Here are some of our favourite pictures from our week at Nozawa Onsen. Family photos – dinner, skiing and sake! Best of the rest – selection of fun pics and views. This last picture is one of mine, but I cant get over how much like a Japanese drawing it looks. The tree line on […]

Apologies for the confusion of having accidentally posted the start of this trip as a page, not a post. Still trying to work out how to fix that! If you have not yet seen the start of the trip “winter in Spring” find it on the main page. Also apologies for the lack of updates, […]

Oh dear, it has been a while, but I thought I would finish up with some added Christmas Cheer! So here is the final installment of land cruising, as well as some snippets from Christmas. So we departed Collie around 1000, and began the big trek north back to Perth. Poor Pete was struggling with […]

Pete’s birthday dawned cloudy after another night of thunder storms. We had card and present opening in bed, the gift I found at the winery yesterday, was a hit. It wasn’t wine! We had coffee all together and then Pete and I went off for a walk along the river. We walked the length of […]

This was the day of the Pilgrim, who shook, rattled and rolled us northward, back towards Perth. We had decided to make a long board to the north, allowing us a whole day in one place for Pete’s birthday. It was my turn for driving, so my first trip was from the camp site to […]

We departed Fonty’s Pool on a very warm morning, without a final swim. Our heading was south east, back towards the coast, to see some even bigger trees than the Diamond Tree. We packed up Pilgrim and were on the road by 1000, this time with dad at the helm. As we cruised he highway […]

We departed Augusta after breakfast, deciding not to swim. We had a lot of rain in the night and it passed through leaving clear skies, but a cold on- shore southeasterly, so swimming definitely not as attractive as yesterday. However, our fire still had embers glowing – the remains of the dragon! We went through […]

We had a slow start to the day, taking it easy after 2 days of climbing in and out of caves, heading around to Cape Leeuwin around 1100. The weather was warm, but it was very windy, blowing strongly from the west. It was a short drive from the camp, around the coast line of […]

After breakfast and filling our water tank, we departed our campsite to once more head below ground, this time to Mammoth Cave. Despite checking everyone’s wallets and pockets, we could not locate our two cave pass bought yesterday, when we arrived at the cave. Prepared to have to shell out another entry fee, the Cave […]

We departed Busselton early, heading out via a mall to stock up with staples, as well as find SIM cards for mum and Dad. Interestingly, the Telstra shop was shut, but Coles were selling $50 sims at a discount, so they got two $50 sims for $40! Bargain. We drove south, heading towards Gracetown and […]