We pick up the trail of the Great Ocean Road just west of Torquay. From our campground in the north of Melbourne it is still a bit of a drive before we are on the G.O.R. (Melbourne is pretty sprawled…
We have been dreaming of Uganda for years now. We finally found a way to do it ourselves: a self-drive safari in Murchison Falls National Park was one of the highlights of our Uganda travels. Most people go on an…
We started at the deep end on our first day in Egypt: spending a day at the pyramids. It was going to be a full day combining Dashur, Saqqara and Giza. From emptiness and desert horizons to the bustling grounds…
We could not get enough of Aswan. A highlight is to spend an afternoon on Philae Island. And to enjoy the comings and goings on the Nile at the end of the day. The temple on Philae Island is dedicated…
And then we were in Aswan! This city marks the border of ‘lower Egypt’: the deep south of the country. We so enjoyed the setting of Aswan. Strolling along the boulevard without hassle day and night we took in all…
As we approach from the hills to the south of the town, a flat top mount of mining debris signals that we have arrived. Broken Hill is clearly a prosperous mining town. After camping for days with basic facilities and no…
Being on the Murray river, some say Mildura isn’t the real outback yet. If you tell people at home that you’re going to the outback some will tell you, ‘there is nothing there’, with wide open eyes of angst and…
Looking at the ocean for one last time on Cape Bridgewater we turn around and head inland. The Great Ocean Road is beautiful but very crowded. We’re dying to get to the outback. We turn onto the Henty Highway. The…
Our first nights in Tasmania we stayed with a friend at beautiful Hawley Beach. Yellow-tailed black cockatoos predicted rain, said local folklore… But rain in one place in Tasmania means sun in another. Our first destination is Cradle Mountain, a…