Australia

This is our last blog entry from our 'coming-of-age' trip with our granddaughter, Cora. We have visited South Australia looking for penguins and koalas and more and now we have…

The Daintree River in North Queensland marks the beginning of the end of normal tourism in Queensland. A little ferry pulls you across the river via a cable and soon…

A giant Golden Orb Spider with a strong and elaborate web hanging out on our porch....  A hairy tarantula molting near the path to the lodge....  A pair of Tawny…

We took a high-speed catamaran about 1.5 hours offshore of Cairns to snorkel on Opal Reef at three different sites. We wore wetsuits, making it very difficult to dive down…

We (Cora's idea and typing) are trying something different for this post, being that there will only be photos and captions located at the bottom of most pictures. Enjoy! Australian…

After two days on the Great Ocean Road and in the Eucalypt forests, we violated all Australia travel rules and overlooked many overlooks . We drove and drove through extensive…

After more Little Penguin watching in St. Kilda, we got our rental car and headed out. It takes two people to drive: one to steer and all that, and one…

We have arrived in Australia with our almost-13 year old granddaughter, Cora. Our quest, Cora's actually, is to learn about native Australian wild animals. We flew west and south with…

As some (many?) of our subscribers know, I have been struggling to get the notification of a new blog post working for those who have subscribed to our blog. I…

In 1839, Charles Darwin spent two weeks on the Blue Mountains which are about 100 kilometers west of Sydney. He traveled by boat and then horseback. When he got to…

The Opal card brings you Sydney! Just "top up" and then "tap on" when you get into a bus or train or ferry. At the end of the trip, "tap…

Eight stalwart folk have flown to the opposite side of the earth to sail for 10 days among the Whitsunday Islands that are inside The Great Barrier Reef National Park in…