Lost in Gippsland – the Search for the Ada Tree

Howdy all! Gippsland is an exceptional destination to visit if you are traveling in Victoria, in the South-East of Australia (and my home state!) Over the last couple of weeks I’ve given you a couple posts centred on the region, and today is my third, and last, featuring the exploits of a very short trip …

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Hitting Adelaide – Exploring Rundle Mall, the Central Market, St Peter’s and the Art Gallery!

Hi all, my first full vlog from Adelaide is here for you! I hope you enjoy watching as I unveil a bit about this city that sometimes receives a bad rap but has a lot to recommend it including a beautiful church (amongst many, it does have a rep as the 'City of Churches' (not …

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Noojee’s Famous, Historic Trestle Bridge and the Torongo Falls

Howdy all. Blog time again and today, well, I’ll tell you the story of heading to Noojee’s famous Trestle Bridge. This is an historic rail bridge in Gippsland, not far from (you might have guess) the little town of Noojee. It’s a charming little town, there’s an old railway station there with some old steam …

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Flight Review – Melbourne to Adelaide | Economy with Virgin Australia

Howdy all! Thank God it's Friday and all that - my first flight since March 2021 was to Adelaide on Boxing Day last year. I spent most of my departure time stressing about whether my required PCR test was going to come through. As you might guess, it did, not with much lee-way though! Virgin …

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Heading For the Country Life – Gippsland Baby! A Walk Through a Rain Forest!

Well folks, adventuring is the game, and Andy is my name. Okay. False start. That sounded dreadful! Hi. Time for another blog and today I’ll be sharing some experiences from last November when I visited Victoria’s Gippsland region. I based myself in the Droin-Neerim South Area, which is around a 90 minute drive from Melbourne. …

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Destination of the Month – Karakol and Lake Issyk-Kul

Howdy all and it’s another Sunday for you! Today it’s the first ‘Destination of the Month’ for you, and I am sticking to what I know, and that’s places I have been, and today it’s Central Asia again for you and the country in question is Kyrgyzstan. Where abouts is our destination? Well, it’s a …

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