Early start today, I couldn’t sleep past 6am anyway so it worked in my favour to get up and go early. We grabbed our things and headed… Read more “Road Trip Day 2 – Port Stephens to Kempsey”
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Road Trip Day 1 – Canberra to Port Stephens
Adventure time! We left Canberra around 7.30am and made our way north towards Port Stephens. The highway is pretty boring so we made a detour through The… Read more “Road Trip Day 1 – Canberra to Port Stephens”
Autumn in Melbourne
Hello! This is a bit of a late blog but Erin and I decided to go to Melbourne in March for the International Flower and Garden Show.… Read more “Autumn in Melbourne”
Day 15 – A day in Nara
I’ll skip the morning details because they are the same as most mornings and go straight to we caught a JR train from JR Namba Station to… Read more “Day 15 – A day in Nara “
Day 14 – Osaka in a day
Another day another trip to Starbucks before starting our adventures. It was time to move on to Osaka which ended up being quite a process, a train… Read more “Day 14 – Osaka in a day “
Day 12 – Glorious weather and beautiful scenery in Kyoto
Our day started with a bit of house keeping, buying 2 day Kyoto sightseeing passes for access to the bus and train systems then going to Kyoto… Read more “Day 12 – Glorious weather and beautiful scenery in Kyoto”
Day 11 – From Takayama to Kyoto
We purposely booked a slightly later Shinkansen so that we would have time to eat before the journey and this was a great idea. I set my… Read more “Day 11 – From Takayama to Kyoto”
Day 10 – Exploring Takayama
Seeing as we had no plans for today and we knew the weather wasn’t going to be great we set no alarm. Hoping for a sleep in… Read more “Day 10 – Exploring Takayama”
Day 9 – Shirakawa-go & Japanese Onsen
The day prior we had reserved seats on a Tobu bus to spend a few hours in a small UNESCO World Heritage village called Shirakawa-go which is… Read more “Day 9 – Shirakawa-go & Japanese Onsen”
Day 8 – My first proper Shinkansen ride
The time had come to move on from Tokyo and into the mountains to some of he natural beauty Japan has on offer. Our day started reasonably… Read more “Day 8 – My first proper Shinkansen ride”