Australia Day gave us a 3-day window so we headed to Noosa, just north of Brisbane on the Sunshine Coast. The trip had some challenges - we have Cyclone Kirrilly remnants coming through which was creating a forecast of 100% rain ay the hottest time of the year. We were on different flights at the... Continue Reading →

The next day we took a trip to the rainforest town of Karanda with the primary objective of holding a Koala. Karanda is an old logging town that has been converted to essentially a large gift shop with some wildlife venues. Part of the highlight of going to Karanda is the transport – one way... Continue Reading →

We had some friends from our neighborhood bike group, Stephanie and Anish, visit for a couple of weeks, we spent some time in Melbourne and the Great Barrier Reef and they added a Sydney side-trip. Now that we are “locals”, we have our favorite places that we can go in Melbourne and St. Kilda. We... Continue Reading →

Since it was winter and coldish in Melbourne, so we had decided back in July that would need to visit a warm place in August – so we headed north to Brisbane and the Gold Coast – I can't figure out if Queensland is the the “Florida” or "Texas" of Australia....very independent and a similar... Continue Reading →