I don’t think I’ve had a trip so far where illness hasn’t reared its head; this trip has been no exception. We had a quiet day planned for today anyway, nothing booked or paid for. Originally we were going to go walking in the Glass Mountains, but since 3/4 people in our party are crook […]
Read MoreToday was something even more special than I had prepared myself for. Something that you may have learned about me while reading my blogs is that I have two predominant interests when it comes to what brings me joy. Natural settings like the beach or forest, or animals. As such, I’ve always been interested in […]
Read MoreDefiinition of everglade: a swampy grassland especially in southern Florida usually containing saw grass and at least seasonally covered by slowly moving water —usually used in plural. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/everglade There are only two places you will find the everglade environment in the world, Florida and right here in our backyard, Noosa Australia, and we were headed to […]
Read MoreAfter yesterdays fiasco, we had a fairly quiet day today. I think our body clocks are in line with the sun currently, so we’ve got a habit of being up and ready early. So by 8 o’clock we were packing the car and getting ready for our 3 hour trip to Mooloolaba, with a stop […]
Read MoreThankfully, we went to sleep pretty early last night which helped immensely at 5.40 when our alarms went off this morning. Today was another opportunity for us to tick off another UNESCO World Heritage Site – The Great Barrier Reef! We did this with a day tour with Lady Musgrave Experience out to a pontoon […]
Read MoreWe’ve all become accustomed to the early starts; this was made obvious today by the fact that we were all up and packed and ready to leave our Hervey Bay accommodation an hour before we had planned. Today we moved up to Bundaberg. We had an hour and a half to drive, and I still […]
Read MoreTodays original plans were changed last minute, as unfortunately the turtle boat tour we were going to go on was cancelled late yesterday due to high winds. Safety first. Without any solid plans in place, I got up relatively early and started trying to catch up on yesterdays blog. I was quickly distracted from this […]
Read More18,689 steps taken, ~140 km driven, and a World Heritage UNESCO site ticked off the bucket list. Today has been a whirlwind. It doesn’t even feel like it really happened. K’gari, originally known as The Great Sandy National Park, or Fraser Island is one of the most special natural places I have had the pleasure […]
Read MoreIt feels so good to be back out and exploring again! We started our travel day at about 9 o’clock where we got a lift to the airport for our 11.30 flight. The airports in Australia have been a bit silly recently. With wait times for security lines being reported at over an hour, it […]
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