James

Our first night of four here in Dunkeld. This area, generally the eastern side of Gariwerd (The Grampians), is the lands of the Djab Wurrung people. We acknowledge the traditional owners, and their elders past, present and emerging. We started…

Importantly, first up today was getting a new tyre on the car. A few days ago, I noticed a slight bulge on the side of one of the rear tyres. It wasn’t losing air thankfully – but I didn’t want…

Today was a day with not a lot planned initially, but a wonderful day of adventuring and exploring Portland! We headed down to the Visitor Information Centre first thing this morning to see if there were some interesting things we…

Tonight, we’re in Portland – roughly the end of the Great Ocean Road. We want to acknowledge that this area is the lands of the Gunditjmara people. We want to pay our respects to the elders of the Gunditjmara people…

The weather today was perfect for a bit more exploring along the Great Ocean Road – 24º and sunny! Yesterday, I neglected to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land we’re currently on – this is the land of the…

We said farewell to Phillip Island at about 8am this morning after a really wonderful few days. The first part of today’s drive was around to Sorrento, at the southern end of the Mornington Peninsula. We were headed for the…

Today started with a lot of rain. We all enjoyed a slower start to the day, with the kids catching up on their travel diaries from yesterday’s adventures. We had a few ideas of things to do today, but only…

For everyone’s birthday presents this year, they’re getting experiences while we’re on our trip. And today was my turn to get my birthday present from the fam (from last December) – go karting at the Phillip Island GP Circuit! Phillip…

Today was a fairly long drive, roughly following the coast around the south-eastern corner of Australia, to arrive at Phillip Island! We want to acknowledge that the traditional owners of this land are the Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation,…