Kate and Warwick Travel
 After extracting ourselves from work, in June 2008 we ran away from home to explore Europe. Our first trip lasted a fascinating 16 months visiting London, St Petersburg and Moscow in Russia, Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Italy, France, Balearic Islands in Spain, Malta, Greece, Germany, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
We went home at the end of 2009 for: Chandra's wedding (Warwick's daughter); Christmas with the family; catch up with our friends; put our belongings in storage and to rent the house out.
We left again in March 2010, travelling in Europe for eight months visiting France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina.
We next returned to Australia in November 2010 for: Warwick's 50th anniversary of graduating from Royal Military College Duntroon; catching up with friends and family and planning our next trip.
We were booked to fly to Cairo on 15 February 2011 to embark on four months in the Middle East and Northern Africa followed by Europe for the rest of the year. However, it was not to be. The countries we wanted to visit one by one erupted in their quest for democracy. So, we changed our plans completely, bought a 4x4 Toyota Prado and set off in mid May 2011 to explore outback Australia in all its glory after the recent "flooding rains". Our camping trip lasted 19 months until December 2012. We have now commenced our next European trip, April to November 2013. |
Our latest 5 diary entries
| 20th Apr 2013 - 26th Apr 2013 - 2013 Europe | ||||
| Central Crete | ||||
| In central Crete we based ourselves near the third largest city, Rethymno, on the north coast. We did day trips to Rethymno, through the mountains and valleys of the interior and down to the central south coast. ... | ||||
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| 11th Apr 2013 - 19th Apr 2013 - 2013 Europe | ||||
| Eastern Crete | ||||
| Crete is certainly making the long, tedious flight to Europe worthwhile. When we arrived the mountains running East/West along the length of the island were still snowcapped. Crete is about 240 Kms long and about 5... | ||||
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| 27th Nov 2012 - 9th Dec 2012 - 2011 and 2012 Australia | ||||
| The last leg of our odyssey | ||||
| Leaving Di and Rick in the cosmopolitan Sunshine Coast we drove south to Lamington National Park, high up in the rainforest of the Great Dividing Range on the Queensland /New South Wales Border. It is a place of de... | ||||
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| 13th Nov 2012 - 26th Nov 2012 - 2011 and 2012 Australia | ||||
| Broken Hill, NSW to Buderim, Sunshine Coast, Qld | ||||
| North of Broken Hill we spent a few days in Mutawintji National Park. We had hoped to visit an Aboriginal historic site which Kate has heard about for decades but were disappointed that the local Aboriginal Land Cou... | ||||
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| 6th Nov 2012 - 12th Nov 2012 - 2011 and 2012 Australia | ||||
| Broken Hill and surrounds | ||||
| We went to Broken Hill to have the car serviced and to have Kate’s back serviced at the Chiropractor. Both highly successful! We discovered a delightful town, not as big as we expected for such an important a... | ||||
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