Our first trip to Australia had to include Sydney. It is famous for its opera house, the harbour bridge, the beaches and the 2000 Olympics. It is about the same size as Melbourne which we visited a couple of weeks ago, and it is often compared to its rival city. We constantly were thinking about…
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Tassie- Good on Ya! Part 2
Meg has been crutching all around Tasmania for the past few days and the most common comment she gets is “Good on Ya”. Everyone seems to be just as impressed as me for her still embracing our road trip around Tasmania, despite the broken knee. We are enjoying seeing the sites as well as a…
Tassie- No Worries! Part 1
They call it “Tazzie” here in Tasmania but spell it Tassie. I was planning on just doing one blogpost for Tasmania, but we are half-way through our road trip and I already have way too many awesome photos. This place is beautiful and I need to share what we have seen so far. We are…
Melbourne on slow speed
We are still a bit torn on how to handle the balance of recovery of Meg’s broken kneecap. We want to keep going and see more stuff but it is tough. The reality is telling us that we just can’t do everything that we normally do with healthy knees. And, that it is important to…
Healing in Rural New Zealand
I don’t have much to report lately on our exciting world travels, but I think I need to write a quick post so folks know we are surviving. Meg’s broken kneecap a couple of weeks ago has put us in recovery mode. We decided to find an Airbnb with a good couch and a good…
New Zealand North Island Road Trip Part 2- Road Block!
We were on our next leg in our New Zealand Road Trip and headed from Taupo to the wine region of Hawkes Bay. On our first day in town we took a bird watching walk in the local estuary that didn’t go so well. It is probably best if Meg tells her story, so she…
New Zealand North Island Road Trip Part 1
We are taking a bit of at departure from our normal traveling rhythm. Our objective in our FIRST trip to New Zealand is to see as much of the country as we can in just a few weeks. New Zealand is one of those countries that you really need to rent a car to see…
Auckland, New Zealand
We made it to our 51st country and just spent 5 days in the biggest city – Auckland, New Zealand. Auckland is a big city of 1.5 million people but it doesn’t really feel that big. We stayed at the Crown Plaza downtown and and the “big” city never felt that busy. The whole country…
Mo’orea, French Polynesia
First of all… where are we? Mo’orea is a small island, (about the size of Orcas Island in Washington State) and has about 16,000 inhabitants. It was a 1 hour ferry ride from the main island of Tahiti. This may be the most beautiful island we have ever been to. It has a reef that…
Starting 2026 in Tahiti
Yep, we spent New Years Eve at the Seatac Airport before our redeye flight to French Polynesia. After little sleep we arrived in the town of Papeete on the island of Tahiti. Most people don’t stay too long on this island before heading off to the more scenic islands like Bora Bora or Mo’orea. But,…