Hobart Captures Our Hearts
Having spent the last two weeks driving around Tasmania, we ended our trip with 3 nights in it's 'capital' Hobart. This coastal city in the south of the country is nothing like any other city we have been too. Those that know us well, will tell you we are not city...
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Strahan to Port Arthur
On leaving Strahan we were headed to Port Arthur but decided that we needed to break up the journey and therefore booked ourselves a last minute stop at the beautiful Sassafras Springs in Ellendale, just north of Hobart. We drove out via Lake St Clair - a stunning...
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New Zealand Hospitality
In New Zealand, we have struggled to keep the blog up to date due to lack of decent wifi, but we will be updating it with all our adventures once we arrive home in 2 weeks. Today we wanted to share a little about the wonderful hospitality we have received in New...
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Heading further west and up Cradle Mountain
After our second night in Launceston, we headed further west towards Liffey Falls. Our drive took us up some rather interesting roads – twisty and turning gravel roads with sheer drops – luckily our hire car did well despite us thinking we would be better with a 4x4!...
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Heading West in Tassie
From St Helens, we drove west towards Launceston. Our first stop was the lovely town of Binalong Bay on the edge of the Bay of Fires, we had a lovely walk on the rocks and beach and the girls enjoyed yet another Tassie playground. [gallery link="file" size="medium"...
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Washing on the Road
If you have read our blog about packing you will know that we have brought a minimal number of clothes away on our trip with us and therefore washing is a chore that we can’t escape from! Here is a little insight into how we have managed so far, and we’ve included the...
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The East Coast of Tasmania
Having recovered from our long flight to get here, we headed out to pick up our car via Subway for lunch! We had booked our car with Apex Car Rentals, who are a budget company but who we were incredibly pleased with and found ourselves driving off in a spacious...
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The Reality Of Travelling
We've kept this blog positive so far with all the experiences we have been having, however, we also wanted to write a bit about some of the challenges. So often on social media, everything is 'rose-tinted' and it is important to show the good, the bad and the ugly!...
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Krazy Kuala Lumper
From the Pearl to the Gold The journey started to Kuala Lumper by boarding the free ferry from Penang - a pleasant 30 minute journey with passengers in the middle and cars around the edges of the ferry. Heading to the main ferry / bus / train terminal at Butterworth...
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Penang Part 2
Having thoroughly explored Georgetown we decided it was time to try the local buses and give the girls a fun day out. With our budget in mind we decided to head to the Botanical gardens that had been advertised as a great free day out, so we searched the bus terminal,...
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