Tag Archives: Travel

Weekly Photo Challenge: Season

Posted on February 20, 2016 by Retired2Travel

This week Jen has challenged us to, ‘share an image that embodies the world or the weather where you live.’ It’s definitely has been a long HOT summer down under this year. So, I’m sharing this sunset complete with bush fire in … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge | Tagged Hot, Orange sunset, Season, Summer, Sunset, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge: Season, Western Australia | 21 Comments

HDP: Postcard from Narooma, NSW

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Retired2Travel

Narooma is on the south-east coast of New South Wales (NSW), it’s three-hours drive south-east of Canberra, five-hours drive south of Sydney and eight-hours drive north of Melbourne. It was established in 1881 and the name comes from the Aboriginal for … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Hump Day Post, Travel | Tagged Australia, Beach, Geological Society of Australia, Glasshouse Rocks, HDP: Postcard from Narooma, NSW, Postcard, Surf Beach, Travel | 11 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Circle

Posted on January 2, 2016 by Retired2Travel

For the first Photo Challenge of 2016, Cheri Lucas asks us to share what, ‘this familiar shape represents to us’. The first thing I thought of was a Ferris Wheel – I feel it represents life’s ups and downs. Life always look wonderful … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge | Tagged Ferris Wheel, Photography, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge: Circle, WPC: Circle | 15 Comments

Hump Day Post: The Year that Was

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Retired2Travel

So, this is my last Hump Day Post for this year. 2015 sure has had a few surprises for me! We did a seven and a half months caravan trip around Australia and really appreciated how BIG our country is! … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Hump Day Post, Photography, Travel | Tagged Australia, Caravan Trip Around Australia, Hump Day Post, NSW, NT, Photography, SA, Travel, VIC | 14 Comments

HDP: I’m Living in a Palace!

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Retired2Travel

Well, you see, it’s like this… Some of you might know that we’ve travelled around Australia for the last seven months in our caravan. It’s a ‘humble little home’ away from home and we LOVE it! So, you can imagine, what my … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Travel | Tagged Australia, Back home, Caravan, Caravanning, Germany, HDP Travelling Around Australia, Linderhof Palace, Travel | 12 Comments

HDP: Travelling Around Australia Ends at Week 32

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Retired2Travel

From Brunswick Heads we meandered down the coast of New South Wales and our next stop brought us to Yamba. Yamba is an amazing little town with many waterways. Turner’s Beach has amazing rock formations in and out of the water. … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Beach, Footbridge, Forster-Tuncurry, Lagoon, NSW, Photography, Picket Hill Mountain, Rivers, Rock pool, Travel, Urunga, Wallis Lake, Yamba | 14 Comments

HDP: Travelling Around Australia, Week 31

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Retired2Travel

When we left Brisbane, we headed for Springbrook National Park in the Gold Coast’s Hinterland of Queensland (QLD). The area was lush and green. We visited the Natural Bridge which didn’t have a great deal of water, but the National Park … Continue reading →

Posted in Hump Day Post, Photography, Travel | Tagged Brunswick Heads, Fishing, Hinze Dam, Markets, Natural Bridge, River, Springbrook National Park, Sunset, The Channon, Travel, Waterfalls | 8 Comments

HDP: Travelling Around Australia, Weeks 29 & 30

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Retired2Travel

We stopped at Hervey Bay, on the Fraser Coast of Queensland and walked down the Urangan Pier which opened in 1917 to export coal, timber and sugar. It was in operation until 1985. The state government ordered the demolition of the 1,100 metres pier … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Hump Day Post, Photography, Travel | Tagged Brisbane Botanic Garden, Fishing, HDP Travelling Around Australia, Pelican, Pelican in flight, Photography, Pillons, Queensland, Travel, Urangan Pier, Water Dragon, Wk 29 | 19 Comments

HDP: Travelling Around Australia, Week 28

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Retired2Travel

When we reached Townsville, we reached the north-east coast of Queensland, yeah!!! This meant sea breezes, cooler temperatures and a lot less dust. Heaven! Townsville is a city! It’s next to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef and is in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Abell Point Marina, Airlie Beach, Boats, Castle Hill Lookout, Eungella Historic Chalet, Eungella National Park, fig Trees, Goanna, HDP Travelling Around Australia, Mackay, Magnetic Island, Photography, Platypus, Queensland, sugar cane fields, The Strand, Townsville, Travel, Trimaran, Water park, Week 28, Whitsundays | 10 Comments

HDP: Travelling Around Australia, Week 26

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Retired2Travel

Last week as you might know, I had a melt down!! Melt down being the operative words. Weeks & weeks of high temperatures finally had its toll on me. I struggled to stay hydrated and cool both day and night. The heat was relentless! … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Hump Day Post, Photography, Travel | Tagged Australia, Border, Daly Water, Mataranka Thermal Pool, Mt Isa, Northern Territory, NT, Outback, Oz, Photography, QLD, Queensland, Travel, Travel Around Australia, Travelling Around Australia, Underground Hospital | 17 Comments

HDP: Travelling Around Australia, Week 25

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Retired2Travel

‘All that glitters is not gold!’ We’ve been travelling now for almost six months! Whilst I’ve had comments to say I’m lucky doing what I’m doing and don’t get me wrong, I know I am – it comes at a price! … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Hump Day Post, Photography, Travel | Tagged Australia, HDP, Hump Day Post, Lonely, Sadness, Travel, Travelling Around Australia, Week 25, Wilderness | 25 Comments

HDP: Travelling Around Australia, Week 24

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Retired2Travel

So we’ve used Kununurra in Western Australia (WA) as a base for a week. It’s the final frontier of Western Australia before we head across the border to the Northern Territory (NT). A cruise along Lake Argyle and the Ord River was … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Hump Day Post, Photography, Travel | Tagged Australia, Crocodiles, cruise, East Kimberley, Jesus Bird, Lake, Lake Argyle, Orange, Ord River, Pelican, Photography, Reflections, River, Skipper, Sunset, Travel, WA, water, Western Australia | 17 Comments

HDP: Traveling Around Australia, Weeks 14 – 17

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Retired2Travel

So, you haven’t heard from me for a while and some of you are wondering why. Well, you see, it’s like this: Way back in Kalbari NP, I rolled my ankle badly. Had it X-rayed and luckily there’s no fracture … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Hump Day Post, Photography, Travel | Tagged Australia, Canyon, Cape Range NP, Charles Knife Road, Dolphins, Exmouth Gulf, Ningaloo Reef, Photography, Snorkel, Travel, WA, Western Australia, Whale Sharks | 14 Comments

HDP: Travelling Around Australia, Week 13

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Retired2Travel

We’re still in Western Australia – I think we’ll be here for a while yet. It’s so BIG! Here’s a glimpse into last week’s travel, in no particular order 🙂 Shark Bay is beautiful – although the name doesn’t have … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Hump Day Post, Photography, Travel | Tagged Australia, Eagle Gorge, Geraldton, HMAS Sydney II, Kalbarri National Park, Memorial, Monkey Mia, Murchison River, Nature's Window, Photography, Pot Alley, Shark Bay, Shell Beach, Travel, WA, Western Australia | 6 Comments

HDP: Travelling Around Australia, Week 12

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Retired2Travel

So, twelve years ago, Mr Oz and I came to Western Australia (WA) and The Pinnacles in Cervantes was as far north as we came. In a sense, we’ve been retracing our steps and, loving all things ‘natural’, we had to return. … Continue reading →