Cape of Good Hope
On our last morning in Cape Town we had planned to hire a driver to take us to the Cape of Good Hope and then onwards to our final stop…
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Victoria Falls
Coming to Victoria Falls is a lifelong dream, one that I never thought would be possible. But here we are. Our camp is located about 18km upriver from the Falls…
Blue Pools
In the Mt. Aspiring National Park is a special place where a glacier fed stream joins the larger creek and together they flow out to the Tasman Sea on the…
Elusive Yellow-eyed Penguin
After a short ride in the mini-bus we jumped out and took off down a narrow trail in the side of the hill overlooking the beach where the penguins come…
Blue Mountains
Everyone says you have to make this day trip when you’re in Sydney so who were we to argue. This morning got up and got on a Sydney Transport train…
Little Penguins
Phillip Island is about two hours south of Melbourne on the coast and is best known for the Little Penguin “parade”. Little Penguins are the smallest of the 17 species…
Dandenong Ranges
After leaving Healesville at 2:30, we rushed to get to Phillip Island to see the Little Penguin parade which happens at sundown. This being autumn in Australia meant that sundown…
Healesville Sanctuary
We rented a car and took a drive to the northeast of Melbourne, into the Yarra Valley where we’d spend a few hours at the Healesville Sanctuary. Our plan after…
