We left Jackson's Retreat to head off to the Franz Josef glacier. The journey was quite long and the weather started to turn pretty...

Off to Akaroa. The drive once we get to the peninsula is dramatic and from every turn around the mountainside, we get fantastic views of...

Off on the Omarama-Lindis Pass Road to Mount Cook and our next park, Glentanner. The journey is quite long and the weather has turned,...

A lovely drive up to Wanaka, stopping off for a coffee at Arrowtown. This place is like time has stopped at the turn of the 20th century...

Off to the Skyline this morning, that is a gondola up to the mountain that overlooks Queenstown and, at the top, gives a fantastic view...

Well, we are only in Queenstown for 5 days, but we packed in enough to make it feel like it was 8 days. Our flight into the airport was...

Last full day of Alex being with us, so we thought we would hop on a ferry and go over to Manly Beach, rather than Bondi Beach, for no...

Off on a bike ride today with Bonza Bike Tours, recommended to us by the fellow traveller on the river cruise the other night. We all...

We take the Cathay Pacific flight from Cairns to Sydney. Diane and Alex take the Business Class seats and enjoy champagne and steak. ...

A full day ahead up into Daintree rainforest with Daintree Discovery Tours. We are picked up by our guide for our tour early in the...

A lazy day today; as the sun is shining and the temperature starts to rise, we decide to have another day on the beach and around the...

Another lovely day, so after a knock about on the tennis court between Keith and Alex, we head to the beach to stroll along it into town....

We pick up Alex from the airport, get the hire car from Hertz and he helps us unload the motorhome. It's raining and we just wonder if...

On the way to our final park, we stop off at Kuranda, that is located in a rainforest some 100 feet above sea level. It is also home to...

Today is an official waterfall day. Here in the Atherton Tablelands, there is a waterfall trail, all nicely signposted. So, with the...

Cassowaries are flightless birds and are now an endangered species, mainly because of habitat loss. However, the Aussie authorities are...

We leave Airlie and the birds to head off to Rollingstone Beach Front Resort, that is just north of Townsville. We head out on Bruce...

Today a trip over to the Whitsunday Islands, tempted by the marketing of Whitehaven Beach being the best in Queensland. We are part of a...

We set off to Airlie Beach quite early, but first have a wonder down to the beach at Cape Palmerston. We wonder through a cutting in the...

This is our attempt at a cryptic crossword clue for where we visit today, as a diversion to our journey north on the A1. Yes, not...