With almost 5 million inhabitants, Melbourne is the second largest Australian city (after Sydney). Before Canberra was “constructed”, Melbourne served as the interim capital city of Australia. Melbourne is the “coffee” capital of ...

    The Great Ocean Road is not really different from other Australian roads, highways and freeways – with one distinctive feature: it is highly spectacular and you don’t want to drive fast (yes, Australians ...

    We spent 3 days in Sydney (+ 2 more for SYDNYE - New Years' Eve in Sydney), which was enough time to get an impression of the city and explore the most important ...

The first part of the Pacific Highway had lots of highlights to offer - we were really looking forward to the rest of it. And, of course, also to finally reaching Sydney and exploring Australia's ...

After we had successfully completed the 2,000 kilometers (1,240 miles) from Cairns to Brisbane, we were really glad to finally leave the Bruce Highway behind us. Driving such a long distance is not a real ...

Wilsons Promontory (Oz Slang: Wilsons Prom) is a peninsula that accommodates the southernmost point on the Australian mainland – South Point. It is located in Victoria – only about 3 hours drive from Melbourne. The ...

    The Blue Mountains The Blue Mountains are a mountain range in New South Wales - they start 60 kilometers west of Sydney. They are located in the Blue Mountains National Park and are ...

Just a friendly notice in case you are feared of snakes and can't even look at pictures of them ... In this article there some some pictures of them. So please decide for yourself if ...

After some exciting 4WD-driving in the Great Sandy National Park (Fraser Island and Rainbow Beach), we spent one more day in Noosa to enjoy the beaches and explore Noosa National Park. Noosa is a very ...

    After our excursion to paradise – Whitsunday Islands and Whitehaven Beach – we continued south towards our next destination: Fraser Island. There are two major gateways to the island: Hervey Bay and Noosa, ...

    After our short stop at Paronella Park, we continued towards Airlie Beach – the gateway to the Whitsunday Islands. We had a quick swim in the ocean at Mission Beach, stopped for a ...

Paronella Park is a real hidden gem – we just found it because friends recommended it to us. It is located in Manor Creek - approximately an hour from Cairns. It is the legacy of ...

    After we had spent two incredible weeks on New Zealand’s South Island visiting Kahurangi National Park, Aoraki Mount Cook, Wanaka and Queenstown, it was time for our next stop: Australia – a completely ...

    Queenstown is NZ’s adventure capital No 1. New Zealand’s South Island was not one of the first places where Bungee Jumping became commercial for no reason. If you want to spend relaxing days ...

    Already on our last vacation in New Zealand in 2015, we spent two wonderful days in Wanaka. As we completely loved it there, we wanted to go there again for some time. Wanaka ...

    After we had successfully done and survived the 1st part of the Heaphy Track (Kohaihai-Heaphy Hut and back), we continued our journey towards Aoraki Mount Cook. Our first stop was Arthur’s Pass, where ...

    It is our second time in New Zealand and after our first days back, we know: We still love New Zealand. In 2015, we spent one month in this wonderful and diverse country ...