the long way round

the flinders ranges and the area around it must be every geologist’s dream and every farmer’s nightmare. the ranges were formed from a thick layer of deposits covering the floor of an ancient inland sea. later, about 500 million years ago the entire region stretching from the northern part of the flinders to kangaroo island…

water comes out of the tap, right? it generally tastes ok, too – maybe not necessarily if you life in sydney. people who think sydney water tastes good should visit vienna where the town water comes from springs from the alps, at least most of it. but that’s a different story. we have the ability…

the black top ends shortly after mildura, if you are headed towards mungo that is; 112km of rather well groomed outback highway. we didn’t rush and got there in the early afternoon. there was a bit of a breeze and it was quite cool for the time of year. some of the locals do look…

tender loving care – we all need it from time to time, why would thorny be different. especially when one reckless owner decides to reverse without the help of a trusty spotter. mass (approx. 5 ton all together) times acceleration (walls don’t bend much, so that’s pretty instantaneous) equals bent rear door. except that fiberglass…

yeah, our first bush camp – without external power, water, toilet & shower. took us long enough, considering we got all of those on board, which is of course the reason we got the kk in the first place. leaving halls gap in the grampians we moved north, along the mountain range towards horsham. i…

today was probably not the best day for a walk in the grampians: a bit cool but above all the mountaintops were wrapped in dense clouds. the type that feels like rain but you know it’s just the moisture of the cloud. we were not sure if this was the far end of the cyclone…

my plan was to continue along the coast into south australia and then turn north. but kris suggested that we’d seen enough ocean for now and that she’d rather spend a little time in the mountains for a change. so we went in search for the nearest mountain range. we did not have to look…

portland was the first european settlement in victoria. ok melbourne, we got this out of the way quickly, we are here at the birth place of victoria, and there is one more reason melbourne was never fit to be the capital of australia. the legacy of european settlement can be felt all the way on…

don’t tell anyone but there are sights beyond the great ocean road. the selfie stick jungle definitely subsides beyond port campbell and there are decidedly fewer people jostling for the perfect ‘look how cool i am i stand right in front of something amazing but manage to block it out completely’ photo. pretty much like…

when we reached our next destination, port campbell, yesterday we elegantly passed the masses slugging it out for a few remaining parking spots. and i mean ‘slugging’ only barely figuratively. yesterday was a nice sunny but not too warm day and we capped it off with a stroll through ‘town’. we woke to the sounds…