Australia
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Day 158 – Casual carousing of Cairns
Lazily get up to make our way into the centre The heat is intense from the get go but we wonder along the seaside boardwalk – lots of little snippets of info about the area and resident wildlife In 1876, miners needed to be close to the diggings at Hodgkinson Goldfields so formed a port…
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Day 157 – Curlews in Cairns
We’re treated to a complimentary late check out with our stay in Melbourne ☺️ After a porridge and filte coffee for breakfast, we get up and out of the apartment by 11:20am Round the corner, at Lau’s Café 888, we spy a brunch deal perfect for us to stew with as we’ve only got a…
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Day 156 – A Davesy day off
A slow day today – out of the house about 2pm, grab a Nandos for lunch We’re on route to AC/DC lane – it’s 38 degrees out currently so an arduous trek! ???? Meandering gently down Flinders Lane to get to AC/DC lane (the famous band from Melbourne) We wander around a bit and head…
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Day 155 – Back to base (Melbourne)
Up earlier than check out as we’ve got to dash to drop the car off today; check out of our castle Kick off the day with a drive thru bakery stop for coffee at The Golden Nugget, not far from our ivory tower We drive in the godforsaken roads that make you go through Melbourne…
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Day 154 – Follow the White Roo to the Castle
Finally a hotel with an 11am checkout ???? Out on time to pick up car from the tiniest, expensive and most awkward car park ever… get out of town with relative ease, thankfully Our first stop, the German town of Hahndorf and we have a lovely coffee with some ham and cheese toasties at Same…
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Day 153 – Daisy’s birthday is nothing to wine about ????
Early start today ???? Get up with a coffee and shower before popping down to the lobby where they have a hotel restaurant, called Mamacita Dave treats Daisy to breakfast in our hotel: eggs benny and berry and salted caramel waffles ???? We scoff this quick as we are expecting a collection shortly; waiting outside…
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Day 152 – Relishing recovery
Bummer that we’ve both woken up poorly – seems being full on with activities gives us little time to chill our beans! Wake up very slow with a coffee before having to speedily get ready and check out of the Empire Hotel Another coffee and some food is needed STAT – Dave finds a little…
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Day 151 – The Fringe of Adelaide
A slow start today, but we grab the bus about lunchtime into the city centre It appears that Adelaide, even though much smaller a population, is ahead of Melbourne (and Canberra!) with its transport – we can just tap bank card to catch the bus! No MyKi required ???? First stop is the Rundle Mall…
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Day 150 – Arriving in Adelaide
This hotel, sadly, has no kettle available to us so we get ready speedily and pop to Mitchell’s Bakery and Café for a caffeine hit We take it by the sea to enjoy There’s a strong smell of sulphur so we get on back to the car to start our day At the top of…
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Day 149 – Kingston Town
Terrible night’s sleep – our neighbours were the worst! Check out and straight to Metro Bakery & Cafe for flat whites while we talk to family Cave Garden / Thugi is just over the road This is a landscaped garden with a huge sinkhole at the centre in the heart of Mount Gambier Unfortunately, it…