Gary & Carolyn’s Epic Australian Adventure (part 5) The afternoon following the Australian Grand Prix, we embarked on a road trip from Melbourne to Sydney in an effort to see some of the country side. We could’ve done this in eight hours by taking the M1, but we decided to take the Princes Highway to […]
Gary & Carolyn’s Epic Australian Adventure (part 4) How could two race lovers visit their daughter and son-in-law in Melbourne while the Grand Prix season opener was happening and not attend? We decided to get grounds passes, rather than grand stand or marquee passes, because then we would have access to the entire track and […]
Gary & Carolyn’s Epic Australian Adventure (part 3) Tasmania was Mom & Dad’s first taste of traveling Heather-style. We had a 6:00 AM flight out of Melbourne on Thursday morning and came back in on the last flight Friday night, giving us two full days in Tassie but we only had to pay for one […]
Gary & Carolyn’s Epic Australian Adventure (part 2) In the two and a half years that we’ve traveled this massive, beautiful country, I believe that the Great Ocean Road is one of the most beautiful places that exists here. It was our first weekend away when we moved here (The Great Ocean Road in 2 […]
Gary & Carolyn’s Epic Australian Adventure (part 1) As we were planning their trip, my Mom and I discussed that a day of wine tasting in the Yarra Valley would be fun, and beautiful. Fortunately, all of our friends also LOVE wine and a day was already in the cards. After all, Lynette, Aaron and […]
Its been awhile since I posted about my culinary delights that I love to create…so here goes one. A couple of months ago, I was wandering through the Thomas Dux (for my Minneapolis friends, think Kowalski’s) across the street and came across a jar of Loving Earth Coconut Nectar. I’ve not seen or heard of […]
I’ve had an exceptionally long hiatus, and we’ve done a lot of incredible things since I last posted. Let’s start with our 1 year anniversary trip to Fiji, shall we? I can’t believe that Ben and I have been married for a year (and a half) already! It feels like just yesterday we were heading […]
I had a very strong desire to swim with the whale sharks as they migrated along the coast of Western Australia. Queen’s Birthday holiday weekend, as celebrated in Victoria, seemed like a really excellent time to do this. As I started looking into it, flights were super expensive to get all the way up to […]
Since I moved to Australia, I became aware of Whale Sharks. A shark that filter feeds and is as harmless to a human as most whales. Once a year they migrate up the west coast of Australia along the Ningaloo Reef. The eco-tour companies at Coral Bay and Exmouth conduct Whale Shark Swimming Tours, which […]
Once we settled on getting married in Waipio Valley, I started looking for rental properties as near to Waipio as possible. I wanted everyone to stay together and have a dream vacation in what I believe to be the most beautiful place on earth. I found an incredible house, but before I could book it […]