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…

During our two weeks in Melbourne we spent most of our time touring the central business district and its environs. In one area just to the east of the CBD…

When we first arrived in Melbourne we realized that we were going to be in town for the first week of the Australian Open tennis tournament. We checked online and…

When we weren’t at the Opera House or the Rocks or enjoying Sydney’s holiday decorations, we were at places like Balls Head, or the Powerhouse Museum, or the fish market….

You can’t see Sydney without visiting the Opera House. We managed to see it twice. The first time we wandered around the outside and then toured the nearby Royal Botanical…

When planning the first part of the trip we made a point to be in Sydney for the holidays. We flew in from Christchurch on the 19th and readied for our…

We left Nelson to start our fourth day on the road and headed south to Nelson Lakes National Park. We stopped at Lake Rotoiti for a short hike and then…

After visiting New Zealand’s three major cities, we rented a car and started a six-day tour of the rural areas of the South Island. We started along the east coast,…