As soon as we stepped out of the car at Mount Lofty Summit in Cleland National Park we smelled the eucalyptus coming from the predominant trees in the area. Mount Lofty provides a wonderful view over Adelaide and the adjacent ocean. At the lookout Flinders Column towers over the viewing platform. It was built in…
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Adelaide
We started our day at Adelaide Central Market where you can buy fresh produce and delicacies. The selection is phenomenal I wished we would have had the opportunity to turn these fresh ingredients into a delicious meal in our Airbnb. After coffee in the shopping district we walked to the State Library of South Australia…
On the way to Adelaide/ Hahndorf
From Point Fairy to Adelaide is a total of 575 kilometers. So we decided to take the shortest route. About one third into our tour we left Victoria and entered South Australia. And with it we switched time zones. The clocks turned back half an hour and 11 o’clock became 10.30h. Even though it is…
Point Fairy
The day started off cool and windy. We decided to do an easy hike nonetheless and headed for Griffiths Island in Port Fairy. Griffiths Island is a sanctuary for plants, birds and many other animals. The area is known for its large breeding colony of short-tailed shearwaters, or ‘muttonbirds’. After lunch we drove towards Warrnambool…
Great Ocean Road
We went back to the Twelve Apostles in the morning to get another glimpse of them with less crowds as at that time the bus loads from Melbourne had not arrived yet. And from here on we stopped at diverse coastal scenery seeing offshore rock stacks, coastal heathlands and small secluded beaches surrounded by high…
Twelve Apostles
The weather changed over night and temperatures dropped by 20 degrees. So for the first time in days we were putting on long pants and sweaters again. Our destination for the day was the famous Twelve Apostles. But our adventure already started right after Apollo Bay when we saw lots of people stand at the…
Apollo Bay and Great Ocean Road
Originally we had planned to go see the Moomba parade in the morning before leaving Melbourne. But then plans to meet friends we made at our Kimberly adventure in Western Australia the year before had us leave the city early in the morning so we could meet up with them in Apollo Bay for lunch….
Melbourne- day 3
Despite the sweltering heat we headed for Melbourne center again as there were still a few things that we wanted to see. Amongst those were the small side roads and back alleys that are famous for their street art, the most famous of all being the AC/ DC Lane. Next was Fitzroy Park, a lovely…
Melbourne- day 2
Weather wise we got unlucky with our visit to Melbourne as our three day stay coincided exactly with a heatwave that hit the city. Temperatures rose to 37 degrees during our stay and it would not cool down for the night. So we tried to avoid the heat until we literally could not bear it…
Melbourne
From Phillip Island we drove through flat farm land towards Melbourne. The extensive asparagus fields and beautiful farm houses reminded us of the Netherlands. From the agricultural setting the surroundings changes to suburbs that have the distinct air of being planned on the drawing board and almost felt surreal- as if we had entered the…