Down under travelling

While I’ve mostly posted day to day happenings on our trip to Australia, I thought I’d just finish off with some things I’ve thought about. Travel is not just a destination to tick a box. At least we don’t view it that way. Travelling is a learning experience. We learn about the culture, history, culinary…

It seems I missed a couple of pictures I meant to share. Our most special meal while on our trip was in Melbourne. I had researched and decided upon a place in the dockyards area called Butcher’s Prime. Interesting that it was well reviewed online but also one of the ones on the carts spoke…

What goes up must come down…. Whomsoever travels far, must return home. We decided not to do all the travelling in one day. Bad enough we were not flying direct as we did going. So, a flight from Adelaide to Sydney the day before the ‘big day’. One last walk along the shore. One last…

Monday, our plans to meet up with people we knew did not pan out. Life! So we had a slow day…. Still too hot to contemplate much. I did a little ‘walkabout’ in Glenelg before it got too hot but nothing else. So….. our very last full day, the next day, we took the tram…

One of the fellows we met on carts near our hotel had offered to take us to the meeting Sunday rather than find our way on the bus. So him and his wife came to get us and we enjoyed getting to know them a little. It’s great to go to a meeting around the…

Pretty hot so tried to get started a bit earlier than we had been so to take advantage of a few degrees cooler than in the pm. We bought travel cards and headed in on the tram. Conveniently located right at the pier of Glenelg where we stayed. Travelling in only took about 25 minutes…

One cannot come to Adelaide and not take a tour of the wineries. Well, there are so many that unless you settle in for a good long visit, you’d never visit even half. Though hot much of the year, and parched much of the time, somehow the vines manage to flourish and produce enough grapes…

Tuesday was our last day in Melbourne. I spent a little time shopping…. Of course! Then we did take the tourist team (#35) around the city. We travelled as far as the parliament buildings. No tours that day but outside architecture was impressive. The tourist tram is an old one and not air conditioned! By…

After deciding on not renting a car for this trip, we had to decide what places we really wanted to see that would require a tour. Us not being tour people, always doing our own planning and travel itinerary, it’s not our thing to sit on a bus with a time schedule to keep to.…

Very early start…. And a long day. The sights were amazing but we would have enjoyed it more if we were not last on the bus and had the back row. Worst, most uncomfortable seats all day. The Wine Hop tour company seems to be transitioning. Older buses finally being changed out for new. Unfortunately,…