Day One – Friday August 30, 2019 Road video and map – Torquay to Port Campbell Today I drove the eastern part of the Great Ocean Road that follows the southern Victoria coast. I was hoping that this may be the day that produced a scenic road video but that proved not to be the … Continue reading Great Ocean Road
Wednesday August 28, 2019 Melbourne may not have the spectacular harbour and sights found in Sydney but, based on one day here, it has proven equally interesting to visit. The city feels very European with many historic buildings, narrow streets absolutely filled with sidewalk cafes and small shops, trams and crowds of people on the … Continue reading Mainly Melbourne
Tuesday August 27, 2019 Road video and map – Echuca to Melbourne, VIC Today’s four hour road trip into Melbourne was broken up by three stops that were nicely spaced along the route and very different from each other. In the 1850s this part of Victoria experienced a gold rush second only in size to … Continue reading Varied Attractions on the road to Melbourne
Monday August 26, 2019 Road video and map – Gundagai, NSW to Echuca, VIC Most of today was spent driving the 250 miles from Gundagai to Echuca where I visited the National Holden Motor Museum and wandered around this tourist town. The Holden is an Australian icon which, in 1918, started building car bodies for … Continue reading Echuca and The National Holden Motor Museum