2017 Australia

2017 sees Photos and I make a trip down under to visit our friend Physio! We travel to Australia with stops in Sydney, Ayers Rock, Tasmania, Melbourne, Airlie Beach, The Whitsunday Islands and the Great Barrier Reef.

Journey to the Ayers Rock and the Red Centre

ByMinion-Chris March 13, 2017 0 Comments
Flight Ayers Rock (Uluru) Our day started with a bus to Sydney Airport before boarding a plane bound for Ayers Rock. Before flying out we were lucky enough to volunteer for an exit row and got seated on row 1! The extra legroom was a great way to relax on the 3 hour flight. We were picked up by our tour guide Keith, in the Outback Tours Services vehicle. We had originally booked with another...

Exploring Tasmania

ByMinion-Chris March 18, 2017 0 Comments
Tasmania It was a day of travel as we would depart Alice Springs en route to Melbourne. We would have a short layover in Melbourne before flying again to Hobart, Tasmania. Because of its size, we decided to rent a car in Tasmania. This was an "experience" as it was the first time either Photos or I would be driving on the "other" side of the road. The first few moments were wrought with...

Trouble in Hobart & Tasmanian redemption!

ByMinion-Chris March 20, 2017 2 Comments
Our plan today was to head to the Hobart Waterfront to explore battery point and the Salamanca area. We had just arrived and were about to start exploring the area when Photos started feeling nauseous. We popped into a nearby coffee shop to let him rest and see how he felt. Unfortunately he started feeling worse so we decided to go home and let him rest. Photos went straight to bed (probably the...

Flying to Melbourne and exploring St Kilda

ByMinion-Chris March 22, 2017 0 Comments
Arriving in Melbourne With a late night photographing the Southern Lights, and an early flight to Melbourne, Photos and I were already pretty tired by the time our flight was ready to depart. We arrived in Melbourne mid morning and had to kill a little time before getting the keys to our AirBnB. So we grabbed an early lunch and tried our best not to fall asleep in a small coffee shop until we...

Exploring Melbourne

ByMinion-Chris March 24, 2017 1 Comment
Coffee at Brother Baba Budan Our first order of business was to check out the Coffee in Melbourne, we had heard great things about the coffee culture here so we wanted to try as much coffee as we could. Our first stop was at Brother Baba Budan which was a well recommended coffee shop. A shot of espresso and I was ready to go!   Hillsong We had a full day planned however since it was Sunday...

MCG and an Engagement?!

ByMinion-Chris March 28, 2017 0 Comments
Engagement As mentioned in the previous post, we ran into the couple that was the inspiration for the proposal graffitti. Rewinding to our first day visit to St. Kilda, Photos had mentioned that one of his bucket list items was to photograph subjects in another country. We had joked about putting out a craigslist ad for a free photo shoot but we weren't really serious about it. In the evening we...