Special didgeredoo performance

We had an amazing farewell performance in southeastern Tasmania. When we left a beach campsite our fellow camper Teddy, whom we had met the day before, performed impromptu on his beautifully painted Didgeredoo. Teddy hails from Queensland and currently travels in his camper van around Australia. The musical farewell should send us positive energy and safe travels […]

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Rewards for hanging in there

Hauling our bikes, loaded with kids and gear, over mountain ranges or through drenching rain, while keeping the kids happy, probably sounds a far cry from a relaxing holiday. It turns out however, that our physical exercise, the unfiltered exposure to the elements and the human encounters are unique experiences that create lasting happiness. Being in nature for […]

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Have you ever seen a little Blue Penguin?

Our Warmshowers host Bronnie showed me and Amaya the great Ecocentre in Melbourne. Among other things Bronnie’s work there includes lectures on sustainable living and environmental topics. The Ecocentre has been active in a diverse range of environmemtal topics since more than 20 years. The Melbourne based NGO started with conservation issues in Melbourne’s coastal areas. Melbourne’s Port Philip […]

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Birthdays en Route

We actually celebrated Tayanika’ s 3rd birthday two times, one time in Melbourne and one time in Tasmania. We had a yummy pre-birthday cake and songs with friends that had invited us to their house in “Altona” (sic!). A suburb southwest of Melbourne, not to confuse with that of Hamburg, despite it also being near […]

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