“We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.”
The Gold Coast With the holiday season coming up, we found two houses in the suburbs of Brisbane through Aussie Housesitters. The concept is that we look after people’s house and their pets while they are travelling. Since many Australians visit their family or travel during their summer vacation and the holidays, we quite easily
After a fantastic trip along the coast of New South Wales, we reach Sydney! A city that still speaks to our imagination! For us, the parents, because of the opera house, the bridge, the fireworks on New Year’s Eve, … For the children, it is the city where the father of Nemo finds his son
After our adventures through the outback, along the Great Ocean Road and in Melbourne, our next destination was Sydney. A city that appeals to the imagination with the opera house, the beautiful Harbour Bridge, famous beaches, surfers … We can not wait to explore it all. But since we travel by car, we have to
experience the hobbit up close during this beautiful kayak trip Have you seen the second Hobbit movie “The Desolation of Smaug”? Ever wanted to stand on the same rocks as Bilbo Baggins? Float down the same river, albeit not in barrels? Get the feeling you are right in a Middle-Earth adventure? Then you should definitely
Discovering the Otago Peninsula in New Zealand In this article, you will read everything about our tour with ELM Wildlife Tours on the Otago Peninsula. Before we came to New Zealand, we promised ourselves we really wanted to see some wildlife there. New Zealand is not the country of the big mammals on land. However,
As you could read in our last diary, we arrived in Port August, South Australia after our trip through the outback along the Stuart Highway. We couldn’t find an nice camping over there and thanks to the fantastic app, Wikicamps, we end up in Wilmington. We’d never heard of it and it is completely ‘off
One of the reasons why we landed in Darwin was that we wanted to drive down the Stuart Highway through the Australian outback. An epic journey that was on our bucket list for quite a while now. This highway goes all the way from Darwin to Adelaide and through the red and dry centre of
While visiting Australia, we stayed a few days around Hervey Bay and discovered the nearby marine park with Hervey Bay Eco Marine Tours. Let us tell you everything about our amazing day out with them! If you have any questions or want to know more about our experiences, feel free to post a comment or
A lot of people have been telling us we really should try to surf while being in Australia. None of us had ever tried it so were better than Australia to hit our first waves? It’s been always a dream of me (Heleen) to surf one day and we are sure the kids will love
Whoopee! Finally! We arrived in Australia. We doubted for a long time if we would come over here. Australia was on our bucket list for ages, but because it is so expensive to travel in this amazing country, we weren’t sure now was the time for us. But then we thought, hey, we only live
When people decide to go to Malaysia, it is for the pristine beaches, the beautiful mosques, the stunning jungle in Borneo, the colonial vibe in most cities, the delicious food and of course the bustling capital, Kuala Lumpur. We discovered however that there is another gem hidden within the streets of its cities. You can
On our way from Borneo to Australia, we are making a stop in Singapore. And we have some good friends living over there! Ideal to pay them a visit and in the meanwhile discover a bit of Singapore, a city we have heard so much about. All be it just a first impression, as we