Monthly Archives: December 2013

Win the Ultimate Ski Trip to Banff & Lake Louise! A contest from home

Want to win the ultimate ski vacation to beautiful Banff and Lake Louise, Alberta? Why not Get To Banff this winter! Check out www GetToBanff.ca for details and entry. Not at all on the topic of our road trip in Oz, but we do love our home in Banff and encourage you to check thisContinue reading “Win the Ultimate Ski Trip to Banff & Lake Louise! A contest from home”

Australia’s Capricorn Coast – Central Queensland & Carly’s return home

We rejoin the trips proper timeline with our next instalment from Agnes Water to Carly’s home turf as we travelled north to Rockhampton and Yeppoon. With only a few hours drive up to Yeppoon and no need to stress about setting up camp we left Agnes after our morning surf on another beautiful sunny dayContinue reading “Australia’s Capricorn Coast – Central Queensland & Carly’s return home”

Australia’s East Coast Road trip Continues – Agnes Water, 1770

They say that the weather in southern Queensland is “beautiful one day and perfect the next”. So far that adage has rung true, the weather has been unbelievable! As we move north the temperature climbs as does the humidity but having spent time in Mexico before our arrival in Australia it really has been aContinue reading “Australia’s East Coast Road trip Continues – Agnes Water, 1770”

Brisbane to Rainbow Beach….Almost

Our first official day of the road trip! As we mentioned in the last post we started slow, fighting a combination of rush hour, weekend and school holiday traffic getting out of the city. We didn’t care though we were finally on the road, windows down, music turned up, surf boards strapped to the roof,Continue reading “Brisbane to Rainbow Beach….Almost”

Australia – The Adventure Begins

Being back in Australia has been incredible so far, for Carly it’s always great to be home and for me there has been a real sense of familiarity after our brief visit last year. Seeing family and old friends has been amazing for both of us and we’re still humbled by everyone who came toContinue reading “Australia – The Adventure Begins”

Mexico to Australia – The good, the bad & the ugly

After 17 glorious days in Mexico with family and friends for the wedding we’re ready to start our honeymoon adventure travelling around Australia’s east coast. Being in the tourism industry we live much of our lives at odds with a hangover, so it seemed fitting to start our honeymoon in the same fashion. The nightContinue reading “Mexico to Australia – The good, the bad & the ugly”

Shark attack

Again getting ahead of the trips timeline but we felt the need to share this. We woke up this morning on the Gold Coast of Australia with the plan to spend the day surfing, only to find the news dominated with the weeks second fatal shark attack. Sadly a teenaged body surfer was attacked andContinue reading “Shark attack”