All Summer Long

We’ve been staying in Cairns, which is in close proximity to plenty of rainforest, coastline and the great barrier reef. Bite marks have formed constellations around Nicola’s ankles, left by the colony of invisible insects that crawl us in the…

Circulating ourselves around Sydney was easy enough from our base in Ultimo near Darling Harbour. Central Station was only a short walk along the Goodsline, an elevated walkway through the city and underground that follows the route of the long-neglected railway…

We exited the domestic terminal at Sydney and looked for the pickup location we had been given for our transfer. This whole thing had been an ordeal from the start: we’d gone with a cheap firm to save some money…

We were excited to get to Adelaide as we had heard lots of good things about it and it didn’t disappoint.  On our way, we stopped off at a couple of beaches and enjoyed nice walks along the coast. We…

We can no longer distinguish between what’s lizard and what’s not. Burnt wood and debris at the side of the road in Australia appears as a mirage of snakes and spiders; all of the dangerous things we (I) desperately want…

This will only be a quick post but just wanted to fill you in on a couple of places we stopped off at along the coast. First up was Warrnambool which is a cool place just at the end of…

Another epic drive was upon us and we were back to the place we love the most – the coast! The Great Ocean Road is a popular driving route which spans 243km from Torquay to Allansford. We made a special…

“The elevator continued its impossibly slow ascent. Or at least I imagined it was ascent. There was no telling for sure: it was so slow that all sense of direction simply vanished. It could have been going down for all…