Month: September 2007

Thursday. A week since we’d arrived in Oz. We awoke at 6, give or take, and I pulled on some clothes and rushed out and across the road to get some pictures of the dawn. I’m not sure that my 360 panoramic effort is going to turn out, but dawn…

Wednesday. We left Narooma at about 9, planning to stop in Eden (the last town before a long stretch of driving) for lunch. We had our usual (by now) hot chocolate and other brunchy things in Eden, which was a nice little town with a wide high street where cars…

Tuesday. Today was our one day in Narooma before heading south again. Originally we were going to Montague Island – a four hour tour to see seals and other wildlife – but owing to the expense and under-subscription of the tour and the fact that we were too early for…

I’m now back at home. Some pictures (more to come) are up in a flickr collection. I’m inlining some of the good ones. Monday. We picked up our hire car – a Ford Falcon XR6 – in the morning, from the Budget place down the road from the hotel. Hire…

Sunday. We had a relatively easy day planned; a visit to the Australian Museum in the morning followed by meeting our friends Dean & Lisa in the afternoon and mooching around a bit. The Australian Museum was pretty good: the fossils and meteorites were interesting, and they have a hall…

Saturday. We got up early again and went down to the ferry wharves. Today was our harbour cruise day! We bought a combo ticket for the harbour cruise and Taronga Zoo, and had breakfast at Rossini right on the wharf. Two jam doughnuts as big as our heads, half a…

I’m blogging this from Melbourne as we are staying with our friends the Boards (see the Ben-n-Em link on the blogroll). Friday. We got up early and headed over to Henry Deane Plaza to have breakfast at Henry Henry, a nightspot and cafe/bar there. Mini-Elbeno managed to fall over and…