Category: Australia

Monday. With Ben back at work, and Em doing her thing with Leo and Angharad, we were off into Melbourne to do our own thing too. We had two things in mind: Melbourne’s Golden Mile Heritage trail, and the Pixar Exhibition at ACMI (Australian Centre of the Moving Image). But the first order of the… Continue reading Oz Report – Part 14 – Melbourne Day 4

Sunday. This was Father’s Day in Australia, and Mrs Elbeno had arranged for us 3 to run the Father’s Day 5 in Albert Park. So we got up early and borrowed a portable satnav device from the Boards, which directed us to the correct place without a problem. We got there at 8 for a… Continue reading Oz Report – Part 13 – Melbourne Day 3

Saturday. The weekend came without our noticing… I had managed to completely forget work, which was great! Our precision-planned schedule had today and Sunday down as “Boards’ choice” so we deferred to our hosts for the day’s activities. Since we’d brought the fine weather, it was decided to visit Collingwood Children’s Farm. The walk there… Continue reading Oz Report – Part 12 – Melbourne Day 2

Friday. Ben had taken the day off work, and we decided to take the train in to Melbourne (about a 15 minute journey) and visit the Melbourne Museum. The Boards have a family membership, so they’re able to go any time, and for good reason, because the Melbourne Museum has one of the best kids’… Continue reading Oz Report – Part 11 – Melbourne Day 1

Thursday. A week since we’d arrived in Oz. We awoke at 6, give or take, and I pulled on some clothes and rushed out and across the road to get some pictures of the dawn. I’m not sure that my 360 panoramic effort is going to turn out, but dawn over the marina was pretty… Continue reading Oz Report – Part 10 – Melbourne At Last

Wednesday. We left Narooma at about 9, planning to stop in Eden (the last town before a long stretch of driving) for lunch. We had our usual (by now) hot chocolate and other brunchy things in Eden, which was a nice little town with a wide high street where cars parked in a central divide.… Continue reading Oz Report – Part 9 – Lakes Entrance

Tuesday. Today was our one day in Narooma before heading south again. Originally we were going to Montague Island – a four hour tour to see seals and other wildlife – but owing to the expense and under-subscription of the tour and the fact that we were too early for whale-watching season, we decided to… Continue reading Oz Report – Part 8 – Narooma and Tilba

I’m now back at home. Some pictures (more to come) are up in a flickr collection. I’m inlining some of the good ones. Monday. We picked up our hire car – a Ford Falcon XR6 – in the morning, from the Budget place down the road from the hotel. Hire car tip: picking up a… Continue reading Oz Report – Part 7 – Narooma via Shellharbour

Sunday. We had a relatively easy day planned; a visit to the Australian Museum in the morning followed by meeting our friends Dean & Lisa in the afternoon and mooching around a bit. The Australian Museum was pretty good: the fossils and meteorites were interesting, and they have a hall of skeletons which mini-Elbeno enjoyed.… Continue reading Oz Report – Part 6 – Last Day in Sydney

Saturday. We got up early again and went down to the ferry wharves. Today was our harbour cruise day! We bought a combo ticket for the harbour cruise and Taronga Zoo, and had breakfast at Rossini right on the wharf. Two jam doughnuts as big as our heads, half a pig’s worth of bacon, enough… Continue reading Oz Report – Part 5 – Harbour Tour and Taronga Zoo