On our second day trip we visited three temples. The first two, Taman Ayun and Ulun Danu, we saw before lunch. Taman Ayun is in the Denpasar suburb of Mengwi,…

On the second half of our day trip we made it out to Tirta Gangga Water Palace, which was a retreat built for a regional king (apparently Bali used to…

On two separate occasions we hired a driver to take us around the island and show us the sights. Our first few stops were a bird park and the bat temple.

The area we stayed in Bali is named Canggu (chawn-goo) and is about an hour west of the island’s largest city of Denpasar (and the main airport). We were about…

One morning we booked a cycling tour around the northeastern part of the island. Yes, we know we’re not normally cyclists, but they provided the equipment and promised that most…

One of our last outings in Australia was to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary just south of Brisbane. The city bus ran right by our apartment and into the sanctuary…

Our favorite city park we’ve visited so far, Brisbane’s Roma Street Parklands is a combination of rain forest walk, manicured garden, social gathering place, and wildlife sanctuary. We toured the…

After leaving Melbourne we flew northeast to the Queensland capital city of Brisbane. We had originally planned to visit Perth on the western coast of Australia, but combined with the…

We rented a car one day and drove east of Melbourne to visit wine country and to see some nature. We went all the way out to Yarra Ranges National…

During our two weeks in Melbourne we got to see a lot of the central part of the city. We toured the Queen Victoria Market, ate some more good food…