Judy & Brian Tour Oz

We had planned to get up at 720 am, pack up and go straight to the ferry for the 9 o’clock crossing. But as I always do, I was awake an hour early so we had time for breakfast and then pack ups and then slide out. As it transpired we turned up at the gate at 2 minutes to eight and were surprised when the lady took our ticket and said drive straight on! An hour ahead of schedule, bonus start to the day, should only be a simple matter of a straight forward run, cross-country, from Sorrento to Bairnsdale Straight forward run across Victoria? As straight forward as any trip across Victoria can be! The trouble with Victoria is that all roads radiate out from Melbourne. All other road seems to have been scattered at random. Getting from A to B isn't as straight forward as picking a road and going for it. No, you have to work your way around, double back, go down, come up and basically it’s pretty tedious. And don't think you can just put ‘B’ into your trusty GPS and expect to be tak...

Queenscliff Vic March 25, 2015 Set out cross-country style to get from Bendigo to Queenscliff, using all the A, B & C roads we could find. Fairly pleasant trip actually and we saw a bit of the country and a few little towns like Gisbourne and Bacchus Marsh. Didn't really see them as such, just drove through, didn't even stop for coffee as they are old style towns with no place to park a car and van. Made it into Queenscliff and back into the same spot we had last time. While we were eating lunch we took some snaps of cute little birds in and around the bottlebrush tree.  Look at this cute little guy. Queenscliff Vic Even smaller little yellow bird, but not the same as the one above. Queenscliff Vic No points for naming this bloke! Queenscliff Vic After lunch we took the obligatory run down to the Point to see if the ferry was in and stare at the big boats negotiating The Rip. Boat. The Rip, Port Phillip Bay Vic Boat. The Rip, Port Philli...