Africa Posted onMarch 4, 2018March 4, 2018AuthorJoanne Stuhmcke Wrist Warmers for Winter Travels in Your Own Backyard Wrist Warmers for winter travels in your own backyard. Travel blog posts are difficult to conjure up during these difficult Keukenhof Tulip Gardens - a Kaleidoscope of Flowers A visit to Keukenhof Tulip Gardens, Amsterdam, in springtime (April/May) will give you the chance to tiptoe through 7,000 flowering spring 15 Murals Waiting to Show off Moree Are you a lover of murals and street art? Moree in New South Wales is the place to visit if Murals of Millmerran – Visiting the Good Old Days Millmerran was our last stop before home (Brisbane) after six weeks of caravanning in South Australia. We'd heard about the White Cliffs Underground Motel and Opal Mines, Aussie Outback Have you heard of the "Underground Motel" at White Cliffs, Outback New South Wales? This unique building was built for Mount Gambier - Amazing city of Volcanoes, Caves and Lakes. Mount Gambier, on the Limestone Coast of South Australia, was on the list for our (quick) South Australian road trip. Incredible Murphy's Haystacks won't give you Hay-fever Murphy’s Haystacks won’t give you hay-fever because they’re massive "inselbergs." Oh - if you aren't a geologist these mini mountains 1 Fantastic Day in Eden - Fresh Fish Heaven, NSW Eden was an enjoyable stop when caravanning down the rugged, but picturesque, south east coast of Australia. Eden is officially Oysters with a Dash of Balsamic and Olive Oil Oysters with a Dash of Balsamic and Olive Oil You can never beat natural oysters plucked straight from the Delicious Coffin Bay Oysters - Heaven on a Plate Indulging in Coffin Bay Oysters had been a focal point for our South Australia road trip and we’d pre-booked a Wilson's Promontory - Wombats and Wildlife A Wombat is something I’d never seen – not in a wildlife state anyway. 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Following a full but fascinating cultural trip of Greece with Globus, four whirlwind days of island hopping Orphaned Baby Elephants Tug at the Heart Strings, Nairobi Baby Elephants Tug at the Heart Strings, Nairobi How travel broadens the mind. In this case having dinner with other trekkers Antics of King Penguins - Salisbury Plains, Antarctica Watching thousands of King Penguins going about their daily lives, many weighing in at around 15kg and standing around 1m Arctic King Crab fishing at Kirkenes, Finland Did you know the Arctic King Crab, a highly sought after delicacy around the world, can grow 1.8 metres in Story Bridge Climb Adventure When You're Over 60 Story Bridge Climb - An Adventure Waiting Let's do a bridge climb! There are three organised bridge climbs in the Snowhotel Snoozing in Kirkenes, Finland With a stomach still full of freshly cooked Arctic King Crab, our next stop was the Snowhotel, Kirkenes. Here the promise Taormina, the Charming Cliff Top Town of Sicily. Did you know that Taormina in Sicily is called the Pearl of the Mediterranean? Well I didn’t, and after visiting Bright Orange Rooftops of Dubrovnik, Croatia Dubrovnik, Croatia, on the Dalmatian coastline of the Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean) is truly a Pearl of a Place. Some people haven’t Climbing Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, at 62 You want me to WHAT!! This was the response I gave to my daughter when she asked me to climb
