <h1>Mount William National Park, Australia</h1> <p>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000</p> Stumpy’s beach in the remote Mount William national park is a 4 km stretch of white sand and gloriously blue, clear ocean. The campground is empty which is great co and there are lots of walks and hopefully lots of fish 🥰 We drove up to Cape Portland and surrounds today.. what a wild remote place it is. There was an indigenous festival on called Luemerrarnanner . It was really interesting. They had a women’s business workshop a mens business workshop where they showed you ancient crafts. Lots of different bush tucker to try and ceremonies were performed. It was so cold and windy though and then it rained! 🤣🤣🤣 of course it did! On other days we went to Gladstone which has a time capsule to be opened in 2062 to coincide with the next Halley’s Comet . We also visited the tiny towns Derby, , Pioneer, Ringarooma and Branxholm , all beautiful and tucked away in Mt William mountain range. It’s been so quiet and relaxed.. still no other campers, presumably the lull before the Christmas holiday rush. Moving on tomorrow to Cradle mountain and hopefully we’ll see it properly now the snow has cleared 😆 More to come 🤠🤠<p><br/>Not far to go now …</p><p></p><p><br/>Beautiful full moon 🌕</p><p></p><p></p><p><br/>Stumpy’s beach</p><p><br/>Our caravan buddy </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p> </article> <article> <h1>Bay of Fires Conservation Area, Australia</h1> <p>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +1100</p> </article> <article> <h1>Hobart, Australia</h1> <p>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +1100</p> </article> <article> <h1>Bicheno, Australia</h1> <p>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +1100</p> <p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p> </article> <article> <h1>Friendly Beaches, Australia</h1> <p>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +1100</p> <p></p><p><br/>Friendly little fella </p><p></p><p><br/>At the top!!</p><p><br/>Beautiful wineglass bay </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br/>What a guy!!! 💪</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br/>My mate Mr Wombat pops in daily to say hi 😍</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p> </article> <article> <h1>Mayfield Beach, Australia</h1> <p>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000</p> After a few days visiting Port Arthur and camping at Fortescue reserve we drove further North to Mayfield beach. Passing through lovely towns such as Orford, Triabunna and Maria island the scenery is beautiful. Mayfield beach campground is busy as the sun is shining and the beach is beautiful. Roughly 4km of lovely white sand and a clear blue ocean to swim for those brave enough to face the chilly water. Paul was one of the brave souls who swam in an ocean with temps of 13c 🥶 The beach faces Freycinet national park , our next stop. We’ve seen pods of dolphins playing very close to the beach , its serene and very beautiful… still cold but sunny 🌞🤣🤣🤣<p></p><p><br/>🤣🤣🤣</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br/>Dolphins playing 😍</p><p></p><p><br/>Doesn’t get better than this ❤️</p> </article> <article> <h1>Port Arthur, Australia</h1> <p>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +1100</p> </article> <article> <h1>Richmond, Australia</h1> <p>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +1100</p> We did a day trip to Richmond, a town famed for its Georgian style buildings. It’s very touristy but as such has a lot of really good quality gift shops and antique shops. I did some of my Christmas shopping there buying some lovely gifts for the grandkids. We really enjoyed walking around the town and taking in the sights. <p><br/>A real Poppy for Remembrance Day 😍</p><p><br/>The story of how important animal poo is to the eco system 🦋🐝🐞🐜🦗🪲</p><p><br/>Phew… no thunderbolt or lightning 😆</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p> </article> <article> <h1>Hobart, Australia</h1> <p>Sat, 01 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +1100</p> </article> <article> <h1>Bruny Island, Australia</h1> <p>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +1100</p> Beautiful Bruny Island. A ten minute ferry ride takes us to Bruny Island and to the neck where we camped for 4 days. A great camp spot where we could see elusive penguins and enjoy the company of the pademelons. The beach is an 8km stretch of lovely white powdery sand. Oysters galore! Chocolate makers, Cheese and craft beer, coffee, honey making. The highlight for mist people is the Bruny bread stand on the side of the road filled with freshly made sour dough delivered by Bruny Bakery… an an honesty box 😍 Restored your faith in people to see them paying for their bread .. sight for sore eyes ❤️ With only one road that goes around the island we saw lovely little beach hamlets with just a few old houses and everyone had a little boat. The lighthouse is Australia’s oldest and it’s a great walk up the hill to the top. The scenery and views are amazing. We spent Melbourne Cup back at the camp watching the race and I backed the winner 🏇🏆🥰<p><br/>🤣🤣🤣🤣</p><p><br/>The truth 🤣🤣🤣</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br/>Kettering and the Bruny Island ferry</p><p></p><p><br/>The sun!!!! 🎉🌞</p><p><br/>Fresh homemade bread on the side of the road… someone is in seventh heaven 😍</p><p></p><p></p><p><br/>The oldest lighthouse in Australia circa 1836</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br/>The clearest deep water we’ve ever seen 😍</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br/>Oysters galore! </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br/>Penguin rookery 🐧🐧🐧</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br/>300 steps up 🥰</p><p><br/>Hello ❤️</p><p><br/>Beyond blue for Bruny Island farmers… keep talking 💙</p><p></p><p></p> </article> <article> <h1>Gordon, Australia</h1> <p>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +1100</p> Catching the ferry to Bruny Island! <p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p> </article> <article> <h1>Cockle Creek, Australia</h1> <p>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +1100</p> </article> <article> <h1>Hobart, Australia</h1> <p>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +1100</p> So Hobart! It’s nice to be back in a city after 6 weeks out yonder 😆 First impressions are of Hobart are how scenic it looks settled on three sides between Mt Wellington, Mt Nelson , Mt Korea and the ocean. Beautiful beaches like Sandy Bay and quaint older parts of Hobart like Battery point. It has its CBD and thankfully not the glass monstrosity skyline that could be any city anywhere. It’s maintained its old buildings and kept its old world charm. Salamanca Markets are the biggest, best and most diverse markets we’ve seen on our travels. They are huge and have good quality stalls selling interesting and different wares. <p></p><p><br/>Salamanca markets Hobart. Truly the best markets we’ve seen in Australia! </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br/>At the top of Mt Wellington in the snow 🥶🥶</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br/>Beautiful Hobart from the top of Mt Wellington</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br/>So Charles Darwin and his team climbed MT Wellington , no trails of course in 1832…🥾🥾 just a very tough 1300 metre climb…</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br/>Paul looking up to the heavens for divine intervention 🤭</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br/>The Tasman Bridge </p><p></p><p></p><p><br/>We camped outside the Longley Hotel circa 1862. We had a great 3 nights here listening to the live band on Sunday and of course Paul had to go and pay the rent each day too 🍻🍻 Really quirky hotel with lots of memorabilia from it old coal mining days . </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p> </article> <article> <h1>Plenty, Australia</h1> <p>Sat, 18 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +1100</p> </article> </main></body></html>