In 2005 I had gone to Austria, Vienna to be exact with Northern Ireland fans to watch our last World Cup Qualifier with Austria. It was an away trip that I went on with my Dad and some of his mates. I knew a few of them, but not all of them. One of the lads Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: An Ulster Fry At North Lakes, Queensland, Australia[…]
There was always the option to incorporate a trip to Wilson’s Prom into my road trip. Wilson’s Prom is Wilson’s Promontory National Park, which has a lot of animals and also the marker of the southernmost point of mainland Australia. Hardly anything exciting for me when I’d already past Wilson’s Prom Read more about Road Trip Part 4 – Tourist Information at Foster[…]
I left Frankston at dawn and headed east. I didn’t have any plans of where to stop and decided just to stop at anywhere that took my fancy. I had a quick stop at Mosquito Hill, near Nyora. This was just past the turn off for Philip Island, which was a backward Read more about Road Trip Part 3 – Italy v New Zealand at Leongatha[…]
I hadn’t seen Owen Millar for 3 years, well 2 and a half really. Since the SOENISC meeting in Weymouth in December 2007, I finally met up with my good old mate in June 2010. Both our lives had changed somewhat in the intervening years. Yet we both ended up in Australia somehow. Even in Read more about Road Trip Part 22: “Adrian” Bogan Logan – Owen Millar Reunion *[…]
It’s known for being the most easterly point of the Australian mainland, and that’s one of the things that attracted me to Visit Cape Byron. That alongside the fact I was already in Byron Bay, and that a more elevated view of the Pacific Ocean could be had at this glamorous little tip edge…the lonely Read more about Cape Byron – The Most Easterly Point Of The Australian Mainland[…]
It’s “Football” but not as you know it, or not as I know it. They call it Australian Rules Football. Or Aussie Rules. Or for the majority of the country, it’s called AFL. On arrival in Australia, there were four sports I wanted to watch at some point here. Football (or Soccer), Rugby League Read more about Watching Australian Rules Football in Tasmania: Forth Football Club – The Magpies![…]
I waited until June 2010 to see these three things, when really I should have ticked them off and seen them all in February 2010, in my first week in Tasmania. They are not must dos or must sees by any means. But if you’re on the Tasman Peninsula, why drive past and bother to Read more about Backpacking in Australia: Eaglehawk Neck, Tasman Arch, Devil’s Kitchen in Tasmania[…]
Ross is one of Tasmania’s Finest Historic Towns, and what a lovely, tranquil place it was. Streets decked with all the joys of Autumn as my car rode over the “famous” Ross bridge and into this enchanting wee settlement, north of Hobart. Marina and Joseph first mentioned Ross to me. Until they had, I Read more about Backpacking in Australia: Touring Ross, Tasmania[…]