13 Nov 2015

WW2 Oil Storage Tunnels

posted in: Northern Territory |

After Kakadu we went to Darwin where we ended up staying for nearly two weeks.  We loved Darwin, even in October!  One of the first attractions we visited were the World War II Oil Storage Tunnels.  Darwin was bombed in 1942 during World War II.  There were more bombs dropped on Darwin that day than at Pearl Harbour months before.  Seven of the eleven above ground fuel storage tanks were destroyed during the initial and subsequent bombings.  They decided to … Read More

13 Nov 2015

A Blog Break

Recently I’ve taken a blogging break but I think I’m ready to keep going now.  I’ve got several posts written but haven’t gotten them published.  It seems that no matter how hard I work on this blog I am always at least a month behind. Creating a blog post means choosing pictures, editing pictures, writing text, and formatting everything.  It’s time-consuming and becomes overwhelming when I feel like I’ll never catch up.  But this is the journal of our trip … Read More

31 Oct 2015

Bruny Island Berry Farm

posted in: Tasmania |

A flashback from Tasmania last March when we were on Bruny Island.  There’s a map in this post that shows where we were. There are a few berry picking farms in Tasmania, enough that there’s even a lovely tourist brochure highlighting them all for you. We decided to save our berry picking adventures for Bruny Island where we visited…are you ready?…the aptly named Bruny Island Berry Farm.  This could possibly be the best berry farm location ever.  Right across from … Read More

31 Oct 2015

A Surprise Didgeridoo Performance

posted in: Northern Territory |

A bit of a flashback, just back to Alice Springs… When looking at things to do in Alice Springs I came across the Sounds of Starlight Theatre.  We would have loved to attend the Didgeridoo Show Outback, but it was a bit over our budget so I crossed it off our list.  The caravan park we stayed at in Alice had a didgeridoo presentation on the weekend so we thought we’d go see what that was like.  I was so … Read More

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