Tour planning

• Taking the Spirit of Tasmania ferry to Devonport

  

  After more than a year of looking forward to, planning, stressing and organising, we’re finally on our way to sunny Tasmania! Of course, we haven’t quite made it to Tassie yet. First we have needed to take the train to Geelong from Ballarat via Melbourne, and we’ve spent the bulk of the middle part of the day today doing that. We left this morning at 11:00 from Ballarat. Danielle was still packing at 10:45 so her bike was a little wobbly and off-balance.

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• Planning a winter getaway tour along the Great Ocean Road

  Although I’m absolutely loving my job at Starlight, I’ve been working pretty hard this year and between the pressures of work, family, home and parenting I am desperately in need of a little break. So I’ve booked out a week’s leave at the end of August to tackle the Victorian Great Ocean Road. And because I’m a silly bastard I’ve opted for the wild and wet weather that the Shipwreck Coast is renowned for at this time of year.

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