Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

Category: Australia

  • Day 122-124: Home Away From Home

    While in Vietnam we had the absolute pleasure of meeting Hannah and Melissa. When we parted ways we had discussed meeting up again in Perth for our last few days in Australia as they also planned to be in the area. Things worked out and we spent three days together.…

  • Day 120: The End of the Earth

    We have seen some pretty beautiful things on this trip, but very near the top of the list was “the end of the earth”. After leaving Uluru we headed south until we reached Port Augusta and then headed west along southern coast. The road heading west gets closer and closer…

  • Day 118: Uluru

    I have to admit that it was Jacob who really wanted to go see Ayers Rock and I didn’t really care either way. It’s something clearly unique and special to Australia, but as far as I was concerned it was just a rock in the middle of nowhere. Either way,…

  • Day 115-119: Where the Wild Things Are

    Driving through the outback was so much better than I could have ever imagined. The scenery, wildlife, and size felt supernatural, as if I had suddenly entered a giant’s playground. It was like nature had been amplified. I had expected the outback to be nothing – days and days of…

  • Day 114: Do You Speak Whaaaale?

    I have been looking forward to the great barrier reef for this whole trip. Well to be honest long before that. And it was awesome. We decided to tour the reef with cruise whitsundays. They have a pontoon anchored on a section of the outer reef at knuckle reef lagoon.…

  • Day 113: Beachin’

    Still in search of a beach day we headed farther north up the coast to Conway national park. We spent the morning on the rather small beach until the tide kicked us off. We went into Airlie Beach for the afternoon. The tide was all the way in so we…

  • Day 112: Platypus Hunters

    In Mackay there is a national park, Eungella which is supposedly the home to the largest population of platypus. Since we have never seen a platypus we decided we’d take a look. The park sits on the top of a mountain. Thankfully we were able to drive up, climbing 700m…

  • Day 111: Little Miss Sunshine.

    Finally a full day of sun! We spent the morning being lazy at the campground. Jacob sat in the sun and finished up a book as I walked the beach. Not a bad way to start the day. We headed to the beach just outside of the city hoping to…