Blue Mountains NP
For the last day of the road trip, we drove from Wollemi to the Blue Mountain NP, excited to visit the lookouts with the steep cliffs. Due to the close proximity to Sydney, the park sees a lot of tourists …
Month: November 2012
Wollemi NP – Glow Worm Tunnel Hike
After the adventures at the Warrumbungle High Tops, we drove on to spend a day in Wollemi NP. We decided to do the Glow Worm Tunnel Walk, an easy round-trip walk of about 10km. The walk follows an old stagecoach trail …
Warrumbungle NP – The Great High Tops Walk
On the next day, we drove to Warrumbungle NP, a park known for its volcanic rock formations and its koala population. Soon after we arrived, several kangaroos approached us, feeding on the grass right next to where we pitched our …
Waterfall Way in New South Wales
After the rainfall on the coast in New South Wales, we decided to move inland taking the Waterfall Way over the Great Dividing Range. Over the day, the weather improved a lot – clouds disappeared and the sun came out. …
Road trip on the coast of New South Wales
I booked a flight spontaneously to Sydney to join several co-workers of mine on their post-conference road trip in New South Wales. With the car already booked, the week-long trip started in Sydney, following the coast up north towards Brisbane, …
Starting a new veggie patch with watermelon seedlings!
On the first weekend at the new house, the Peppertree Place, a community garden in Coburg, hosted a fiesta with workshops, music, and veggie burgers. You could also buy many seedlings and small plants for very little. My excitement grew once …
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Making ravioli
The shared house in Melbourne comes with a great veggie patch AND a pasta machine! So we put it all together and made ravioli from scratch with different fillings partly from the garden. One filling was made of roasted green asparagus …
Upfield line paintings in Melbourne
Lots of graffiti and street art can be found along the Upfield train line in Melbourne. The Upfield train starts in the Melbourne center, and from Jewell all the way to Coburg, both sides have been creatively used. Best of …
Great Ocean Walk – Apollo Bay to Castle Cove
On the first weekend in Melbourne, I took the train and bus to Apollo Bay (3.5h) to do the first half of the Great Ocean Walk to Castle Cove. Since finding a room was so much easier than expected and …
Melbourne street art alleys – Part 1
One thing Melbourne is famous for are several narrow alleys in the city fully covered with ever-changing graffiti and street art. One of these is Union Lane (hopefully that’s it), here is a bunch of pictures from that alley. Picture …
Bike rides in Melbourne
On my second day in Melbourne, I got a (very crappy) bike via gumtree. I guess, I should have checked it better when I bought it. It seems ok to ride around Coburg but taking a trip to the city …
One week in Clearwater Beach
On my way to Melbourne, I took a break in Clearwater Beach to attend this year’s LCN conference. After all the effort of packing our stuff in Berlin, I was quite happy with the choice of the venue. There is …