I managed a trip from home just before Victoria’s 6th lockdown.

I took myself for a drive the day before yesterday as I was sick of being stuck at home and needed a change of scenery. I set off not really with any plan as to where I would go but ended up heading to Maffra which is a country town nearby, probably best known for…

Tuesday travels. . .Great Western, Victoria

More travels in our home state, this time to Great Western which is really just a village or very small town.  The town is located in the region known as The Grampians. The Grampians area has several vineyards and we visited a few while we were in the district. Bests Wines is a small organic…

Tuesday Travels. . Ararat, Victoria

On our recent travels in Victoria, before restrictions were enforced again, one of the towns we visited was Ararat.  We were on our way to the wineries in that part of the world. We had stopped in Ararat for the night and had time to have a wander around the town before dinner.  There are…

Hanging Rock, Victoria. . .Tuesday travels

Hanging Rock is probably most well known from the book or the 1975 movie, Picnic at Hanging Rock The book is considered an Australian classic. Our visit to Hanging Rock was to cheer on our elder daughter as she took part in a 5 kilometre run.  She did a great job and she is now…

We are living in different times

We recently travelled to Canberra to visit our younger daughter and her family and as a result of that we were required, as part of the COVID restrictions, to apply for a permit to return home.  You need a permit to enter Victoria to let the authorities know if you have been in one of…

Phillip Island, Victoria. . . Tuesday Travels

Since COVID there has been no chance of overseas travel and more often than not there has been no chance of interstate travel so we have been making use of the time to travel in our own backyard, the state of Victoria. On one of the trips we did before our most recent lockdown, which…