January - Sydney to Melbourne

It only took us 3 weeks to travel from Sydney to Melbourne. I know it seems a short amount of time and we  packed a lot in but it didn't feel like it was rushed.

During that time we traveled down the Grand Pacific Highway and across the Sea Cliff Bridge;

 visited Jervis Bay (Husskisson Beach) which claims to have the whitest sand in the world (according to the Guinness Book of Records);

went to the nation’s capital, Canberra, saw Parliament House and spent all afternoon in the War Memorial (and still didn't see half of it);

Arrived in Millingandi just as the bushfire started (in the Bega Valley). That was an unsettling time as we were only a couple of kilometres from the blaze and if the wind hadn’t changed direction, we’d now be living in the ute.

We then crossed the border into Victoria and had a few days on the banks of the Snowy River

More waterfalls in Central Gippsland and Agnes River, the biggest single span waterfall in Victoria.

Along the coast past Lakes Entrance and 90 Mile beach, ate the best fish and chips in Victoria at Port Albert and on to Wilson’s Promontory, the southern most tip of mainland Australia. I couldn't get over how blue the Southern Ocean was;

We toured the State Coal Mine at Wonthaggi (it only closed in 1980);

Visited Phillip Island and the Koala Conservation Park, saw koalas and little penguins in the evening;

We spent a few days in Powelltown, and I had one too many beers with the locals in the Powelly Pub, and a few days on wine tasting in the Yarra Valley;

Then on into Melbourne!