Author: kimba_grebel

Written by Kim Our drive from Phillip Island to Melbourne was about 2 hours.  After a quick stop at TK Maxx to check out the Black Friday sales and buy a suitcase to take back some things we’ve bought we arrived in Melbourne.  Our hotel, Veriu, is right across the street from the Queen Victoria […]

Written by Kim Today was Thanksgiving which isn’t celebrated in Australia so we were missing our family and traditions, I will cook a Thanksgiving dinner when we’re back. Phillip Island is rich with beautiful landscapes and wildlife so we decided to soak as much as we can in, After a good breakfast we set out […]

Written by Kim Our morning started off a bit exciting as we were greeted by Roos leaving Mallacoota. We left early and stores don’t open early so we had a gourmet breakfast in the car we bought last night at the grocery store. We had a 6-7 hour drive ahead of us. Unfortunately, our drive […]

Written by Kim Our drive from Merimbula to Mallacoota was only a bit over an hour so we decided to take a small detour and visit. Green Cape Lighthouse. We drove the Steaksauce Highway (aka A1 again) to head south to Mallacoota. It was lots of forest and pastures with cows. The turnoff to Green […]

Written by Kim We were in Merimbula, a small seaside town on the far south Sapphire Coast of New South Wales, for 3 nights. It was drizzly and rainy most of the time we were here but we did get one afternoon of sunshine. The first day we just relaxed a bit before heading out […]

Written by Kim As we left Jervis Bay, we traveled south on the tourist road along the shore called Princes Highway, Great Pacific Drive or A1 (or as Alex calls it – Steak sauce highway).  The views were incredible.  We stopped at a small village, Central Tibla, on our way south on the coast.  It […]

Written by Kim We’ve been on the go so had a slow day today. It was a bit cloudy, cool (50s in am, 60s in pm) and drizzly. We’ve only had one day in Christchurch with rain so we can’t complain. We went down to 5 Little Pigs in Huskisson’s Bay for breakfast. We sat […]

Written by Kim We picked up our car, a MG, and began the drive down the Great Pacific drive. After we got out of the city, we needed a quick break to celebrate Alex’s quick transition driving on the wrong side of the road! Some Macca’s (Mc Donald’s) This is a picturesque coastal road with […]

Written by Kim We enjoyed our last night of trivia with our new Aussie friends, Ben & Courtney. Each night we did pre dinner trivia in the Music Hall and then in the pub. We won a few times and they were excited because they said they never win when alone. It is bittersweet meeting […]

Written by Kim We arrived at the Picton port early and needed to be out for our tour at 9:15. The port is another logging port. We learned that New Zealand exports a lot of lumber for the Asian markets, primarily Japan and Korea. They make paper and furniture among other things with the lumber. […]