Happy Australia Day!

It’s that time of year again – the cork hats are being dug out, the Tooheys is in the esky, the BBQ’s are warming up and the whole neighbourhood is heading to the beach.

That’s right – January 26th is Australia Day!

Photo of The Week – 04.01.11

Melbourne Skyline

One of the things I began to photograph the most on my visit to Australia was the architecture. From thriving urban metropolises (check that out for some pompous splurge!) to rustic outback shacks Oz has a whole range of skylines. Melbourne proved one of the most photographic and I particularly enjoyed the way the above skyscrapers mirrored each other in the beaming sunshine.

Photo of The Week – 23.08.10

Great Ocean Rd, Victoria

The above is another shot from my trip along the Great Ocean Road. This bay is actually the view from the lookout facing away from the 12 Apostles. A quaint turquoise horseshoe formation bordered by sand cliffs and dotted with rock pillars. It’s scenes like this that make hours of driving worthwhile!

HOSTEL REVIEW: Coffee Palace (by Kerri)

In the first off her guest posts Kerri Finlayson reviews Coffee Palace in Melbourne – it’s brutally honest and a word of warning…

Heading for Canberra

So after a great couple weeks partying, van pimping, rude bin men illegal parking awakening and roatripping in and around Melbourne its time to semi start the East Coast carnage….backtracking up the never ending Hume Highway via Canberra and Sydney.

First stop Canberra though….with a couple days catch up in the company of Mirianne (@fillingthepages) where BBQ’s, van tweaking and culture vulturing are in order.

A wander around Melbourne

Got back on the photography side of things today with a good old walk around Melb’ to take some nice architectural shots.

Great Ocean Road

So with Leslie all kitted out he needed a trial run.

So what better trip for a Devonian surfer to take to christen his house on wheels and get back on the surfari than down Australias infamous Great Ocean Road – a 560km roundtrip along Victoria’s coastline to Port Campbell.

Australia Day

Australia Day….the one day of the year that the whole of this great country fills eskys full of booze, cracks out the BBQ’s and has a little bit of a party.

….so when in Rome…!

The Coaley Household

So after a few days partying in St Kilda with Hubsy and Linzifer (who are now in the middle of nowhere picking grapes in 38degree heat for the next 5months!) and a couple extra nights abusing free parking spaces in residential areas we headed over to see the Coaleys, who I haven’t seen since they immigrated in 2006.