For our last day in Australia we did another coastal road trip. This time we headed to the southeast to visit the Mornington Peninsula, which is home to many of…

On one of our last days in town we booked a tour out to the Yarra Valley for wine tasting. The full-day trip took us to three wineries, one chocolate…

We set out early one morning and headed west to the Great Ocean Drive. The 150-mile road is a major tourist attraction and in some sections the traffic slowed our…

We picked up our rental car on a Wednesday morning and headed north towards Hanging Rock, a famous park in the Macedon Ranges area. The rocks are the remains of…

Melbourne is known for its encouragement of street art. Throughout the city you can find impressive murals and graffiti-covered alleyways. The artwork is continually updated and the smell of spray…

We finally got overseas again! Well, I actually went to India for work in October of 2022, but this was our first overseas vacation since 2018. We picked Melbourne, Australia,…

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…