Monthly Archives: July 2024

New Zealand/Australia 2024 – Cairns, Part Two

January 28 – February 1, 2024 Our Skyrail journey ended at the Kuranda station, where we disembarked and had to hike a short distance up to the town itself.  A cute little touristy destination with loads of the kinds of shops one finds in these locations, we stopped for a bit to grab a cold […]

New Zealand/Australia 2024 – Cairns, Part One

January 28 – February 1, 2024 Our flight the next morning to Cairns at 12:30 pm would again give us plenty of time to clean up and check out of the Airbnb and still get to our flight.  We’d be flying for the first time on Jetstar, an Australian low-cost airline headquartered in Melbourne and […]

New Zealand/Australia 2024 – Melbourne, Part Three

January 22-27, 2024 As mentioned in the previous post, the next day would be another long and rewarding one.  We would be heading out to Phillip Island for a day of sightseeing, wine tasting, and a visit to the famous nighttime penguin parade with Phillip Island Penguins, Wine Tasting and Dinner from Melbourne through Viator.  […]

New Zealand/Australia 2024 – Melbourne, Part Two

January 22-27, 2024 Finished with lunch, we climbed back on board the van and drove a short distance inland to Maits Rest Rainforest Walk, a half mile circuit through a cool temperate rainforest in the Otway Ranges in Great Otway National Park.  It contains towering myrtle beech trees, some 300 years-old, and an understory of […]