The Great Australian Bight
So our long-awaited plan to do the “big lap” of Australia got condensed into a smaller lap within South Australia. But amid the anxiety and uncertainty about the future, we…
Wildlife Carers on Kangaroo Island, and Reasons to be Hopeful!
Wildlife Carers on Kangaroo Island, and Reasons to be Hopeful! Kangaroo Island was meant to be welcoming tourists back right now, to boost local businesses in the wake of the…
Blonde Animals On Bruny Island
Our first stop in Tasmania has been Bruny Island, which is just a fifteen minute ferry ride from the mainland of the east coast. Bruny is home to an unusually…
Wilson’s Promontory And A Tent Intruder
As we drove into in Wilson’s Promontory, the ancient rolling hills of eucalypt forest took our breath away. Massive round boulders, that have been smoothed by millennia of weather, are…
Week 2: Many Hands Helping in a Time of Need
This week has been a mixture of emotions. Shock and horror at the devastation of the Australian bushfires, combined with the joy of meeting wonderful, kind, and inspiring people. One…
We Are Off! First Stop… Narooma
Day 1-2. We are finally on our way!! After talking about this for the last 4 years, we have jettisoned (most of) our non-essential possessions and set off on a…