With only a few days left on our vacation in New Zealand and Australia, we found an old hotel in Sydney called the Russell Hotel located at the Rocks. The Rocks: “Sydney’s early convict days live on in the Rocks, a jumble of cobblestone streets and cul-de-sacs just five minutes […]
Dateline: March 2, 2015 – Sydney and then Home in Flagler Beach Read More »
2015 Travel, Australia, Australia, Golf, Wine
We enjoyed our final breakfast at Robinson’s with Stanley saying his good-byes, we packed the car and Paul gave us directions to the M-1. His suggestion was that we go to Metung for the first night. We arrived at a delightful small fishing village, where Paul had spent summers
Dateline: February 27, 2015: Melbourne to Sydney Read More »
2015 Travel, Australia, Australia, Golf
After that wonderful afternoon with our kangaroo friends at Anglesea Golf Club, we arrived at the Robinsons In The City and were greated by the General Manager Paul Humphries who got us settled into this wonderful boutique hotel. A little history: Melbourne was originally a village founded by John Batman and
Dateline: February 22, 2015 – Melbourne – Just a Great City Read More »
2015 Travel, Australia, Australia, Bed and Breakfast, Golf
We drove out from our motel in Apollo Bay with a planned stop for breakfast at the Wye Cafe, about 20 minutes up the ocean. We arrived and John and Janice noticed it was the same cafe they had stopped at when driving from Melbourne to Adelaide, what a coincidence.
Dateline February 27, 2015: Anglesea Golf Club Read More »
2015 Travel, Australia, Australia, Golf
We drove almost six hours to get to our next destination Robe. It is a quiet fishing village with much history. Robe is one of the oldest towns in South Australia. Robe is situated on Guichen Bay, about 350km south east of Adelaide. Nicolas Baudin, a French explorer first viewed
Dateline February 18, 2015: Robe and Port Fairy Australia Read More »
2015 Travel, Australia, Australia, Bed and Breakfast, Golf, Wine