Category: Travel

A Recent Trip To Phuket Thailand

A Recent Trip To Phuket Thailand

We recently visited Patong Beach, Phuket Thailand for a family celebration. Although it was the wet season, we were very fortunate with the weather, although very humid and hot, we were spared the rain except for a couple of short heavy showers generally overnight.

Birthday Celebration In Castlemaine Area

Birthday Celebration In Castlemaine Area

How time has flown, it doesn’t seem too long ago it was Christmas.  I have been very quiet with posts lately because of holidays and overseas visitors, but hopefully we should be back on track now. With my birthday just gone we decided to take […]

Easter At The Yarra Valley Chocolaterie

Easter At The Yarra Valley Chocolaterie

Returning from our recent trip to Buxton we called in to the Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery. They were well and truly getting ready for Easter, with goodies in all shapes and sizes. If you wanted a huge rabbit or egg they had these on offer […]

Home Away From Home – Buxton Victoria

Home Away From Home – Buxton Victoria

We recently visited the Buxton area of Victoria for a couple of days of rest and relaxation, not to mention a significant birthday celebration for yours truly. We had done some research on the internet regarding places to stay and came across Acheron Ridge Riverfront […]

Tasmania – Salamanca Hobart

Tasmania – Salamanca Hobart

I have been very quiet recently and that is partly due to travelling both overseas and local. So to ‘get back in the saddle’ I thought I would cover the recent trip to Tasmania, mainly Salamanca in Hobart.  We flew to Tasmania with Tiger Air […]

Travel – Victoria – The Great Ocean Road

Travel – Victoria – The Great Ocean Road

For my birthday back in March we agreed to take a trip to Port Fairy, somewhere we had not visited for quite some time. We decided to break the journey down by stopping overnight in Geelong at the Mercure Hotel. We had a lovely day and did a […]

European Travel – Venice

European Travel – Venice

  After leaving Milan it was only a short drive to where we had to leave the car before catching the water transport to our accommodation in Venice. We had researched quite a few accommodation places before booking on line and had decided to stay […]

European Travel – Milan

European Travel – Milan

After our enjoyable time in Zurich with our friends it was time to continue with our adventures in Europe. Our next destination was Milan our stop over before travelling onto Venice. Leaving Zurich you could see the melting snow from the Alps forming cascades of […]

European Travel – Zurich And Surrounds

European Travel – Zurich And Surrounds

As mentioned in earlier posts we were lucky enough to spend 5 weeks in Europe earlier in the year. This was a well needed holiday but also an opportunity to check out areas of Europe and see first hand their culture, architecture and food. We […]

European Travel – The Village Of Riquewihr And Ribeauville

European Travel – The Village Of Riquewihr And Ribeauville

I have been trying to get back to writing my blog, however spending time with my grandson during the school holidays in September and trying to catch up on gardening, time has gone very quickly. I am also trying to start the huge job of […]