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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Tasmania here we come

The Ferry Spirit if Tasmania brought us from Melbourne to Devonport in Tasmania and we are now very excited to explore this remote end of the world.  We started cycling in the far western part Tasmania and were treated a very quiet road. And this was not a side road but the A2 highway. This […]

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Amazing first day in Australia

What a great first day down under. Sydney welcomed us with a soothing scent of Eucalyptus and a brilliant blue sky dotted with shiny white clouds.  While we rode through the beautiful Centennial Park we started chatting with a fellow cyclist. After finding out that Larry was also an avid cycle traveller he invited usfor […]

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Tropical Dreamland

Bali, the island of the gods, it sounds almost pathetic and worn but it actually is like heaven for us now. The kids are in a stunningly beautiful Kindergarten while Ragna and I gaze over a cliff at the ocean, as we stretch our cycle hardened muscles in yoga classes. Too good to be true I ask myself… […]

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