The 40th parallel runs dead centre through Bass Strait and true to form it lived up to its reputation for extreme weather with gale force winds, driving rain and pounding seas. Indeed this was the Roaring Forties! By all accounts we were heading into some heavy weather. I’m not sure why but I’ve always enjoyed […]

I discovered the final of the Bells Beach surfing competition was going to be held on [date missing], which was surprising because it’s usually held over Easter and this was two weeks later. As a keen geriatric surfer this was an opportunity not to be missed as I regard this as the premier event on […]

Leaving Wilsons Promontory I knew something had changed when I noticed the sun setting over the water! Of course, I’d rounded the bottom of our big island and was heading West! Generally speaking, after the splendour of “The Prom” the landscape heading west is pretty uninteresting, dominated by flat farm land, including wind farms (which […]

By chance I discovered that Green Cape lighthouse was going to be closed for at least 7 months for maintenance and the last available tour would be at 10.00am on 15/4! As Green Cape was 5 hours south on Milton I decided to leave the night before and overnight in Narooma, I figured it would […]

As previously mentioned, with me back on the road and the kids planning their own overseas adventures it did feel like we were all heading in different directions and it was going to be a new experience for Marianne to be on her own, so understandably we were all feeling a bit uncertain about what […]

As previously mentioned one of the reasons for my delayed departure, and melancholy mood on leaving Sydney was due to the fact that both the kids had decided to head overseas while I would be travelling meaning Marianne would be home alone for the first time in a long time. Over the past eight or […]

For some strange reason you’re only allowed to go to Point Perpendicular lighthouse after 2.00pm until 8.00pm on Fridays and from 2.00am until 8.00pm on Saturdays and Sundays, this is because the rest of the time Beecroft peninsula is a live fire military reserve and presumably the army will only kill you on weekdays or […]

Leaving Sydney I was aware the weather was forecast to close in and wanted to try and get a couple of lighthouse under my belt before it hit. I made it to Wollongong not knowing what sort of storm was coming my way. Arriving on sunset I managed to get the drone up and take […]

I had mixed feelings as I crossed the border into NSW, on the one hand it all felt very familiar and I was looking forward to seeing my family and spending time at home, on the other it felt like a large part of my adventure was behind me and I was sorry to be […]