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Preparation & Planning

January 26th, 2010 Adelina & Roger

We initially planned the trip for July 08, but had to put it on hold. Now, before the Christmas vacation and before our dogs arrive in Sydney, we decided it is the right time.. now or never.. to embark on the journey!
That means planing and preparation have to be fast. The first choice was the  Read More »

Day 1

January 26th, 2010 Adelina & Roger

Today is the big day! The alarm rang 6 am, but we kept delaying the getting up until 8.30. We picked up our campervan, which took two hours because we were stuck in rush hour traffic jam. So, the day started very slow so far. However, we packed all our stuff within the hour and  Read More »

Day 2

January 26th, 2010 Adelina & Roger

After yesterday’s blog, we sorted the bed out. The bed is on top and the room between head and roof rather tiny. We are not even able to crawl on all four. After trying to sleep for a couple of hours, Adelina decided that it was too claustrophobic. She got out of the van to  Read More »

Day 3

January 25th, 2010 Adelina & Roger

We reached Seaspray on the 90 Miles Beach safely. That seemed today not a certainty at all times, but that is the end of the story, let’s start at the beginning. We woke up on a sunny morning after spending the night in the downstairs bedroom. After a walk along the lake we packed up  Read More »

Day 4

January 25th, 2010 Adelina & Roger

The rain didn’t stop during the night and the roof window of our campervan was leaking. A good start with the new car! However, the car was driving well and without problems. We may never know what all was wrong with the last one.
Victoria weather was cloudy and every now and then it poured. We  Read More »

Day 5

January 25th, 2010 Adelina & Roger

We stayed another day in Melbourne and in the morning we were greeted with blue sky and sunshine. The wind still made it a bit cold, but a great improvement to yesterday.
Today is Melbourne Cup, the most famous horse race in Australia and a public holiday in Melbourne. After sleeping in, we decided to go  Read More »

Day 7

January 25th, 2010 Adelina & Roger

We were woken up at 3 am by a loud grunting noise. After opening the curtains of our campervan, we saw a Koala in the moonshine just climbing down the tree and walking on the path. We finally got up about 7 am and took a walk to the beach. The horses were with their  Read More »

Day 8

January 25th, 2010 Adelina & Roger

G’day and welcome to day 2. Not day 2 of our travel, but day two as in the second rainy day of our trip. We woke up to clouds in Mornington Pensinsula and after a short breakfast we were on our way. The trip took us firstly to Point Nepean which is located at the  Read More »

Day 9

January 25th, 2010 Adelina & Roger

The night remained stormy with the occasional shower which lasted until midday. We made our way firstly to the Triple Falls which is located in the Otway National Park. The drive took us over unsealed road and we tried the 4WD on our car. The weather was a bit chilly, but we took off by  Read More »

Day 12

January 25th, 2010 Adelina & Roger

We didn’t really know yesterday how the beach side looked we parked at night, but at 5 am we were woken up by some noises outside the car. We opened the curtain and were greeted by the first light reflecting in dark red by the scattered clouds at the horizon. The ocean was in dark  Read More »