Tonight we have arrived in Echuca, the lands of the Yorta Yorta people. These lands around Dhungala (the Murray River) that we’re so grateful to be on tonight have always been the lands of the Yorta Yorta people, and we acknowledge their elders past, present and emerging. On our way here though, we spend most of today in Bendigo, and it was another case of realising we probably could’ve spent a few days there and enjoyed so much more. (And…
The cottage we’re staying in here in Echuca is thankfully only a short walk away from the Port of Echuca, where most of the good touristy stuff is here in Echuca! We walked down this morning at about 9am to have a bit of a relaxed wander before our paddle steamer ride. The historic strip of the Port of Echuca is quite amazingly maintained – still original buildings all through it, and most of them are still in use as…
Our second day in Echuca was a bit of a slower and more relaxed one. We had a quiet morning at home with breakfast and the kids just enjoying playing – this place we’re in has a decent sized cubby out the back, and they’re just loving the time to play and explore that. Later in the morning we headed back down to the Port to finish exploring a few things in the Discovery Centre around the steam trains. And…
We’ve arrived in Mildura, the lands of the Ladji Ladji people. We acknowledge that this area around the Murray River has always been their land, and we’re grateful to be able to enjoy it today. We acknowledge the Ladji Ladji elders past, present and emerging. Long day of driving today – just over 500km. But it was actually quite an enjoyable drive that we broke up by visiting a bunch of different things along the way. First up was the…
Today was a brilliant day – two very different adventures, but equally joy-creating. First up, we started the day slowly. There was no rush to get out of bed, and thankfully the kids didn’t really surface until about 7am this morning. They played their own games for a while, and so Debbie and I didn’t really get out of bed until closer to 8am – bit of a luxury on this trip! We headed out to Orange World for a…
We’ve arrived in South Australia! And we’re here in Victor Harbor tonight. The Ramindjeri people are the traditional owners of this land we now know as Victor Harbor – they knew it as Wirramulla. We acknowledge that this land was and always will be the land of the Ramindjeri people, and we acknowledge and pay respects to their elders past, present and emerging. We headed off at about 8am this morning, with quite a few things on our list to…
This morning we encountered quite a bit of rain, for only really the second time on this trip (the first time being the Penguin Parade night on Phillip Island). The forecast was showing a bit of rain around, but really only patchy. So we donned our rain jackets and wandered off down the street toward the Victor Harbor foreshore. Really the only thing we’d had pre-organised for Victor Harbor was to head across to Granite Island (known as Kaiki to…
We’ve arrived on the beautiful Kangaroo Island for a few days! The people of the Ramindjeri, Ngarrindjeri, Kaurna and Barngalla nations knew this island as Karta Pintingga. It’s believed they inhabited this island some 16,000 years ago, before rising sea levels cut the island off from the mainland. We pay our respects to the elders of the Ramindjeri, Ngarrindjeri, Kaurna and Barngalla people, especially acknowledging their ancestors. We headed off from Victor Harbor about 8am this morning, needing to get…
We may be up against a bit of rain in the next few days here on KI. But today was looking pretty good – so we did a bit of a swap of activities. This morning, we headed out to Little Sahara! Little Sahara is an adventure centre based at some incredible sand dunes on the south side of Kangaroo Island. They run quite a few different tours around the dunes and the huge heritage listed property – but we…
The rain fell pretty hard this morning. Thankfully, plan A for the day involved being indoors – at least for the morning. We enjoyed a bit of a slow start to the day (Debbie and I didn’t even get out of bed til 8am – unheard of!) and after a bit of breakfast and the kids playing a few different card games, we headed out to Island Beehive. So, the only bee on KI is the Liguarian honey bee. And,…