Author: Christian and Bianca
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HMS Belfast (1938)
In our grand tour around Northern Europe, we went to many museums in London. As one of the Imperial War Museum displays, we went to the battleship on the Thames. Battleship museum The battleship HMS Belfast was an extra entrance of £ 26.35, and the battleship is prominently moored at Queens Walk, opposite the Tower… Read more
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Kiek in De Kok, Tallinn
A museum that we enjoyed in Tallinn as a part of our Northern Europe tour and trip to the Baltics, was Kiek in De Kök. The tower is a museum, and has a mixture of displays and artefacts, alongside the actual structure of the tower itself. There are five floors to the tower, which has… Read more
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Helsinki
The frozen capital city of Finland was next on our Northern European tour. The city was just really a stopping off point for us to get other forms of transport out of the city. We visited Helsinki twice – first for a day to get the Santa Claus Express train to Lapland, and the second… Read more
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Road Trip Victoria – Day 4 and 5: Dandenong Ranges and Daylesford
Our final destination in our road trip from Adelaide along the Great Ocean Road was the Dandenong Ranges. Skip back to Day 1 to read about Adelaide to Warrnambool, or read Day 2 about the Great Ocean Road, and you can jump back a day to read about Day 3 for Geelong to Olinda. Dandenong… Read more
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Road Trip Victoria – Day 3: Geelong to Olinda (Dandenong Ranges)
Welcome to day three of our road trip from Adelaide to Dandenong Ranges along the Great Ocean Road. You can read all about Day 1 to get to Warrnambool, and Day 2 along the Great Ocean Road, or you can skip to days 4 and 5 from Dandenong Ranges to Adelaide. Geelong After a relaxing… Read more
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Road Trip Victoria – Day 2: Warrnambool to Geelong via Great Ocean Road
Our road trip adventure is spread over multiple days and posts. Read more about our journey start in our Day 1 post, skip to Day 3, or read about Days 4 and 5. Warrnambool Our day 2 journey began in Warrnambool as we left the Deep Blue hotel and spa. On the way out we… Read more
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Road Trip Victoria – Day 1: Adelaide to Warrnambool
We embarked on a road trip from Adelaide, starting early to cover miles before breakfast. Highlights included a stop at Meningie for coffee and enjoying scenic views, visiting Tantanoola Caves and its geological wonders, and exploring charming townships like Robe, Kingston, Port Fairy, and Warrnambool with their picturesque settings and unique attractions. Read more
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Glenelg – Sunset cruise
For Christmas, Bianca’s girls bought us a voucher for a sunset cruise at Glenelg. Booking this experience in advance was tricky because we couldn’t predict the weather. So, it was either going to be horrible or magical. Thankfully we were lucky. The weather was warm and calm – perfect conditions. We headed down to Glenelg… Read more
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Brighton – Beach Sculptures 2024
One of our favourite events, held by the City of Brighton along the beach in January each year, is the free sculpture exhibition. The artists submit work in various categories and judges award prizes. Many of the pieces are for public sale and some of the artists will take commissions. Artworks adorn a large section… Read more
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Adelaide – Treeclimb adventure
One of Christian’s favourite activities to do with his sons is the Adelaide Tree Climb. The Treeclimb adventure is suspended about 10 metres off the ground in the Adelaide Parklands. It is an assault-course of high-wire activities to get your blood pumping. The Adelaide Parklands location is super convenient for an adventure. It takes five… Read more
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Tandem Skydiving
On Christian’s bucket list was the experience of skydiving and parachuting. For Christmas 2022, Bianca bought Christian a voucher to do tandem skydiving at SA Skydiving in Goolwa. It was an easy drive from Adelaide to the open fields of Goolwa. We were given a warning on the way down of weather delaying take-off time.… Read more
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Bali – Kopi Luwak (cat poo coffee)
We could not leave Indonesia without trying the Kopi Luwak (cat poo coffee). It is one of the most expensive coffees in the world, made from the poo of the Civet Cat. Kopi is Indonesian for coffee and Luwak is Indonesian for the Civets which eat the coffee. The cats eat the coffee cherries and… Read more
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Bali – Aling Aling waterfall
There are plenty of waterfalls to visit in Bali. We chose to visit Aling Aling, which sits on the north edge of Bali, about a two hour drive from Kuta. It is actually a string of different waterfalls, several of which you can swim in. We arrived at Aling Aling after what seemed like hours… Read more
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Bali – Mt Batur Hot Springs
After our dawn hike up an active volcano to see the sunrise, we walked back down and straight into the Mt Batur Natural Hot Springs resort for a relaxing soak. The walk down the volcano was through rainforest and along winding paths. With the daylight, we could see more of the scenery that we had… Read more
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Bali – dawn volcano climb
Yes, you read that right – we climbed an active volcano in Bali by torchlight to watch the dawn! This was the best experience of our whole trip! We knew it would be an early start, so we decided to do it on our first day. Our driver picked us up from our hotel at… Read more
