Large volcanoes and fiery red flowering trees formed the backdrop aganst a sparkling sun and passing clouds as we made our way to our guest house. Ragna and Amaya were still recovering but the spring like temperatues and relaxed and friendly people made our arrival in the centre of San Jose gentle and balmy. “Look, […]
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We had not met any other cycling family, until the end of the 11th month of our Zen Tour, when we met 3 families within 3 days, near or on Maria Island, north of Hobart in the South-Eastern part of Tasmania. Our first encounter with a cycling family was when we got onto the ferry to car […]
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While riding in incredibly beautiful Tasmania we realised that we had crossed the 5000km mark. We are going to celebtrate this today with a rest and play day…and of course lots and lots of yummy and naugthy foods. Tassy, as the locals call it offers some of the finest cycle touring in the world because […]
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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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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 […]
Read More ›After arriving in cosmopolitan Melbourne a friend of ours told us about Martin “the German Pirate“. He is regularly fishing and cleaning up plastic on one of the beautiful beaches here in Melbourne (St. Kilda Beach). He is also known as the rat whisperer and you can see him feeding his friend Hugo a rare Australian water […]
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You might believe it or not, but the Cliché that Downunder is full of wildlife is actually true. And this even on the populated East Coast south of Sydney. Thanks to the successful Aussie travel marketing and a dozen Australian animal children books, that we borrowed from our friends in Bali, we were well prepared. On our […]
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