Category: Travel
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Gold Coast Weekend and A Few Other Things
Last weekend was the Gold Coast Marathon weekend. G, S and I all did the half-marathon, along with our friend M. None of us were aiming for PB’s as we were all a bit under-trained but we had goals and made them. I decided to aim for 2:10 which is the pace I’m hoping to…
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Road Trip: Melbourne – Sydney – Port Macquarie – Gold Coast
We are on our annual road trip up north, fleeing Melbourne’s cold weather for a while. We left early Saturday morning and drove pretty much straight though to Sydney with a short lunch/brunch stop at The Ten Mile Cafe in Holbrook. I had homemade baked beans, G had an eggs benedict version. They were both…
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Holidays
A couple of weekends ago we went to Noosa. It’s our annual work trip where we enjoy some warmer weather, eat lots of good food and run in Runaway Noosa races. This year I planned to do the HM but forgot and when I remembered it was already sold out. I had to settle for…
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Kangaroo Island – Day 4
23 March 2026 Today was the day we had to leave this gorgeous place. Our breakfast view was a bit gloomy compared to our other days here and we were wondering whether the day was going to be spent hanging out inside the lodge. After breakfast we headed back to our room to pack ready…
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Kangaroo Island – Day 3
Today we were heading the Flinder’s Chase National Park so we started with a good breakfast—poached eggs on sour dough with bacon, tomatoes and hash browns. While we were waiting for everyone to meet back up at the lounge the head of activities came out to chat with us and give us our supplies for…
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Kangaroo Island – Day 2
Sunday March 22nd 2026 It was an earlier start this morning as we had an excursion to Seal Bay scheduled for 8 am and needed breakfast beforehand. We were the first guests in the dining room for breakfast at 7:15 am. I had an eggs benedict variation with smashed peas and jamon which was yummy,…
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Kangaroo Island – Day 1
Saturday 21st March 2026 Kangaroo Island was fabulous!! This was a real splurge for us. We stayed at Southern Ocean Lodge that had all inclusive food, drinks and tours and, happily, we do not have buyers remorse. We flew to Adelaide on Friday afternoon and stayed at the airport hotel, then caught the early flight…
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Lorne Long Weekend (Cont)
This originally started as last week’s Five on Friday post , but life stepped in, so now I’m going to just post the details of our weekend at Lorne and keep the rest for later. For the record H and I left my parents place at Point Lonsdale last Thursday and my dad was admitted…
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Bits and Bobs
I intended to take a break after NaBloPoMo, but not a whole week, so this is a bit of a catch up post. First up, some photos from Pop and Pour: To clarify regarding the wedding crashing—we did not eat or drink anything, just hit the dance floor which we had to walk right past…
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List #41: Travel MVPs … Or Five pieces I love to pack
When we travel we almost always go carry-on if we are flying. We have been traveling in Spring and Autumn for our last few trips so the weather has been fairly similar each time we have traveled. That means that packing is getting quicker because I always reach for the same things. These clothes are…