Adelaide

The statistics tells me 1.2 million people do live in the metropolitan area of Adelaide. But they don’t make a bruising city at all. It is like being in a remote quite place… Read More →

Murray River Cruise

Due to the rainfall last summer, but also the years before, the river Murray does have a lot of water. The time we are visiting Australia and New Zealand showed us very green… Read More →

The Ghan

For Europeans it is nearly a daily treat to go by train. Not always as cheep as flying or driving, but quite comfortable without big risks. Normally you just use the train to… Read More →

Katherine

We did Katherine by the Ghan. Arrival at 9 in the morning and just 4 hours available for touring. We decided for the Nitmiluk Gorge café cruise. This was the right decision. With… Read More →

Alice Springs

16 April 2012. With the Ghan we travelled from Adelaide to Alice Springs. In the early afternoon we made a short tour visiting the Flying Doctors of Australia museum, the telegraph station and… Read More →

Darwin

After our great journey with the Ghan, we stayed 2 days in Darwin. Well summer is over, so we had only 35° C. But even that was a bit too much. We let… Read More →

Sydney

Back from Auckland we arrived Wdnesday 4 April in Sydney. We enjoyed a ride with Simon along the coast and met at the Welcome Inn with Matt. Matt honoured me with Robert Hughes:… Read More →

North Island

We visited this part of the world first time September 2001. Cold weather and just a short trip. Now again we only have 7 days to do the Island. We left out Mt.… Read More →

Rotorua Waitomo Auckland

We left Rotorua by route #5 direction Hamilton. The coach picked us up at the hotel and John and Linda which we met nearly every second day were picked up at the busstation.… Read More →

Rotorua 2

Today we had our Geysir and Kiwitour. Visiting the Te Puia centre, we visited in 2001 with Simon and Chris. The guide told us a lot about history and what they are doing… Read More →